The Kwara Government on Tuesday said that it would commence medical outreach for its civil servants across the 16 local government areas of the state from Sept.5.
The Director of Public Health in the State Ministry of Health, Dr Oluwatosin Fakayode, said this in Ilorin.
He said the development was as a result of Gov. AbdulRahaman AbdulRasak’s release of N232m counterpart funds for primary health care, health insurance and children nutrition in the state.
He said that the sum of N1,432, 200 out of the sum had been released for the medical outreach for the state’s civil servants.
Fakoyode said that the screening would commence on Sept. 5 with the screening of the state Head of Service (HoS), Mrs Susan Oluwole.
He said that the screening which would be conducted by the unit would be done for all the state work force free of charge.
He added that the exercise was part of the core functions of the unit.
He, however, said that because of lack of resources, the unit had not been able to do in in the recent past.
Fakayode observed that Gov. AbdulRahaman AbdulRasak-led administration had been releasing funds for the take off of the screening since he assumed office.
Earlier, Dr Ajao Shuaibu, the Deputy Director, Occupational Health Unit of Public Health in the Ministry of Health, commended the present administration for the proposed medical screening of the state workforce.
He said that would translate into the state having a healthy workforce that would always be a productive workforce.
He explained that building a healthy workforce was a panacea to increase productivity in the civil service.
Shuaibu said that the unit would continue to ensure that the civil servants keep their work places tidy, maintain safe conditions and monitor occupational hazards and diseases for actions.


Finance Minister Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada (Republica file photo)
KATHMANDU, Jun 3: Finance Minister Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada claimed that the budget is in favor of all-round developments of the country which will help lead the country toward socialism through prosperity.
Addressing the concerns raised by the lawmakers in the Federal Parliament today, Finance Minister Khatiwa said that the budget has been distributed and allotted to Federal, Provincial and local units as per the revenue sharing formula suggested by financial experts.
Khatiwada further said that the budget has clear-cut objectives and is aimed at increasing workers’ efficiency by improving their health and education.
Khatiwada further said that the budget aims at increasing 8% income growth, which means half percent hike in the income of the workers. “This will create around 400,000 new jobs in the country.”
According to him, the budget prioritizes production and respects labor, thereby creating more jobs.
Curbing corruption and bad governance, the budget will help lead the country toward socialism based on democratic norms and values, he said.
He assured that the government also will work with private sectors and cooperatives to boost economic growth in the all Federal, Provincial and local levels, said Khatiwada.


Four individuals in Gan, Laamu Atoll, were arrested late Saturday under the accusation of planning a violent attack.
Maldives Police Service's spokesperson stated that the four individuals were arrested in the newly populated ‘Thundi’ district. A 23-year-old, a 24-year-old and two 27-year-olds were arrested Saturday night around 11 p.m.
The police stated that the four suspects were arrested while they were inside a car and that the suspects had worn facemasks. The police further revealed that hoodies and wigs were found inside the vehicle.
While four people were arrested Saturday night, three individuals were attacked and injured in an attack that took place at the ‘Thundi’ district around midnight on Friday, but whether these two cases are related is yet to be uncovered.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 7. Director of the
Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at UN
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Bernard Hien
met with Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources
Mukhtar Babayev, during his official visit to Azerbaijan, Trend reports citing the
press service of the ministry.
The sides discussed the application of green agriculture in
Azerbaijan, the impact of climate change on agriculture, the work
done in this area, as well as the importance of the transition to
digital agriculture in preventing water losses in the agricultural
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan
- agriculture sector
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(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Qatar Charity's field teams began distributing urgent relief aid to those affected by the earthquake that struck southern Turkey and the Syrian interior, in conjunction with its launch of an urgent relief campaign entitled 'Relief for the earthquake victims - Turkey and Syria.'
In response to the urgent humanitarian needs, 27,000 hot food meals have been distributed equally to those affected by the earthquake between Syria and Turkey, and preparations are underway to implement 30 relief convoys that include food and non-food items.
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European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell recently said that the EU should provide financial support to countries neighbouring Afghanistan in a bid to help them manage refugees fleeing the Taliban. In an interview with Italy's Corriere Della Sera newspaper, Borrell said that the EU has to increase cooperation with the neighbouring countries to resolve issues related to Afghanistan. “We must help them with the first refugee wave," the bloc’s top official said.
“Afghans fleeing the country are not going to reach Rome in the first place, but maybe Tashkent (in Uzbekistan). We need to help those countries that will be on the front line,” he added.
When asked if the countries would receive European financial assistance to host Afghan refugees, Borrell said that the absorption capacity of Europe has its limits and nothing be done without strong cooperation. He said that the neighbouring countries will be affected more and earlier than Europe. “So yes, that also means giving those countries financial support as we have done with Turkey,” Borrell added.
Meanwhile, during the same interview, Borrell even said that the crisis in Afghanistan had highlighted the need for the EU to have its own military capacity. He said that the EU governments must push ahead with a European rapid reaction force in a bid to be better prepared for future crises such as in Afghanistan. The top EU official told the media outlet that the short-notice deployment of American troops to Afghanistan as security deteriorated showed the EU needed to accelerate efforts to build a common defence policy.
He said that Europe needs to draw lessons from this experience as Europeans weren’t able to send 6,000 soldiers around the Kabul airport to secure the area. He further said that the 27-member bloc should have an “initial entry force” of 5,000 soldiers. “We need to be able to act quickly,” he said. Borrell also went on to say that it was time to be flexible, citing agreements made quickly to cope with the financial crisis as an example of how the EU could overcome restrictions in the deployment of military operations laid down in its constitutional treaties. He said that the EU nations can work in many different ways.


Altron’s Nyati says infrastructure and connectivity could aid SA’s recovery
CEO says public-private partnership will be key to rolling out broadband infrastructure for the company and for the country
Mteto Nyati, CEO of technology group Altron, which has completed the listing of its UK unit, says the private sector and the government need to strengthen their partnership to fast-track the rollout of broadband infrastructure.
In October, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government would embark on a huge infrastructure rollout across the country as part of its economic recovery plan. “The Infrastructure Fund will provide R100bn in catalytic finance over the next decade, leveraging as much as R1-trillion in new investment for strategic infrastructure projects,” he said. ..


Islamabad: Vice-president Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sherry Rehman has said that such statement to set ablaze constitutional institute is highly condemnable.
Sherry Rehamn was responding on the allegations leveled by Railway Minister Azam Swati that the ECP takes bribes and said that the ECP should be set ablaze.
She expressed concerns over the allegations hurled on the ECP adding that the governmment is hurling the accusation on the ECP instead of accepting the objections raised by the ECP.
The former ambassador of Pakistan to the USA, said that the government should respond on the serious and basic objections raised by the ECP with arguments.
She said that the government’s behavior is inappropriate and worrying adding that the ECP is a constitutional institutions not a office of the ruling PTI.


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European Parliament approves special fund to mitigate the impact of Brexit
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BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (KUNA) -- The European Parliament Wednesday approved the 5 billion euro (USD 5.9 billion) Brexit Adjustment Reserve to help EU member states deal with the economic, social and territorial impact of the UK's departure from the EU in January 2020.
The agreement to set up the special fund was adopted with 652 in favour, 32 against and 11 abstentions.
1.6 billion euro (USD 1.8 billion) will be distributed in 2021, 1.2 billion euro each (USD 1.4 billion) in 2022 and 2023, followed by 1 billion euro (USD 1.1 billion) in 2025.
Measures that qualify for funding includes, among others, support to businesses, local communities, creating jobs or supporting EU citizens to re-integrate. (end)
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The Biden administration will provide $2 million to Cuba for
emergency relief efforts following Hurricane Ian, the State
Department said on Tuesday, reports citing .
The Communist government of Cuba made a rare request for aid
from Washington in September after Hurricane Ian knocked out power
to the entire island of 11 million people, killed three people and
drove thousands from their homes.
The United States will work with independent organizations to
provide the aid, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a
'We stand with the Cuban people as they work to recover from
this disaster,' Price said.
U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to re-engage with Cuba
after years of tensions between Havana and Washington. But Cuba's
crackdown following widespread protests on the island last July led
instead to sanctions on Cuban officials.
We appreciate humanitarian assistance offer made by the US,'
Cuba's foreign minister, Bruno Rodriguez, said on Twitter.
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Briefing by the Prime Minister’s spokesman on: Cumbria
Asked whether he would be prepared to say there was no appetite for changing gun laws considering what the Home Secretary had said in the House and the Prime Minster said at the press conference earlier today, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Home Secretary had said that where there were lessons to be learned we would learn them, and where there were changes to be made we would make them. The Prime Minister had warned against a kneejerk reaction to this and had advised people to allow the police investigation to take its course.
Asked whether people should draw from the fact that the Prime Minister had said we already had strong gun laws in place that there would be no changes, the PMS said that the rules at present were tough. The Prime Minister had also made the point that it was not clear that moving directly to new regulations or new legislation was the correct response. We should wait and see what happens during the investigation and if there were lessons to be learnt, we would learn them.
Asked who the Prime Minister would be meeting tomorrow during his visit to Cumbria, the PMS said the details of the visit would be confirmed later.
Asked if it was fair to say that the Prime Minister thought we should not introduce legislation for a one off case like this, the PMS referred back to the Prime Minister’s words at the press conference earlier; it was not possible to legislate against a switch flicking in someone’s head.
Asked whether there had been any requests from the local council or police in the area for extra resources to be made available, the PMS said there had been a conversation last night between the Prime Minister and the Chief Constable in the area who had said that he had the resources he needed and that he had also received a number of offers from neighbouring police forces.
Asked whether there was anything more the Home Office could offer in terms of expertise, the PMS advised people to speak to the Home Office.
Asked whether there was any more information on whether Mr Bird had made his conviction clear when applying for a gun licence, the PMS said there was an ongoing police investigation and the police would make any statements.
Put that the Home Secretary had said in her statement that Mr Bird had had the right gun licence whereas the Prime Minister had stated that the police were still looking at this, the PMS said the police would be making statements on the investigation and people should wait for those.


Hyderabad: Telangana Home Minister Mahmood Ali on Wednesday said that the present COVID-19 situation in the state has been discussed with senior police officials.
He said that the Chief Minister KCR would soon conduct a review on the situation in the state, he would take a decision on the lockdown after the review. However, the CM is not in favour of lockdown.
Home Minister Mahmood Ali on Wednesday reviewed the COVID-19 conditions in the state and the implementation of night curfew with police department officials.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that the decision on the lockdown was likely to be taken in view of the current situation.
Recall that the lockdown will cause a lot of financial difficulties.
He told police officials that the cases would continue unabated and the instructions have been passed to take steps to curb black market dentures ranging from oxygen to remdesir injection.


Opposition making hue and cry over Amit Shah issue
BJP today criticized the Opposition parties for making hue and cry over the Amit Shah statement and the BJP manifesto.
"Amit Shah made no controversial statement and has just asked the people to give befitting reply of their miseries by pressing the buttons of voting machines," BJP spokesperson Vijay Bahadur Pathak said here today in a,press statement.
He said the Opposition parties are frustrated and hence were forcing the Election Commission to take action against Shah.
"Such act of the opposition parties against Shah proved that they have conceded their defeat," he said.
Mr Pathak said on one hand the Congress and Samajwadi Party were claiming that the BJP had copied their manifestos but on the other they are also criticising it.
"The Congress and SP leaders are themselves confused and by saying that the BJP has copied their manifestos they too have lauded the BJP manifesto," he said.
(Posted on 08-04-2014)


However, the country’s meteorological department has also forecast higher than normal temperatures during monsoon season, increasing uncertainty.
Agriculture is the largest sector of Pakistan’s economy, contributing about 24 percent of its GDP.
But it has been criticised for being water inefficient.
“What this current water shortfall means for the crops is that authorities will have to better plan on how to utilise the water that is allotted to them,” said IRSA’s Khan.
Pakistan, the world’s fifth largest country with a population of more than 250 million, has recently been grappling with the profound impacts of climate change which includes shifting and unpredictable weather patterns.
Devastating floods in 2022 — which scientists linked to climate change — that affected more than 30 million people also severely impacted Pakistan’s cotton crop that year.


NADEEM MALIK LIVE
TOPIC- FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
GUESTS- TALAL CH, SHAFQAT MAHMOOD, SAEED GHANI
TALAL CH OF PML-N said that the government resolve against terrorism gets stronger after every incident of terrorism. He said that the PM tries to reach all those people that are hit by terrorism if he could. He said that the provinces are most responsible to work on national action plan. He said that the protesters provided the opportunity for the incident of yesterday it is like going two hundred miles per hour on the road where speed limit is one hundred and expecting that the government will rescue them.
He said that the decision in apex committee are made unanimously and swiftly acted upon. He said that the actions of the government are speaking for its performance the whole world is acknowledging that terrorism has been reduced in Pakistan. He said that PML-N is in the favor of the continuity of the military courts for another two years.
He said that the CM of Punjab has bravely announced to retaliate against the terrorists. He said that the war against the terrorism is on and Insha Allah we will win this war.
SHAFQAT MAHMOOD OF PTI said that individual acts of the terrorism are hard to stop but overall improvement that was required to fight against terrorism is not there. He said that if NECTA is made vibrant and all the agencies are brought under its authority incidents like Lahore terrorism can be stopped. He said that we have about thirty intelligence agencies their information should be collected at one point. He said that we need to galvanize the support of the people against the terrorism but that has not been done. He said that the letter issued by the terrorists’ shows that even our parliament is not safe. He said that our management system is very weak and we need to bring reforms in order to have a long term solution against the terrorism.
SAEED GHANI OF PPPP said that we all have to fight the war against the terrorism together. He said that Ch Nisar disappears after every big incident of terrorism is he serious about his job or not? He said that we can improve the system of fight against the terrorism and can bring improvement in police but as long there will no will we cannot fight terrorism. He said that when PPPP started Swat operation PML-N opposed it. He said that army chief statement against terrorists is welcomed but the civil administration should give even stronger statement because that gives encouragement to the people. He said that if the PM cannot say something let Ch Nisar issue a statement he is good speaker.


(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
Paris: Qatar participated in the 115th Session of the Permanent Council of the Francophonie (CPF), which was held in Paris via videoconference technology and chaired by Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie H E Louise Mushikiwabo.
Qatar was represented at the session by Ambassador of Qatar to the French Republic and Qatar’s representative to the International Organization of La Francophonie H E Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani.
The meeting of the Permanent Council of Francophonie discussed the political situation in the Francophone space, specifically in Chad, Mali and Cameroon, as well as the preparations related to organizing the Games of La Francophonie and Tunisia’s hosting of the 18th Francophonie Summit next November. The internal administrative and financial issues were also addressed.
Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie strongly condemned the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, calling for the opening of an independent investigation to uncover the circumstances of the assassination.
He addressed the current health situation and called for efforts to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines against the emerging Coronavirus, in partnership with the European Union, the African Union and the World Health Organization.
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ABU DHABI, 17th March, 2023 (WAM) -- Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State, received Ahn Dukgeun, Minister for Trade of the Republic of Korea, and his accompanying delegation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to discuss a number of files of joint interest.
During the meeting, Al-Sayegh discussed with Dukgeun ways to deepen bilateral relations between the UAE and the Republic of Korea in various areas of strategic partnership, especially strengthening cooperation in the economic and trade fields for the benefit of the two countries and peoples.
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Islamabad: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the government is taking appropriate measures for elimination of poverty from the country.
He was talking to British High Commissioner Philip Barton in Islamabad on Wednesday. Ishaq Dar said the Prime Minister has announced special schemes for the youth, which will help reduce poverty and improve the economy. During the meeting, both sides discussed matters relating to bilateral cooperation particularly the economic cooperation.
Ishaq Dar said the government will continue its reform agenda for the welfare of the people. The High Commissioner said the visit of the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister to United Kingdom had a very positive impact on enhancing cooperation between the two countries.
He said the business meeting in London provided an opportunity to stock markets and fund managers to know about the development taking place in Pakistan. Country Head of Department for International Development (DFID) Richard Montgomery, who accompanied the High Commissioner discussed issues related to aid from UK and social safety programmes.


Kurdistan and America agree to increase investments in the energy field
Shafaq News / The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, discussed through phone on Friday evening, with US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, a number of issues of common concern.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said in a statement on Saturday that the two sides discussed the implications of Corona pandemic outbreak on the economy of Kurdistan Region, Iraq and the United States.
The statement added that the Prime Minister and the US Secretary of Energy agreed on the importance of investments growth in the energy field between the United States and Kurdistan Region. The new federal government in Baghdad was also highlighted, and the ways in which the United States can continue its support for Iraq and Kurdistan Region, especially through international financial assistance.
During the phone call, the Prime Minister expressed his solidarity with the victims of Corona virus in the United States, and it was also agreed to continue close communication between the two sides, according to the statement.


Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday held a review meeting with Delhi government officials and the city's municipal corporations over the preparedness to check vector-borne diseases in the national capital. The Union Minister said that the meeting was necessary as everyone was busy in battling COVID-19.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, it's important to take measures to control vector-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya, and malaria.
"Today, I held a review meeting with the officials of Delhi government and city's municipal corporations over the preparedness to deal with vector-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya, and malaria. It is important to take measures to control these diseases," said Dr Vardhan.
"It was important to have a meeting so that vector-borne diseases are not ignored. Last year, around 5,000 cases of dengue were reported. It is important to be better prepared to deal with such diseases," added Dr Vardhan.
Harsh Vardhan on Monday said that the national capital needs to take more stringent measures to contain coronavirus. This comes after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday made it clear that the time has come to re-open Delhi as people will have to be ready to live with coronavirus, and said it is impossible that COVID-19 infection cases will be zero. So far, more than 4,500 coronavirus cases have been reported in Delhi.
Speaking to the media, the Health Minister said that Delhi is one of those states in the country where more strict action is needed to be taken in order to control the coronavirus cases. He added that the fight against it needs to be taken more seriously.
Harsh Vardhan felt that minimum relaxation should be given during lockdown 3.0, but it is totally up to Delhi government. Furthermore, he said that the Health and Home Ministries have given guidelines, but it is the state government, who needs to decide as to how much and in what way those guidelines should be implemented in their states according to the situation there.
(With Inputs from ANI)
(Image credits: PTI)


Lebanon, Netherlands ink accord to enhance business relations
(MENAFN) The National News Agency said in a report that on Tuesday, Jun. 15 Lebanon and the Netherlands inked a deal to enhance relations between economic bodies and businessmen in the two nations.
The deal was inked by Toufic Dabbousi, head of Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Tripoli and North Lebanon, and Mohammad Sinno, president of the Lebanese Dutch Business Association.
The deal will help the both nations ease the Lebanese exports to the Netherlands and Lebanon's import of raw equipment from the Netherlands, along with developing agricultural, manufacturing and commercial exchanges between both nations.
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According to the Alberta minister of Finance, the province is operating on a $2.5 billion operational surplus as of the end of the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
Finance Minister Doug Horner, in a press conference in Edmonton, said that the government was able to end the fiscal year on an operational surplus even with the volatile oil prices in the province, and the flooding that the southern part of the province saw last year.
“We overcame many challenges last year— energy volatility, continued global economic uncertainty and of course the southern Alberta flooding,” Horner said. “These events all had impacts on the lives of Albertans and on the province’s bottom line. That said, our strong balance sheet and surplus position show we have turned a corner financially.
“Albertans can be confident this government will continue to focus on fiscal responsibility, building needed infrastructure and investing in core services like health, education and support for the vulnerable.”
Horner laid out the reasons the province was in a fiscally positive position in his half hour news conference at the end of June. Stating that with the economy continuing to expand, creating thousands of jobs and drawing ever more people to the province, the economic growth rate is estimated to be 3.9 per cent for 2013, which is the fourth consecutive year above three per cent.
Horner said that the growth in the province is due to the increase of population that has come from around Canada and other parts of the world.
“The global economy remains very uncertain, yet Alberta continues to rise above the crowd,” Horner said. “The bottom line is that we are the economic engine of Canada and will continue to be the province of choice for people who want a better future.”
Vermilion-Lloydminster MLA Richard Starke said the news Horner announced shows that the government is doing positive things to manage the economy.
“We are pleased that the economy remains strong, and revenues were higher than expected and expenses were carefully controlled over the last fiscal year, those are both positive things.
“We will continue to work carefully to make sure that we do the best thing we can do to manage the economy.”
The moving forward into the next fiscal year, which began on July 1, Starke said the government will continue on its path forward to ensure that the work that was accomplished last year doesn’t get undone.
“Really, the plan in the budget has not changed because of this operational surplus. Obviously, we are please and it shows our economy is on a strong footing,” he said.
“To make any new major spending commitments would be certainly imprudent at this time. So we are going to be staying the course.”
Starke said the 2014 budget plan clearly lays out the government’s plan for Albertans.
“It highlights what we are going to be investing in terms of infrastructure and that we are also going to be saving. These are things that Albertans have told us repeatedly that they want, and we are going to deliver on those,” he said.
According to Starke the main message that Albertans should take from the Minister press conference is that Alberta economy remains very strong.
“Our provincial budget is a document that we can be very proud of, and we remain committed to the commitments that we made through the budgetary process.”


Area prepares for worst as storm nears
WINCHESTER — Widespread panic didn’t quite set in among area residents Tuesday, but forecasters were warning of a snowstorm that was about to clobber the city today.
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The Police has arrested a total of 1,708 people have been arrested in connection with the 9 May unrest and violence across the island.
Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said 852 complaints had been filed so far about the incidents.
He said that 900 people have been released on bail in connection with the 9 May incidents, while 751 have been placed in remand custody.
He noted that 900 individuals have thus far been released on bail over the incidents on the 9th of May while 751 individuals have been placed in remand custody.
SSP Thalduwa said that investigations into the unrest are currently being conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Police Stations, and special investigation units.
He also stated that the CID has apprehended 25 suspects.


Members of Parliament have strongly agreed on the need for the country to have the Public Officers (Declaration of Asset, Liabilities and Business interest) Bill for the country to win the fight against fraud and corruption.
The Bill which calls for public officers including the President and the Vice President to publicly declare their assets and liabilities once adopted will help in ensuring that people accumulates wealth in a rightful and proper manner.
Goodall Gondwe, Member of Parliament for Mzimba North said, the bill once implemented will help to reshape and restructure the country and also improve management of public resources.
“The bill is important because it will guide management of resources by civil servants and everyone holding a public post.
“Once we have the bill, we don’t expect to have the cash gate issues because people will be aware of the consequences of accumulating money in a dubious manner,” explained Gondwe hoping that the bill will also clear the mess that Malawi is in at the moment.
Halima Daudi, Minister of Environment and Climate Change said the declaration bill will apart from fighting corruption improve transparency and accountability.
“This bill is timely and if implemented assist will improve delivery of services in the public sector and also change the mindset of those in higher offices,” Daudi said.
Member of Chitipa North, Nick Masebo who also chairs the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said having the Bill in place it will be easy for the committee to force leaders to declare their assets.
“Let me confirm that as PAC we have had problems in asking leaders to declare their assets there was no legal backing.
“I’m happy today that we are debating on the legislature that will give the committee powers and act according to its mandate,” Masebo said.


As Covid-19 vaccination crossed the 32-crore dose figure in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday held a meeting with senior officials to review the progress of vaccination and the pandemic situation in the country.
The meeting came in the backdrop of the country administering a record 3.77 crore doses in the last six days, after the new phase of vaccination was rolled out on July 21.
During the meeting, it was discussed that 128 districts have vaccinated more than 50 per cent of the 45-plus population and 16 districts have vaccinated more than 90 per cent of the 45-plus population, the PMO said in a statement.
“Officials gave a detailed presentation to the PM on progress of vaccination in the country. PM was briefed about the age-wise vaccination coverage. PM was also briefed about the vaccine coverage among healthcare workers, frontline workers and general population in various states,” the PMO said in a statement.
The PMO said that the officials also apprised the Prime Minister about the vaccine supply in the upcoming months and efforts being made to increase production. ”Officers briefed the PM that they are in touch with state governments to explore and implement innovative methods to reach people for vaccination. PM spoke about the need to involve NGOs and other organisations in such efforts.”
The PMO further said that officials apprised the Prime Minister about the interest in Cowin platform globally.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
On 5 July 2022, at around 4:20 pm in the border area of
Uzbekistan, the fall of five rockets, presumably flown from the
territory of Afghanistan, was noted. This was stated in the message
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, Trend reports citing Uzdaily .
“It should be noted that no explosions occurred when the shells
fell, as a result of which there were no human casualties and no
destruction. Minor damage was caused to four private houses in the
mahalla 'Majnuntol' in Termez, the fifth projectile was found on
the football field. The discovered shells were neutralized by a
sapper unit,” the report says.
The Foreign Ministry noted that at present, the competent
authorities of Uzbekistan, together with the Afghan side, are
implementing the necessary measures to establish the causes of this
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Home Minister Balochistan Mir Ziaullah Langau has said India will never succeed in its conspiracies against Pakistan.
In a statement, he said that the entire nation stands united to foil the agenda of the enemy.
He added that we fought a long battle against terrorism but now peace has been restored across the country due to sacrifices of security forces and people.
He said we are a resilient nation, we will continue rending sacrifices for the defense of the country.
Source: Radio Pakistan


“Illumina” news quotes from “The Five” interview with Arianna Huffington: “In the US, we have a lot of laws that are anti-illumina.
And it’s actually a good thing.
Because there are a lot more people, a lot better protections for people that live in those communities, because of what’s happened.
“That’s really unfortunate.” “
“Illustration by Sam Woolley” “The people who have been exposed to this and who are being attacked are the people who are least likely to be the ones that will be able to do something about it. “
That’s really unfortunate.”
And I think it’s really a shame.” “
People who have a good idea of what they can do, and then they get their own power taken away from them.
And I think it’s really a shame.”
“I think the truth will come out and that we’re all responsible for it.
And so I’m very much hopeful that it will.”
“The biggest problem in America is that we have the government telling us what to do.
And when it comes to healthcare, we’re told that we can’t do it, and that it’s not good for us.
And that’s not true.
And you see a lot in the stories that have come out about the people in the world who are suffering. “
It’s a real shame that we’ve got people who, for whatever reason, feel that they are being oppressed.
And you see a lot in the stories that have come out about the people in the world who are suffering.
And it’s a shame because they’ve got the power, the resources, and the support that they need to take the steps that they’re willing to take to get back to the way they were.”


Yemeni President: Iranian trail has failed in Yemen
(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
Riyadh, Dhu-AlQa'dah 25, 1438, August 17, 2017, SPA -- Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi said that the Iranian trail in his country has failed and will be rejected by Yemeni People.
This came during his meeting here today with Yemeni Vice President Ali Mohsen Saleh, Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Dagher, and a number of Yemeni senior officials.
Hadi reiterated that the outcome of the national dialogue and the building of a federal Yemen based on partnership, justice and equality is the choice of the Yemeni people, pointing out at the same time that the coupist militia continues its rejection of the peace calls based on the three authorities.
17:49 LOCAL TIME 14:49 GMT
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A new Supreme Court Judge, President of the Appeal Court, and Appeal Court Justice took oaths before President Ranil Wickremesinghe today.
Justice K. P. Fernando, President of the Court of Appeal took oaths as a Supreme Court judge before President Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning (06) at the President's House in Fort.
Court of Appeal Justice Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne took oaths as the President of the Court of Appeal while High Court Judge M.A.R. Marikkar was also sworn in as a judge of the Court of Appeal before President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Minister of Justice Wijayadasa Rajapaksha, Secretary to the President Saman Ekanayake, Commanders of the Tri Forces and other officials attended the event. (Colombo Gazette)
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Yemen says Iranian interference promotes chaos
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) JEDDAH, Oct 21 (KUNA) -- Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdulmalek Mekhlafi said Saturday Iran's interference was threatening security and promoting chaos in the region.
Mekhlafi, during a meeting with David Satterfield, US Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, in Riyadh, said Iran sought to replace the "state in Yemen with Sects and the army with militias so its chaotic project continues." He reiterated that his government choice was to achieve peace and support UN efforts to overcome the stalemate, according to SPA news agency.
Satterfield met earlier with President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and discussed the political situation in Yemen.
The two officials said they were looking forward to achieving genuine peace in Yemen. (end) nh.bs
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Avoid Self Medication to Control Lassa Fever
The director of public health Kaduna state ministry of health, Dr. Mohammed Bello Armirau has confirmed that there have been three cases of Lassa fever in the state but only one life has been lost.
He said this during an exclusive interview with our correspondent saying that the state has a repeat response team even before the first case was discovered.
Dr. Mohammad Bello the director of public health Kaduna state ministry of health also said that the state government has put enough mechanisms to control the outbreak of the disease.
He however appeals to the general public not to panic but make use of the two hundred and twenty five primary health care in the state whenever they have health challenges and avoid self medication.


Area jobless rates drop
WINCHESTER — The city saw a significant drop in its unemployment rate in October from a year ago, while Frederick and Clarke counties saw smaller declines.
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One policeman was martyred while 17 people sustained injuries in a blast near Balochistan University on Quetta’s Saryab Road on Monday, officials said.
Law enforcement agencies and rescue officials reached the scene shortly after the incident was reported. The area was cordoned off by security officials.
Rescue officials shifted the injured people to the Civil Hospital Quetta and Bolan Medical Complex Hospital.
Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani said that a police truck deputed outside the varsity gate was targeted and an explosive device was planted in a motorcycle.
He said that those responsible for the blast will be arrested and brought to justice.
In a tweet, he gave the names of the injured and the dead.
Initially, Shahwani had said that one police official was martyred and eleven people, including seven cops and four passersby, were injured. Later, he updated his tweet and said that 17 people had been injured in the incident.
Civil Hospital Spokesperson Dr Wasim Baig added that the injured included 13 police officials and four passersby.
Provincial Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove said that police officials had been providing security to protesting students outside the varsity when the blast took place.
“The attackers wanted to target the students, but police officials were targeted due to tight security arrangements in place,” the minister said.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed condemned the incident and said that he had sought a report from the Balochistan IGP. He also offered condolences to the family of the martyred official.
“We will not allow terrorists to destroy the province’s peace. The federal government will provide resources and support to the provincial government,” he said.


(MENAFN) Turkey’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines has been awarded for the highest design airline of Europe this year, it declared on Thursday.
TheDesignAir company chose the carrier as the "Design Airline of the Year" for its acvanced little pieces including lounge, check-in islands, as well as ticket offices, on top of in-flight design and outputs.
Ahmet Olmustur, the carrier’s head marketing officer, stated that "From the entrance to the check-in counters and lounges at Istanbul Airport, and to the new cabin and seat designs on board, we meticulously inject our Turkish Airlines brand identity at every touch point.
Adding, "With our traditional hospitality, we strive to make our passengers’ experience privileged by providing service beyond their expectations.”
“Turkish has continued to excel at passenger experience, brand and customer service, and where some carriers have been cutting back, Turkish has continued to invest in enhancements both on the ground and in the skies,” according to TheDesignAir.
It continued: “The use of a consistent brand image, colour palette and design language throughout the digital and physical experiences has helped create a powerful airline brand that continues to impress against its European counterparts. Turkish Airlines has once again this year reaffirmed its position as a leading design airline of the world, taking the crown for the European region once more.”
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(MENAFN- Bangladesh Monitor) Dhaka : The Airports Authority of India (AAI) launched operations of its new terminal at Chennai Airport by handling a flight of US-Bangla Airlines on April 25 as part of a trial run.
AAI operated the international flight through the new terminal as part of the trial before shifting full operations.
The inbound flight arrived at 1:06 pm with 191 passengers on board while the outbound flight departed at 2:16 pm with 192 passengers, a release said.
Representatives of US-Bangla Airlines expressed that they are honoured that AAI chose the airline, added the US-Bangla media release.
"This will be a trial to find out if all the systems are working properly as everything is new. It will also help us to find out if passengers are facing any inconvenience," Sharad Kumar, Director, Chennai Airport, said, reports cited.
It may be mentioned here that US-Bangla Airlines has been operating weekly flights from Dhaka to Chennai since 2018, as per reports, with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Also, the airline operates daily flights to Kolkata from Dhaka and Chattogram.
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KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Monday said that the top Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leadership fears they will be caught in case the Panama case judgement comes against their leader Nawaz Sharif.
Speaking to media here in Karachi, Imran said that the Panama verdict will decide whether the “corrupt mafia” continues to rule over the country.
The PTI chief said that the Sharif’s were giving an impression as if they were not appearing before the JIT but have conquered Kashmir.
On the occasion, he also congratulated the Pakistan cricket team on winning the ICC Champions Trophy. The victory has united the country, he added.


Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa has said that some malicious forces were trying to destabilize the country.
He has said that LTTEers who have escaped from the country together with some foreign countries and local and international NGOs were trying to destabilize the country.
He has added that these forces were conspiring and leveling various allegations against the country.
Speaking at an event in Embilipitiya, Rajapaksa has said that the US State Department had earlier prepared a charge sheet highlighting the Rajapaksa family.
He has observed that the Darusman Report had been released following the US State Department charge sheet and now the focus is on human rights, war crimes and right to information.
According to Rajapaksa, a piece of legislation that was recently presented to parliament had been drafted by a certain NGO and that imperialist forces always found details from elements within the country.


Farrukh Habib said that Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce has brought together all the chambers of the country which needs time. Pakistan’s textile exports have tripled.
He said that during Corona, world economy was shut down and supply chain was also affected due to Corona. Textile exports will reach 21 billion this year.
Farrukh Habib said that during the Corona epidemic, businessmen stood by the Prime Minister and it was the duty of the governments to create facilities for the traders while the government provided facilities to the business community at all times.
He said that the business community appreciated the policies of the Prime Minister and the business community should stand by the Prime Minister for the development of the country. When we got the government, we had a deficit of billion.
The Minister of State said that we will continue our work for the hoisting of the green crescent flag.


Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology on Sunday said that they expect heavy showers in many parts of the country within next 48 hours.
This is caused by a depression over southwest Bay of Bengal, which is moving across the country, the department said, adding that strong winds can also be expected at times over the country, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Meanwhile, the Irrigation Department said that the water levels of many reservoirs have increased due to the heavy rains, warning those who live in low-lying areas near rivers to be vigilant of floods.
The country’s Department of Railways announced that train services in central Sri Lanka have been disrupted due to minor rock and earth slips and several trains have been cancelled.
The National Building Research Organization said that four districts in the country are facing the risk of landslides, urging the people to be vigilant.


Two men who had bought ballot papers and national identity cards from voters were arrested at Kankanamgoda in Beruwala, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.
He said the Beruwala Police had recovered five ballot papers and six NICs, which had been purchased for Rs.18,000.
SP Gunasekara said during the further investigations it was revealed that the suspects had also paid four electricity bills and four water bills of voters amounting to Rs.10,800.
He said the suspects were produced before the Kalutara Magistrate with the main suspect being remanded till Feb.12 while his accomplice was severely warned and released.
The suspects said they had done so to prevent their opponent receiving majority in the elections.
The police had warned candidates that collecting ballot papers and identity cards was a grave offense.
SP Gunasekara said the suspects had committed an offence by collecting these documents and bribing the voters and added that the candidate who was behind this scam. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)
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Americans lack their financial health goals, according to a new survey of more than 350 respondents.
The survey, hosted by Wallethub, a personal finance website, asked respondents to reflect on their overall financial health.
Here is what they have to say:
More than half of the Americans – 53 percent – reported that they not on track for retirement or don’t know if they will or not.
Forty-nine percent of respondents said they ready for a financial emergency, compared to 30 percent who said they were not ready. other 21 percent of the respondents said they did not know whether they were ready for a financial emergency or not.
Wallethub’s survey responses express skepticism about credit scores, with more than 30 percent of respondents who said they were don’t rely on credit scores.
Most respondents – 55 percent – also said that a credit score alone will not help them manage their finances.
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The survey also found that while 40 percent of respondents says that a “A complete look at their financial health is very helpful,” 62 percent said said they “don’t feel like they can now get holistic financial advice.”
Wallethub also sees that young people nearly 3 times more likely than those over 59 to say that A “complete look at their financial health is very helpful.”
When asked to rank what part of their financial health they need the most help with, 44 percent of the respondents said Investment or retirement.


(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Cyberattacks in the UAE and the wider GCC region have increased since the outbreak of Covid-19 and this trend will continue in 2021, say industry executives, citing an increase in online users, as well as the growth in the work-from-home culture.
'Attacks have gone up considerably since the outbreak of Covid-19. The UAE, being one of the leading economies in the Middle East, has become the prime target for malicious actors, making it one of the most affected countries in the region, accounting for bulk of the Covid-19 themed attacks in GCC, said Anand Choudha, CEO and president of Spectrami.
Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, head of UAE Government Cyber Security, had also stated that the country saw a 250 per cent increase in cyberattacks amid the pandemic in 2020.
'It does not look there will be any slowdown in the attacks any time soon. Besides Covid-19, the other major factors driving the threat of cyberattacks in the region are increased work-from-home, as well as the growing vulnerabilities in digital communications networks and supply chains, growth in the user base of online consumers, and most of all, the deficient cybersecurity infrastructure, said Choudha.
Data from ResearchAndMarkets.com showed that the cybersecurity market in the Middle East and Africa was valued at $1.9 billion in 2020, and it is expected to reach $2.9 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 7.92 per cent during 2021-26.
Peter French, general manager for the Middle East and Africa at Acronis, said people in the region need cyber protection. A survey by Acronis revealed that 25 per cent of people in the UAE admit to still not using any cyber protection, while another 25 per cent said they still did not take extra precautions to protect their data, devices and privacy.
Survey results showed that 36 per cent of respondents said that the biggest IT challenge their organisation has faced during and following the shift to remote work was securing data of their employees remotely, while around 45 per cent said that their organisations experienced data loss, which resulted in business downtime.
According to the UAE Covid-19 Cybercrime Survey conducted by KPMG, 83 per cent of surveyed companies in the UAE stated that they have witnessed a significant increase of 50 per cent in phishing scams, while they registered an 46 per cent increase in email spamming, and observed a growth of 38 per cent in the online scams.
According to a study conducted in 2020 by the Ponemon Institute and IBM Security the cost of a data breach in Saudi Arabia and UAE has risen by 9.4 per cent over the past year. These incidents cost companies $6.53 million per breach on average, which is higher than the global average of $3.86 million per breach.
The study also reported that the breaches that took place in the UAE and Saudi Arabia cost companies on average $188 per lost or stolen record.
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Fighter jets Sukhoi-30MKI and midair refueller IL-78 — both of
Russian origin – along with US-made heavy-lift plane C-17 will be
fielded by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in an upcoming 17-nation
military exercise in Australia.
Called“Pitch Black 2022”, the exercise will be conducted from
August 19 to September 8. The three-week-long military drill, to be
conducted in Northern Territory of Australia, will involve over 100
aircraft and 2,500 military personnel.
The IAF team took off today. En route, the team will stop at
Malaysia for a bilateral exercise. This year's participants include
India, the US, Australia, Japan, Canada, France, Germany,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines,
South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, the UAE and the UK. The list
includes the Quadrilateral countries – India, Japan, US and
Australia. The exercise will also see participation of key NATO
countries, including the UK, France and Germany. Germany, Japan and
South Korea are participating for the first time. A biennial
exercise,“Pitch Black” features a range of realistic and simulated
threats that can be found in a modern battle-space environment and
is an opportunity for militaries to test and improve
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6. Azerbaijan
supports the Brussels format, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
said during the with President of the European Council Charles
The importance of the meetings held in Brussels with the
participation of Charles Michel towards the normalization of
Armenian-Azerbaijani relations was underlined at the meeting.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked Charles Michel for his mediation
mission. The head of state noted that Azerbaijan supports the
Charles Michel expressed gratitude to the Azerbaijani President
in this regard.
During the conversation, the sides discussed the agenda of the
trilateral meeting scheduled to be held in Brussels next month.
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(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: The Kindergarten section at Birla Public School showed their support for the country by celebrating Jersey Day on November 16, 2022.
The school was a sea of colours as excited students arrived in class wearing their favourite jersey and holding a flag with pride. The teachers conducted a special assembly wherein the students conducted a fashion show of 32 participating countries of the FIFA World cup 2022, followed by a traditional dance performance by the students and a short insight into the FIFA World Cup 2022.
The day was made more interesting and entertaining as each class along with their teacher played a sport like passing the ball, cricket, football, throwing the ball, volleyball, tunnel ball, and many more followed. The Birla Kindergarten always uses new and unique methods to promote student physical activity and wellness, helping to build a nation that —through innovation. It was truly an amazing and fun-filled day for everyone.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the Mother and Child Care Hospital (MCCH) Rawalpindi and Nullah Leh Expressway project will be completed in the tenure of the present government.
Talking to the media persons in Islamabad on Wednesday, he said that Sheikh Rashid will talk to the Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar tomorrow for the commencement of work on the Nullah Leh Expressway project.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr. Faisal Sultan said that the Mother and Child Care hospital will be the most modern facility and it will be completed during the current year.
Dr. Faisal Sultan said that some basic functions of the hospital will become operational much earlier.
Responding to a question, the interior minister said that the people of Pakistan will express solidarity with the Palestinian people on Friday.
A gathering will also be held at Lal Haveli Rawalpindi keeping in view the COVID SOPs.


Women have accounted for a growing share of U.S. police officers, but the growth has been relatively slow and women remain underrepresented in the field, reports the Pew Research Center. Women sometimes differ sharply from male officers in their views of policing and their experiences, say a new survey conducted by the National Police . . .
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December 16th 2018 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s Information Minister, Michael Makuei Lueth, said on Friday that regime change agenda of the United States government has failed following several attempts by the Western power to overthrow the embattled South Sudan government.
Makuei’s remarks against the US government followed a decision by the Trump Administration on Thursday to approve a new policy to cut financial aid to South Sudan saying the US government cannot continue funding a government which is run by the same “morally bankrupt” leaders despite peace deal.
In reaction, South Sudan’s Information Minister, Michael Makuei Lueth said the South Sudan government is not ran using United States money saying the most powerful country has already cut the funding to the world’s youngest nation and the government is still surviving.
“They have already cut it, what we are getting from them now,” Makuei said. “The government of South Sudan had not been running on the American aid. I thought what they were doing was a humanitarian work which has nothing to do with politics.”
Makuei said all the financial aid the United States government has been donating was not going to the government say that they have been going to the people of South Sudan through humanitarian aid.
“After all the aid which they were getting was not going to the government but to the people of South Sudan. If they have so decided to deprive the people of South Sudan of those services which they were rendering then we will not kneel before them,” Makuei added.
Makuei further said the United States wanted to change the regime in South Sudan, something he said the Americans will not get adding that the failed regime change agenda of the US is the reason why they have not accepted the peace agreement signed in September by the government and opposition groups.
“They want a regime change; we know but they will not get it. This is why they are trying, by all means, this is why they have not accepted the agreement and they expected the agreement to remove the current government,” he said.
Makuei said despite the effort by the United States government to over throw the current regime, the agreement signed in September has instead confirmed the government of South Sudan.
“Unfortunately, the agreement has confirmed the leadership of the current government, their policy of regime change has failed and they will never succeed,” he further said.


LONDON: In a bid to resolve all issues facing the country, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the government, the armed forces, political parties and the media will have to play their role.
Taking to media persons in London, the prime minister said that neither a single political party nor an individual can resolve the issues and we all will have to work together for the prosperity of the country.
The prime minister said that the government is addressing the issue of law and order and terrorism on priority basis. He said that the government is working with strong commitment to end power outages.
Moreover, he said that said China is investing about $33 billion in next eight to ten years in Pakistan.
Referring to economic corridor, the prime minister said that it envisaged completion of Karachi Lahore Motorway, Lahore Orange line, Thar coal projects, Gadani, Port Qasim, Gwadar, and upgradation of railways in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sharif further said that the government is also working on Islamabad-Muzaffarabad railways via Murree.


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New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Opposition leaders in the Lok Sabha on Monday condemned the killing of civilians in Nagaland and demanded impartial inquiry and compensation for the deceased.
Condemning the incident, Lok Sabha member from Nagaland, Tokheho Yepthomi said that an unfortunate incident had taken place, pointing out that Naga political negotiation has been going on for 25 years and people are also anxiously waiting for the solution and said AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) has not given power to armed forces to kill people indiscriminately.
He demanded that an inquiry should be held and stern action should be taken against the guilty and adequate compensation to the family of victims.
Condemning the incident, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi demanded that the government must repeal the AFSPA and said no country in the world has a barbaric law like AFSPA. He asked if the informant was linked with China.
Terming December 4 as black day, Congress member Gaurav Gogoi questioned the failure of security agencies to differentiate unarmed civilians from hardcore militants. He appealed for peace and demanded a probe and detailed statement by the home minister and defence minister.
DMK member T.R. Baalu said it is condemnable that our own security forces have killed our own people. Baalu also demanded proper inquiry and compensation for the victims.
Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress condemned the incidents and requested for a detailed statement from the home minister.
Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut said that the incident is a matter of concern and asked how wrong information reached the security forces.
NCP member Supriya Sule demanded compensation of Rs 50 lakh to Rs one crore including for the soldier who was also killed in the incidents.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla assured the members that the Home Minister will make a statement post lunch.
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Police in Petauke has advised political parties taking part in the June 30 parliamentary by-election to adhere to the Public Order Act.
Officer-in-Charge, Robert Ngosa also says that the political parties should respect the Electoral Code of Conduct.
Speaking to Breeze News in Petauke, Mr. Ngosa says that police will not tolerate any misbehaving by any political party.
He says that police has deployed enough officers to ensure that there is peace during campaigns and voting time.
The officer-in-charge has also warned all the people who will be found removing political campaign posters that they will be arrested and prosecuted.
Meanwhile the ruling PF, Patriotic Front Party has dismissed allegations that it is bribing voters in Malambo Constituency.
Provincial Chairperson, Attany Mwamba has told Breeze News that the PF does not have money to throw around.
Mr. Mwamba says that the party has only given money to its campaign team to buy food and fuel for vehicles involved in the campaigns.
He says that some opposition political parties were uncomfortable with PF because government has embarked on so many developmental projects.
Mr. Mwamba instead accused UPND of being involved in vote buying.
The UPND early this week complained that the governing party was dishing out money to people to corrupt their minds into voting for their candidate.


Visitors to Zimbabwe from countries affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) will be deported at the port of entry unless they produce medical certificates showing that they do not have the disease, a cabinet minister announced on Tuesday night.Health Minister Obadiah Moyo said the move is part of stringent measures approved by cabinet on Tuesday to ensure that COVID-19 does not spread to the southern African country.
“Those who come without medical certificates showing that they were examined by government doctors from their countries of origin, we will simply say ‘thank you for the visit, but we are sending you back,” Moyo told journalists after Tuesday’s cabinet meeting.
He said the adoption of such a measure was “to ensure that we don’t have people who bring coronavirus into our country.”
“We will take all stringent measures to ensure that we don’t have coronavirus in Zimbabwe,” the minister said.
There have been more than 90,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus – and over 3,000 deaths – in 48 countries since the beginning of the year, according to the World Health Organisation.
The disease originated in China and has spread to other parts of the world, including Iran, Italy, South Korea and the United Kingdom.


Deputy Health Minister Joe Phaahla has come to the defence of the implementation of the lockdown saying it has managed to move the country from number 5 in the world to number 13.
DEPUTY Health Minister Joe Phaahla has come to the defence of the implementation of the lockdown saying it has managed to move the country from number 5 in the world to number 13.
Phaahla also told MPs on Thursday that almost 400 healthcare workers have died in the fight against Covid-19.
Phaahla, who was answering oral questions in Parliament, said the lockdown has enabled the economy to be opened.
But opposition parties said the government had taken too long to open the economy with the hard lockdown.
Phaahla said the lockdown was necessary to ensure the country contained the spread of the virus.
“There has been a lot of progress with these measures. These serious lockdown interventions helped us to be where we are now, from number 5 in the world to number 13,” said Phaahla.
He said the lockdown was brought in to flatten the curve and the government has managed to do this.
This measure was also meant to ensure that the public healthcare system was not overwhelmed with the large number of cases of Covid-19.
“It was to keep it at a low base, which happened. The peak came in not at Level 5, Level 4, but at Level 3,” said Phaahla.
At the time the government had bought time and prepared health facilities for the upsurge in the virus infections.
“At the moment, working with the President, the Cabinet and National Coronavirus Command Council we are monitoring to see if there will be a second wave. We differ with you that we used the sledge hammer approach. It was a necessary sacrifice and we are convinced it was a medium term investment and if you look at countries who did not do what we did, those countries who took half-measures that they will nip the pandemic in the bud, are doing now what we did,” said Phaahla.
Phaahla also told MPs that the government will continue with plans to implement the National Health Insurance.
He said the fight against Covid-19 has laid the foundation for the implementation of the NHI. This was after the government invested in infrastructure.
He said this was an important investment that would allow universal health coverage.
Phaahla also said they would not be able to hire on a full-time basis some of the health workers who were employed during the peak of Covid-19. They were employed temporarily to fight the spread of the virus.
He said they wanted to hire these workers full-time but there was no money available.
South Africa had hired hundreds of health workers to contain the virus after Covid-19 broke out.


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KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) General Secretary Netra Bikram Chanda ‘Biplav’ met on Monday evening at the PM’s official resident, Baluwatar.
According to the CPN (Maoist) central member Uday Bahadur Chalaune, the meeting focused on the release of prisoners as per the three-point agreement.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Oli informed that the process has started as per the agreement and that the prisoners will be released gradually, said Chalaune. According to the CPN (Maoist), 148 leaders and cadres are still in jail.
The CPN (Maoist) spokesperson Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma was also present at the meeting.
The three-point agreement reached between the government and the CPN (Maoist) on March 5 states that the prisoners will be released gradually. However, as per the agreement, Chanda had gone to Baluwatar to meet Prime Minister Oli saying that the release of the detainee was delayed.
On March 5, there was an agreement between the government and the Chanda-led party that the CPN (Maoist) would enter peaceful politics, lift the ban on the party, release the imprisoned CPN (Maoist) leaders and cadres and dismiss the entire case.


More needed from government to help tackle violence against women and girls – that’s the verdict of the West Midlands Victims’ Commissioner following the news that the government intends to appoint a police officer to tackle the issue.
Nicky Brennan, who was appointed by West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster said: “The news that the government will appoint a new national lead to tackle violence against women and girls is a positive step, but sadly doesn’t go nearly far enough.
“With reports to police of this kind of violence rising we urgently need more money to boost officer numbers so we can hire extra police investigators to bring more perpetrators to justice and more quickly.
“We also need to ensure charitable organisations that support victims of violence against women and girls are properly funded so the support is there for people when it is needed most.
“Finally we need adequate funding to help educate children and young people about healthy and respectful relationships free from harm and abuse.”


The DVLA’s decision to continue its suspension of driver medicals has been condemned as “ludicrous” and poses a significant risk to road safety, according to doctors’ network D4Drivers.
It is now urging HGV drivers to book their medical despite the legal requirement currently being suspended and said the public would expect that temporary measures that increased the risk on the roads would have been reversed at the earliest opportunity.
In April last year, transport secretary Grant Shapps said that it was relaxing the medical requirement as part of the licence renewal process, in order to help ensure doctors and nurses could continue their fight against Covid-19.
The suspension was meant to last for 12 months, but the anniversary has now passed and the licensing agency told motortransport.co.uk: “The waiver remains ongoing for those drivers where there is no alternative for them.”
However, D4Drivers said it was concerned about the situation.
Tom Blain, D4Drivers commercial manager, said: “Whilst there was a clear need for licenses to be temporarily extended during the first lockdown to ensure that drivers were able to continue their essential work whilst medical services such as ours were shutdown, we are no longer in that situation and yet drivers are still being given the option to skip their medical.


RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: At least 12 militants were killed during air strikes by the security forces in the North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
The ISPR said that three hideouts and four ammunition laden vehicles of the militants were also destroyed.
The reports said that the strikes, which were carried out by the Pakistan army’s army aviation helicopters as the part of the operation Zarb-e-Azb, took place near Gorsatai Nala area.
Earlier in the day, the military’s media wing said that at least three militants were killed in an exchange of fire with the security forces in Boya area of North Waziristan.
The ISPR said that a Pakistan army’s naib subedar Muzzamil also embraced martyrdom during the clash.


A security officer was injured when the shooter was arrested.
In a statement released later, the Navy leadership said that the shooter was captured; adding that one of the security officers was injured during the arrest.
Details of the incident have not yet been reported.
Earlier, the management of the base reported on Twitter that the shooter was near one of the entrances to its territory. The message also said that all entries to the station were blocked.


Sierra Leone ended its one-year-long state of public health emergency that was introduced to stem the spread of COVID-19.
In a statement, the National COVID-19 Emergency Response Center (NACOVERC) said that proactive structures and measures put in place have helped Sierra Leone effectively manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The government has also started rolling out vaccines throughout the country,” it said, adding the government has sought to protect lives and livelihoods while maintaining its bold commitment to ensuring personal freedom guaranteed by the constitution.
Although the state of emergency is lifted, all other public health regulations and directives remain firmly in place and the general public is strongly urged to adhere to all such COVID-19 restrictions, it said.
As of Wednesday, Sierra Leone has registered 3,949 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 79 deaths.


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The Construction Industry in the US has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, as has Australia and most countries around the world.
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I just had the privilege to walk with 613 others who believe as we all should — that the education of a child is one of the most important things that society must provide. After all, who is the next in line to do what we do today when it comes around tomorrow? It was great to see such a great turnout, but where were the rest of the teachers, and more importantly, where were the parents? Teachers can only do so much. Parents need to get more involved. They need to contact the people we have in office deciding what will happen to public education and the devoted people who work as public school educators.


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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government shifted 22 detainees, booked under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA), from Kashmir to the high-security jail in Agra city of Uttar Pradesh.
The transfer of detenues from Kashmir to the outside jail was carried out on the orders of the Home department issued on October 16. However, no specific reason has been given for the shifting of the detained persons.
“In exercise of the powers conferred under section 10-B of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act 1978, the government hereby directs to remove/shift the 22 detainees who have been detained under the provision of Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act 1978 from their present places of lodgment to central jail Agra, Uttar Pradesh with immediate effect,” reads the order.
According to the reports, the detainees shifted were lodged at Central Jail Jammu, and district jails of Udhampur and Kathua from last year. Among the detainees, nine are said to be from Anantnag, eight from Pulwama, three from Kulgam and one each from Doda and Baramulla.
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The Ogun State command have arrested members of a kidnap syndicate the suspect which are Nathaniel Jacob, Isah Daniudi and Abubakar Rabiu were arrested along Fidiwo area of Lagos Ibadan expressway.
In a statement made by the police public relation officer Abimbola Oyeyemi, he said that ”the arrest followed a tip-off they had received from some hunters who had sighted the suspect in the bush where they were planning on how to strike l”. According to the PPRC, he said that the hunters alerted the police who quickly railed out the so-state corps and the hunters group and they stormed the Fidiwo Alapako bush.
On seeing the police the suspects took to their heels but three of them were subsequently apprehended while three ran away with their arms.
During the preliminary investigation,, the arrested suspects said that ” they’ve been hiding in the bush for the past ten days due to the heavy presence of the police in the stretch of the expressway”. The arrested suspects also disclosed that the gang was made up of six members but three escaped with their arms. Among the items recovered from them were cutlasses which they claimed were seized from farmers in their farms.
The PPRO added further that the commissioner of police Edwin Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the anti-kidnapping unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligent unit for further investigation.
The CP also assured the members of the public that all the kidnap cases in the state will not go unsolved as the command is working to bringing perpetrators to book.


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Police have said that between January and November, this year, nine men were imprisoned 30 years for defiling minors. The incidents took place in Kishapu District.
Police Gender Desk head, Assistant Inspector of Police Rose Mbwambo made the revelation over the weekend during the commemoration of the 16-Days against violence.
She said the police force will not hesitate to take serious measures against people abusing children.
“As of last month, about 91 sexual abuse cases were reported in the Kishapu, with 43 (out of 91) cases being taken to the court. However, we still lack collaboration from the community since many of these cases are resolved at the family level,” she said.
She said the situation hinders efforts against genderbased violence and perpetrators get a loophole to escape the arm of the law.
She added that GBV acts have serious health, economic and psychological negative impacts to the victims and the nation at large.
Kishapu District Commissioner Ms Nyabaganga Talaba said that superstitious beliefs were a serious threat and one of the reasons behind an increase in sexual violence cases in the area.
She added that there is also failure by parents to recognize the position and contribution of girl child to the country’s development.
“The government in collaboration with various stakeholders will continue intensifying public education campaigns against gender violence and ensure stern measures are taken against the culprits,” she said.


Vadodara, Oct 5 (IANS) More than 12 persons have been detained by the police after a communal clash broke out in Vadodara's Gorwa area over hoisting of religious flags on Tuesday night.
Both the warring groups indulged in stone pelting, forcing the police to resort to lathi charge to disperse the mob.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, S.M. Varotaria, told the local media, 'On Tuesday night, two religious groups wanted to put up religious flags on a tree. The clash broke following arguments over whose flags will be hoisted higher. Both sides started pelting stones on each other, but the police reached the spot on time and dispersed the mob after mild lathi charge. Adequate police force has been deployed in the area to maintain law and order.'
The officer added that based on CCTV footage, the police have rounded up around 12 to 18 persons, and more will be detained for unlawful assembly and violence.
In another incident, a clash between two groups was reported from Kharod village in Mehsana district. On Tuesday night, a group of were reportedly making noise while holding a party to which another group belonging to a different caste objected, leading to a clash. The police had to rush to the spot to bring the situation under control.
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AICC Secretary and former MLA Ch Vamshichand Reddy today reacted sharply to the suicide attempt at Ravindra Bharathi of a private school teacher Nagulu from Kadthal mandal of Ranga Reddy district demanding employment for himself.
Speaking to media persons, Reddy said that he was praying for the speedy recovery of the teacher, and alleged that the state government was responsible for the suicide attempt.
He said that the people of the state were increasingly of the view that there had been no benefits for them even after statehood for Telangana due to the "anti-people and anti-employee" policies of the state government.
He also said that the extreme step taken by Nagulu reflected the status of the private school teachers and college lecturers of the state.
He said that the teachers were leading their lives in a precarious manner as they had not been getting their salaries ever since the lockdown was imposed in the state.
He alleged that the state government did not respond to the problems being faced by the teachers despite the organisation of several agitation programs.
He demanded that the government come to the rescue of all the private teachers in the state.
He also assured the people of the state that the Congress would stand by them and fight for their rights.


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The 22 opposition political parties Thursday said that all the preparations for their June 8 mass meeting were completed and urged democratic forces to join hands to save democracy and human rights.
At press meet, organised by the 22 parties, leaders said that the mass meeting of June 8 was only a trailer and the parties were ready to show the full-length film on the political movement.
They said that democracy, republican system and constitution writing process were at peril and stressed that the declaration of the new election was against the constitution and political consensus.
In the press meet, NC president Sushil Koirala said that the declaration of new election was against democratic norms and values and added that the government steps were meant to capture the state powers and resources.
He urged all democratic forces to unite and fight against the declaration of new election and non-democratic activities of the government.
He said that the dissolution of the CA was a plan of the Maoists to create a constitutional crisis to capture the power.
CPN-UML chairman Jhalanath Khanal said that the prime minister should resign from the post to start consensus politics and added that the resignation was a pre-condition for this.
He said that the Maoists were trying to capture the state powers by creating constitutional and political vacuum and stressed that the democratic forces should unite to save democratic norms and constitutional values through a new movement against the government.
He said, "Without the prime minister’s resignation, the parties will never be ready for dialogue with the government."
NC vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel said that the declaration of election was not suitable at this time for the Nepalese people.
The Maoists had no intention to conclude the CA election, he said.
He said that the Maoists were set to break the consensus politics and, if they were not doing so, they should start with the resignation of the prime minister.
He also urged the Nepalese people to join the mass meetings to be organized by the 22 parties to protest the declaration of the CA polls by the government.


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Jordan takes part at Qatar's symposium on religious differences
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Doha, Oct. 14 (Petra)-- Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue and Qatari Forum for Authors organized, on Thursday, a virtual symposium dubbed "Understanding Religious differences thorough Interfaith Dialogue."
Jordan participated in the symposium, represented by the Global Forum for Moderation.
The symposium, in which a group of academics, thinkers and writers participated in, dealt with the concept of interfaith dialogue and its relationship to the alliance of civilizations, and its emergence as a term, and discussed the reality and future of the institutions and centers of interfaith dialogue that imposed their presence in the Arab world in particular.
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BANGKOK, 19 April 2012 – More than half of Thailand’s provinces have been declared drought-hit areas, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DPMD)’s Deputy Director-General Anusorn Kaewkangwa said that there are now 42 provinces across the country, which have been hit hard by drought.
He said that the situation in drought-hit North and Northeast is to be closely monitored due to the lack of rainfall.
However, Mr. Anusorn stated that the overall situation remains under control as the water storage at Queen Sirikit Dam is now high enough for people in these areas to consume and use.
He added that the Local Administrative Organizations in all drought-affected provinces have been instructed to extend necessary assistance to victims of the severe dry weather condition.
Mr. Anusorn also said that all drought-disaster provinces are now eligible for financial help from the government’s 50-million-baht emergency budget.
He went on to say that Thailand’s upper part is to beware of summer storm, which may hit the region soon.
The DPMD’s Deputy Director-General said that people in Thailand’s South are also to be ready for the impact of the approaching summer storm while stating that all related agencies have been instructed to be on stand-by around the clock to help those in need.
He said that people who are hit by drought can seek state assistance from the nearest Local Administrative Organization office or call the DPMD hotline number at 1784.


In the operation against drunk driving in the city, the Guwahati traffic police have suspended licenses of 95 persons. Police said that these persons were hauled at checkpoints across the city.
All of their licenses were suspended and they have been fined Rs. 10,000 each, the Guwahati traffic police said.
During this latest drives against drunken driving, at least 295 persons have been booked by Guwahati Police in just a week.
It may be mentioned that earlier on Friday, the traffic police said that to ensure that no accidents take place during the New Year, the police will be on strict vigil to track down drunk drivers in the city.
Traffic police officials have said that they have taken a strategic plan to prevent accidents in the city and specifically during the New Year.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has ordered the police department to ensure that no accidents take place during the New Year celebrations.
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