Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga said on Saturday that public uprisings were very effective to maintain law and order situation in those parts of the country where militants pose serious security threats.
The lawmakers said that due to public uprisings the government was able to bring in control areas where insurgents were outnumber as compared to the security forces. They said that the pro-government militias would prove more effective if supported and managed properly by the authorities.
Abdul Woodod Paiman, an MP from Kunduz, said that if the public uprisings are well managed against the Taliban insurgents, security would be restored soon in the restive provinces.
He said that the militiamen played important role in bringing back those areas under the government’s control in Kunduz province that were seized by the insurgents.
The MP said that most of the militiamen are jihadis who have experience. “They pushed back the Taliban 30 to 60 kilometers away from Kunduz City. In areas cleared off the militants are now under control of the security forces. However, the government needs a comprehensive military strategy to clean the remaining areas of the insurgents as well,” he said.
Sharefi Balkhabi, an MP from Sar-e-Pul, said that many areas were controlled by the government, but seized again by the Taliban because the authorities failed to support the uprising movements.
Haji Abdul Raheem, an MP from Badghis, said that the militiamen were fighting the Taliban on three fronts in his province. He said the militias are currently fighting insurgents in Qadis, Aab-e-Kamari, Aab-Band and Dewreen districts of the province.
He said that Jawand district was retaken from the Taliban.
Responding to a question regarding armed people, who violate laws and annoy public, the lawmaker said that it was the uprising movement that liberated the areas from militants, because 100 policemen were unable to fight the miscreants. “Jawand district is 162 kilometers far from Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis. It was retaken by the locals who were once mujahideen and now support the government,” said Abdul Raheem.
Raihana Aazad, a legislator from Uruzgan province, said that the militias were vital to help the security forces against the insurgents. She said that if public failed to support the government against the militants then security challenges would remain.
She also criticized the government for flawed security strategy in Uruzgan. “Gizab, Char-Chino and Khas Uruzgan are under serious security threat as the government is in defensive mode. The government shall deploy more security personnel in Uruzgan province,” she suggested.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the government is working towards holistic development in Jammu and Kashmir. In an interview to a news agency, the prime minister said that people's interest is above political interest for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
While talking about the alliance with People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir, Modi said that the coalition was formed to fulfill people's expectations.
While addressing the difficulties BJP faced during the coalition with PDP, he said, "We made efforts to strengthen local self-government at the village level but in that coalition government it was becoming increasingly tough to do so."
He further said that the central government is working towards holistic development of Jammu and Kashmir across the regions of Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir Valley.
Last month, Mehbooba Mufti while addressing party workers and supporters at the 19th Foundation Day celebration of the PDP said that she "suffered" by joining hands with BJP under the current Narendra Modi-led central government.
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LAHORE: New coach of the national cricket team Waqar Younis said that the team performance would be affected by bans and fines on senior players but he hoped that the remaining experienced players in the team would provide support to new players.
He said this while talking with media on Friday here at the Allama Iqbal Airport after arriving from Sydney.
He said that he was not consulted regarding the action taken against the players.
Waqar Younis said that the team’s performance would be raised by injecting discipline and confidence into the team.
He expressed hope that the Pakistan cricket team would display better performance in future.


SAPM Dr Zafar Mirza said on Friday that the government is preparing a special package for heathcare workers, who are frontline fighters in the battle against the coronavirus.
The package would entail financial assistance, protection and training for healthcare workers, while those who died on duty while be given compensation through the ‘Shuhada package’.
Dr Mirza said that the government held a consultation with experts regarding the package, as the frontline workers’ safety and financial assistance is a priority.
He said that three percent of the medical staff in Pakistan is affected from the virus and the treatment of the workers’ family members should be done on priority basis.
Mirza said that along with the cooperation from China, 5000 healthcare workers will receive training, adding that the staff can also register their complaints via 1166 helpline. As of today, the nationwide cases crossed 128,300 with more than 2,400 deaths.


Imphal: Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Wednesday urged all sections of the society to work together to restore peace and harmony in the state, which has been rocked by caste violence since May last year. In his address at the beginning of the Manipur Assembly Budget Session, the Governor said that the state government is taking all possible steps to ensure law and order and provide relief and rehabilitation to the affected people.
The Governor said that the caste violence, which erupted on May 3, 2023, after a clash between two communities over a land dispute in Churachandpur district, has claimed the lives of 219 people so far. He said that the state government has announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of the deceased after proper verification. He also expressed his condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.
The Governor said that the state government has deployed 198 companies of Central Armed Police Forces and 140 contingents of the Army along with the state forces to maintain law and order in the affected areas. He said that the state government has also initiated several measures to ease the tension and restore normalcy in the state.
He said that the state government has evacuated more than 4,000 students and stranded citizens from both sides of the conflict to safe places with the help of Manipur State Transport Services. He said that the students living in the relief camps have been affiliated with nearby schools and provided with free textbooks, uniforms, and mid-day meals. He said that the state government has also arranged for free medical camps, food and water supply, and sanitation facilities in the relief camps.
The Governor said that the Central Government has constituted an inquiry commission under the chairmanship of a former Chief Justice of the High Court to investigate the facts responsible for the current situation. He said that the commission will submit its report within six months. He said that the state government has also formed a peace committee comprising representatives of various communities, civil society organizations, and religious leaders to establish peace and harmony among various ethnic groups. He said that the government has handed over 29 cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and one case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for independent and transparent investigation.
The Governor said that Manipur has always been and will always be a multicultural state which respects diversity. He said that the government believes in taking all people along on the path of development. He said that the government is committed to protecting the rights and interests of all communities and ensuring their welfare and progress. He appealed to all stakeholders and common people to contribute to the restoration of peaceful co-existence and brotherhood among the various communities of the state. He said that the government is hopeful that the situation will improve soon and that the state will overcome this difficult phase with the collective efforts of all.


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Tripura has registered a total of 20 new COVID19 positive cases in the last three days.
While 10 people were infected on Friday, five people tested positive for COVID19 on Saturday and five others tested positive on Sunday.
The Health Bulletin, issued by the state health department, has reported that currently, there are 30 active COVID19 cases in Tripura.
In the last one week, more than 30 people have been infected by COVID19.
However, the new cases have not been admitted to the hospital and all are being treated in their respective houses in Tripura.
From December-February, the COVID19 positive cases came down significantly in the state.
All the Covid Care Centres have been closed by the government.
Only the Covid centre in GBP Hospital in Agartala continues to offer services.
But along with other parts of the country, COVID19 positive cases have continued to increase in the state in the last one week.
Till now, 388 people died due to COVID19 infection in Tripura.
Health experts are of the view that crowds need to be reduced in various places to stop the growing cases of COVID19 infection across the country, COVDI19 vaccination programmes need to be completed quickly and all citizens have to abide by the Covid rules.
The state is gearing up for the ensuing Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election but the people are not seen wearing masks during the election campaign.


Swimmers finish fourth in state
The Packer boys swim team ended its season on Saturday with a fourth-place finish in the state tournament at the University of North Dakota.
They finished with 253 points, behind Fargo North, Minot and state champion Bismarck Century.
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DAVAO CITY, Feb 9 (PIA) A city councilor mulled of crafting a law that will require land owners to plant El Nino resilient trees in the long run.
Councilor Marissa Abella, chair of the committee on environment said some of the headwater areas are privately owned and the only guarantee to sustain the flow of water from these areas is planting of trees.
She said the proposed ordinance will compel landowners to plant and grow trees that can help in the absorption of water down to the aquifer.
“Trees are needed to ensure that the aquifer will be deposited with water,” Abella said.
Momentarily, she said that the city government must assist the Department of Agriculture in pointing areas that have been hardest hit by the long dry-spell.
She said the city government needs to identify these areas and then relay the information to the DA which has the funds to handle cloud seeding operations.
Abella said that one of the possibilities that the city government can do to cope with the El Nino phenomenon is the provision of water pumps from the rivers for distribution of water to the farmers.
She also suggested the need to study more heat-resilient crops like the jackfruit-like crop called culo, which can withstand the warm weather condition.
Abella said the crop tastes like banana when cooked.
“It can serve as alternative for corn,” she said.
Abella also encouraged farmers to plant Abaca, the only commercial crop that can withstand the drought. (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)


Hyderabad: Health Minister Dr. Lakshma Reddy on Thursday said that the State Government wants to make a ‘Healthy Telangana’ before pursuing the goal of ‘Bangaru Telangana’.
Speaking after releasing the Diary of Telangana Medical and Health Gazetted Officers Association in the State Secretariat here, the health minister said that the government doctors and other staff of medical and health department should work dedicatedly to achieve the goal of ‘Healthy Telangana’.
He said that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has been working very hard to turn the State into ‘Bangaru Telangana’. However, he said that the medical and health department officials and staff need to take the responsibility of turning the entire State healthy.
Association’s Honorary President and MLA Srinivas Goud, Association leaders J. Rajender, Kaleemuddin, Venugopal Reddy, Ramanjayeulu and others were also present on the occasion. (INN)


Jeddah – Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammed al-Suwaiyil said that privatizing Saudi Postal will start at the beginning of 2017.
Suwaiyil was speaking at a joint press conference held by three ministers to talk about the National Transformation Plan (NTP) which includes a series of reforms aiming to increase the governmental non-oil revenues to 141 billion dollars by 2020.
NTP aims to privatize a number of companies and services in several sectors from health care to municipal and communication, to boost efficiency and ease pressure on state finances.
During the press conference, Suwaiyil said that Saudi Postal Corp, with over ten thousand employee, will be one of the first to be privatized. He added that the plan is to create a holding company which would own subsidiaries operating services such as mail, courier delivery, and e-commerce.
When asked about the expected time-frame of the privatization, Suwaiyil said that the committee is the one to determine that but he expected execution to begin by early 2017.
Suwaiyil also said that authorities are studying whether the Saudi Postal would be offered to public offer of shares or foreign strategic investors.
By privatizing Saudi Postal, the government hopes it will increase its revenues to reach SR2.75 billion in 2020, and thus annual government subsidies will fall to zero.
“Saudi Postal depends on subsidies from the government. Privatization will empower it,” said Suwaiyil.


Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, has said that the state would employ more persons into the Amotekun Corps and give them necessary equipment needed for successful operations in the fight against crimes and criminality.
Akeredolu who spoke on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, while receiving members of the Ifon Progressive Union led by its President, Chief Femi Awani, said the worsening security situation across the country was worrisome.
The Ondo Governor said arms and ammunitions got into the wrong hands in the aftermath of the #ENDSARS protest.
Akeredolu said the good virtues of Oba Israel Adeusi, the Olufon of Ifon, who was killed by suspected kidnappers, would not be forgotten.
Akeredolu described the late Oba Adeusi as one of his strongest supporters in the state even as he called for more collaborative efforts between the state government and the people in providing security in the rural areas.
He said the Amotekun corps would continue to comb the forest in Ifon but urged the people of the area to give necessary support to the security agency.
Awani said the Governor’s visit helped to douse tension that gripped the town after the killing of Oba Adeusi.
Awani explained that the late monarch had been at the forefront of the campaign to combat crimes in the town.
Source: The Nation


Palestinian Presidency Condemns Israeli Aggression On Gaza
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) RAMALLAH, Aug 05 (KUNA) -- The Palestinian Presidency has condemned the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and demanded its immediate cessation.
In a press statement on Friday, the presidency held the Israeli occupation forces responsible for this dangerous escalation.
It called on the international community to compel Israel to stop this aggression against Palestinian people everywhere, particularly in Gaza, and to provide them with international protection.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian resistance movements in Gaza held the Israeli occupation forces full responsibility for the military escalation in Gaza and vowed retaliation for the killing of 10 Palestinians including children and injury of 55 others in the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip. (end)
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Chandigarh, Oct 1 (IANS) Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator, Dharam Pal, on Saturday reviewed the preparations of the Indian Air Force (IAF) air show to be held on October 6-8 at the famed man-made Sukhna Lake.
The meeting was attended by senior officers of the IAF and the Chandigarh administration.
During the air shows, the CTU buses will be deployed for transporting the public to the lake and the entry for viewing the show will be through the passes provided free of cost.
The passes will be available soon on the Chandigarh Tourism app.
The administration has advised the public not to bring any eatables during the air show.
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KUWAIT, Sept 25 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti crude oil went up by 67 cents to USD 77.18 per barrel during Friday's trading sessions, compared with USD 76.51 pb the day before, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Saturday.
However, Benchmark Brent surged up by 84 cents to USD 78.09 pb and West Texas Intermediate went up by 68 cents to USD 73.98 pb. (end)
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Sindh govt paralyzed local-body institutions: Karachi mayor
KARACHI: Lashing out at the Sindh government, Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Monday said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led government has paralyzed the local-body institutions, ARY News reported.
Talking to journalists, Wasim Akhtar demanded of the Sindh government to release the Provincial Finance Commission (PFC) award and hoped that the Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah will mull over their proposals.
The Karachi mayor maintained that the provincial government cannot escape from its responsibilities through empty claims and statements.
He said that democracy would be strengthened in the country if the government act upon their suggestions.
Last year on June 21, Mayor of Karachi Wasim Akhtar had said that Sindh government was neither working nor letting them work.
Talking to journalists during his visit to Lines Area, Wasim Akhtar had said that the whole city was going through agony due to the poor performance of the provincial government.
He had alleged that the Sindh government was deliberately creating problems for the people in Karachi and added that water crisis and prolonged power breakdowns were the major issues of the city.
The mayor had said that the provincial government had assumed control of all the departments of public service.


Qatari Embassy in Costa Rica Celebrates National Day
(MENAFN- QNA) Qatar's Embassy to the Republic of Costa Rica held today a reception at the InterContinental Hotel in San Jose on the occasion of Qatar's National Day. During the reception, HE Qatar's Ambassador Jaber Ali Al Adba delivered a speech on the remarkable changes made by HH the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Khalifa Al Thani, who has given the young people a responsibility to put the country at the highest ranks and strengthen relations with friendly countries .
In his speech at the function , Eduardo Trejos, Costa Rica's vice minister of foreign affairs, spoke about the precious attributes of the Qatari nationals and their remarkable loyal to their country ,noting to the ties of friendship between the two countries and peoples.
The ceremony was attended by the Costa Rican Vice-President of the Parliament Marcela Guerrero Campos and Costa Rican Minister for Women Mrs. Alejandra Mora and a number of senior officials in the Government of Costa Rica, the heads of parties in parliament, the ambassadors accredited to the country and several heads of universities, intellectuals and businessmen.
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India - Why are heroes refusing to star in 'Jee Le Zaraa'?
A road trip film, Jee Le Zaraa became more promising as it brought together superstars Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Alia Bhatt. But a few months down the road, reports suggest the project has suffered a roadblock. Apparently, no big actors want to play the male leads.
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as morale boosting, the Thursday’s visit of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Service Chiefs to Maiduguri, Borno state saying it further demonstrates his commitment to the on-going war against terrorism in the country.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Friday said the President’s assurances to the military on their welfare and equipment has become a catalyst to the overall determination to win the war against insurgency.
The party also described the warm reception accorded the president in Borno, and the peace that pervaded the visit as “symbolic and clear indication of his acceptability by the people of the state”.
“In visiting the internally displaced persons in their camp, the President has gone further to show his abiding affinity with the people and commitment to bring succor and hope to the downtrodden”.
Commending President Jonathan for ensuring professionalism in the military, the PDP said that the armed forces have been rebuilt, reequipped and is being re-engineered to adequately confront the current terrorism challenges facing the country.
It therefore called on Nigerians to continue to support the President, as he remains focused in ensuring the unity and stability of the nation.


GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Information Minister Fataullah Khan has said the “rejected” parties are hatching conspiracies against the elected government to paralyse the development process in the region.
Reacting to the opposition parties’ claims to move a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid, he said the move fail badly, according to a press release issued by the GB information department.
Mr Fataullah said GB people had elected the PTI government though vote to put their region on the path of development.
The information minister said GB people won’t let any undemocratic move against a democratically-elected government succeed. He claimed that toppling the GB government was not possible for a handful of opposition members and that the local people won’t accept such a move.
“Development process has started in GB under the PTI government,” he said, adding people had rejected these parties in the elections on the basis of their poor performance, and won’t trust them again. He said PTI enjoyed a big majority in GB Assembly and no such attempt would be successful.
Fataullah Khan said days of the “imported” government in Pakistan were also numbered.
He said the people of GB stood with Imran Khan.
Published in Dawn, May 15th, 2022


Malawi has thanked Zambia for the donation of assorted items to victims of Cyclone Idai.
Malawian Minister of Homeland Security and Disaster Management Affairs Nicholas Dausi says the people of Malawi are grateful to President Edgar Lungu for facilitating the donation of assorted items to the victims.
Mr. Dausi says the donated items will help more than 82 thousand people that have been displaced by the Cyclone.
Mr. Dausi was speaking when he received a consignment of assorted goods for the victims of cyclone Idai from Minister in the Office of the Vice President Sylvia Chalikosa in Lilongwe.
And Mrs. Chalikosa said President Lungu was responding to the call by his Malawian counterpart Peter Mutharika to help the victims.
She said Zambia sympathizes with the victims and hoped the donation will help the displaced start a new life.
Mrs. Chalikosa said the donated items are worth more than 500-Thousand United States dollars.


Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe briefed Parliament on the incidents and the steps taken to bring the situation under control.
The Prime Minister, who is also the Law and Order Minister, said that a group of Muslim youth who had attacked a Sinhalese man last month in Kandy, resulting in his death, have been arrested.
He said that 24 people who were involved in the mob violence after the funeral of the Sinhalese man were also arrested and remanded.
The Prime Minister said that the Government condemns the violence in Kandy and recent incident in Ampara which also involved Muslims and Sinhalese.
Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella, meanwhile, said that the Sinhalese community must say sorry to the Muslims over the violence which erupted in Kandy.
He said the violence claimed the life of an innocent Muslim man who was trapped in a shop which was set on fire by a Sinhalese mob.
The joint opposition also condemned the violence in Kandy and called for calm.
Joint opposition leader Dinesh Gunawardena said that an investigation must be conducted to find out who instigated the violence. (Colombo Gazette)


Male’ City Mayor Dr Mohamed Muizzu stated that the effort to establish a public Wi-Fi service covering the entire city will begin by the end of 2021.
He said that the country’s two main telecom providers, Dhiraagu and Ooredoo, have indicated interest in the project, and that the proposals made by the two companies are now being assessed, adding that the project would begin by the end of this year.
Dr Muizzu noted that the council intends to give public Wi-Fi access across Greater Male’, but that the project would initially cover Male’ before moving on to Villimale. He stated that the project will commence in Hulhumale when the entire municipality is transferred to Male’ City Council’s administration.
While outlining the strategy for the public Wi-Fi project, Muizzu stated that the objective is to provide free public Wi-Fi in Male’ City up to a certain limit.
Aside from the present work on establishing a public Wi-Fi service, he added that a significant portion of the project to install a comprehensive CCTV network in Male’ City has been completed, with the first CCTVs to be installed in mosques.


Abia state House of Assembly has passed a supplementary appropriation bill of N24.9 billion into law to enable Governor Theodore Orji complete ongoing projects before the 2013 budget bill is passed into law.
Addressing reporters at the monthly House of Assembly media briefing in Umuahia, the state capital, Deputy Speaker and Chairman, House Chairman on Information, Allwell Asiforo Okere, said the members felt happy with ongoing construction work in the state and needed to support the government.
Okere said the supplementary budget “became necessary because of the unforeseen problems and the need for the state government to tackle its pressing needs; it’s not because those who planned the budget did not do their work well, as no one can plan a perfect budget”.
He said the 2013 appropriation bill has scaled the second reading and is before the House Committee on Appropriation.
The lawmaker stressed that the ministries, parastatals and government agencies have been defending their budgets.
Okere explained that after the budget defence by the various ministries, parastatals and government agencies, “the Appropriation Bill will be returned to the House and we will appropriate what we feel will be necessary for the state”.
The Deputy Speaker said the Assembly has also considered four other bills, including the Tenancy Bill, 2012, which has undergone second reading.


SVG excluded from US Visa Renewal Waiver
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is one of three Eastern Caribbean countries whose citizens will still have to travel to the Embassy of the United States of America in Barbados to renew their visas.
In a press briefing recently, US ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Linda Taglialatela announced that as of September 10, citizens of St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Grenada and Barbados were will no longer have to physically travel to an embassy to have their US visas renewed.
However, the waiver does not extend to St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda, which also fall in the jurisdiction of the Embassy located in Bridgetown, Barbados.
In an interview on Helen Television in St Lucia, Taglialatela said that the countries that did not receive waivers were being reviewed.
And she said that the new electronic visa renewal was being rolled out in a phased approach to determine how much work needs to be done.
In giving a response to why the first four countries were chosen, the US ambassador said; “We believe that they’ve been good partners to the United States, they’ve worked closely with us on a number of issues, we feel that they have and we have been very supportive of one another on a number of issues and a number of projects and we wanted to show how much people care in the United States about the Caribbean.”
“People have thought that we have backed away from the Caribbean over the years, but we really haven’t. I mean, it’s still an important region to us, we still want to have meaningful relationship with the countries,” she added.
Taglialatela said that the visa waiver renewal is expected to be cost and time saving to the government of the United States of America.
She also said that it will allow employees at the Embassy to spend more time on people who are acquiring visas for the first time.


Yemen calls on Britain to end supporting terrorism
Yemen's Deputy Foreign Minister called on the British people to put their government under pressure so that it will stop its policies of backing the terrorist groups, including ISIS and Al-Qaeda, in Yemen.
Iran Press/ Middle East: According to al-Masirah TV, Hussein al-Ezzi considered the UK government's policies towards Sana'a as the cause of the Yemenis' suffering and criticized the country's support of the illegitimate and the resigned government of government of the Yemeni fugitive president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Al-Ezzi also said that the British people do not deserve such policies taken by the British government either.
The Guardian announced last year that the UK government not only provides Saudi Arabia with arms in war on Yemen but also prolongs the war through dispatching military consultants to Riyadh.
The US also sends arms costing millions of dollars to the Saudi regime to pour on Yemenis who want to determine the fate of their country themselves.


India Sugar Market is estimated to be valued at US$23.638 billion and is estimated to grow further in the coming years. India is one of the prominent producers of sugar, so the amount of sugar consumed is more in the country. Also, many people consume a lot of sweet dishes and desserts. Also, the demand for sugar is more which will augment the market growth. Also, the increasing foreign investments in the food industry of India will create a positive impact and bolster the market growth further Although some people are shifting to artificial sweeteners or low-calorie sugar which can restrain the market.


The Bacolod City Police Office will be on alert to thwart any violence as protest actions are held today to mark Labor Day, Acting Police Director Supt. Leo Irwin Agpangan said yesterday.
Agpangan told the DAILY STAR that the Bacolod police already coordinated with the City Civil Disturbance Management Group in making sure that the conduct of the rallies will be safe and peaceful.
They have also sought augmentation from the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office and from the 303rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army, he added.
Though Labor Day protests in Bacolod City have been peaceful in the past, Agpangan appealed to the protestors to police their own ranks.
Gen. Josue Gaverza,303rd IB commander, said that they will work hand in hand with the police in making sure that no one will sabotage the Labor Day protests. He also hopes that no untoward incidents will occur.
While they respect the sentiments of the labor sector, Gaverza said that the protestors should avoid making public disturbances and ensure that they will not affect the flow of traffic.
Gaverza also advised the protestors that after their activities, they should disperse immediately for their own safety.
Ronald Ian Evidente, spokesperson of the Kilusang Mayu Uno-Negros, assured the authorities that they will conduct their protest actions peacefully.
Evidente said that they will police their own ranks and will not create any public disturbance.
He added that their group would only like to express their grievances against the government for the meager wages that the laborers are getting out of their hard work*APN


Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Former President Maithripala Sirisena says certain members accepting Ministerial posts is against the party’s stance.
Speaking in Parliament today, the Minister said the SLFP will support the government’s programme to uplift the country from its present state.
The former President noted that certain SLFP MPs however were sworn in as Ministers this morning in contradiction to the party’s decisions.
He claimed that the SLFP Central Committee decided to provide the necessary support to the government and to vote in favour of decisions when required and determined that accepting Ministerial posts is not required.
Former President Sirisena also noted that there are contradictory views between the Prime Minister and members of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.
The Former President said certain statements by the Prime Minister are being misinterpreted by the SLPP.


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A video circulating on Twitter claiming that Brazilian fans have taken to the streets to voice their displeasure at the performance of their national football team at the 2022 World Cup is not true.
It’s a 2018 video
In the 2018 video, they were eliminated by Belgium in the 2018 world cup. Upon their arrival back home, they were met with protests from disgruntled fans who had been expecting the team to go all the way and win the tournament.
The fans vented their frustration by throwing stones, bottles and other objects at the team bus as it made its way from the airport to the team’s hotel.
The team’s captain, Neymar, was also the target of some of the objects thrown by the angry fans.
The protests continued in the streets of Rio, with some fans expressing their anger at the team’s failure to live up to expectations. The fans chanted slogans such as “You don’t deserve to wear the green and yellow,” referring to the colors of the Brazilian national team.
The video was reuploaded in 2022 misleading Football fans worldwide
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has expressed its regret at the way the team was treated upon their return.
The CBF has also said that it is working to identify those responsible for the disturbances and will take the appropriate measures.
The Brazilian government has also condemned the incidents and has promised to take action to ensure that such incidents do not happen again. The government has said that it will work closely with the CBF and police to ensure that the necessary security measures are in place.
The team, meanwhile, has said that it respects the right of the fans to express their opinion but that it was disappointed by the way it was received upon its return.
The players have said that they understand the disappointment of the fans but that they are now focused on the future and are determined to put the disappointment of the World Cup behind them.


Israeli navy shots fisherman dead off Gaza coast
(MENAFN) The Israeli navy has killed a Palestinian, firing on the boat he and two others were sailing in, Reuters reported.
According to the Israeli spokesperson, the navy shot the boat after it ignored warnings and strayed from a permitted fishing area in the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel. One of the men in the boat was seriously wounded and later died.
As Fishermen called an immediate two-day strike, the union and his family named the dead man as 18-year-old Ismail Saleh Abu Reyala.
"Israeli forces targeted a Palestinian fishing boat which was on the way back to Gaza shore, which led to the death of one fisherman and wounding two others," the fishermen's union said.
It's worth remembering that Israeli maintains an air, sea and land blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Under the pretext of stopping arms from being smuggled into the enclave and to stop militants trying to attack or infiltrate its territory from the sea, it also patrols the waters.
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Earlier, PPP’s Naveed Qamar said that people’s hopes are dashed to gain political objectives. “We will not participate in the proceedings until the bill is presented in the assembly,” he said.
Minister for States and Frontier Regions Abdul Qadir Baloch said that the bill will be presented in the National Assembly soon. “The government will give rights to tribals,” he said.
The issue of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas’ (FATA) merger with KP is one of the pending matters for the incumbent government and has dominated the political discourse of the country in recent weeks.


California’s “shaved head” trend has already surpassed $1 billion, and the trend will likely continue to grow even as the economy grows.
According to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, California’s population is expected to reach 4.9 million by 2020, an increase of more than 5 percent over the current year.
The state’s population growth is expected in tandem with a steady increase in the number of people with some form of chronic health condition.
California has seen a steady rise in the percentage of people in the state who have some form and degree of chronic disease over the past several decades, according to the report.
The increase in prevalence of this condition was also seen in the nation as a whole, and it will continue to rise in California over the next few years, the report noted.
California’s state health department released a report this week that said there were about 7,000 cases of people who had no visible signs of the disease in California in the first six months of this year, the highest number since records began in 2008.
The report also noted that a total of 9,700 people have tested positive for C. difficile in California so far this year.
California also has one of the highest rates of deaths due to C.difficile, according the report, which was published earlier this month.
In addition, the state also has more people with chronic conditions than any other state.
In a statement, the U


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New Zealand is adding 17 occupations including prison guards, welders and aviation engineers to its Immigration Green List, which provides a fast-track to residency.
From next year, employers in sectors such as information technology, automotive and engineering will have the option of Green List visas when they need to fill a specialist role and a New Zealand worker can't be found, Immigration Minister Andrew Little said on Saturday in Wellington.
Other jobs added to the list include database and systems administrators, panel beaters, road-roller operators and vehicle painters, he said.
The list has expanded since the pandemic created skills shortages in a range of industries. The government expects offering residence will make New Zealand more attractive as it competes for foreign workers.
New Zealand immigration is surging at a record pace, with a net 135,000 foreigners arriving in the country in the year through July. The arrivals have helped ease pressure in the labor market but the Treasury Department has said the extra demand may add to inflation pressure.
The government also added seven occupations including machine operators and road-traffic controllers to a separate list which enables employers in the construction and infrastructure sector to recruit migrants at a lower wage threshold than the normal work visa allows.
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New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The reimposition of restrictions due to the rise in Covid cases is expected to impact demand for automobiles, especially for passenger vehicles and two-wheeler, ratings agency Acuite said on Tuesday.
'The domestic sales recorded a contraction of 7 per cent YoY during December 2021 driven by persistent global shortage of semiconductors and a longer waiting period for many models,' the ratings agency said.
On sequential basis too, sales declined marginally, thereby highlighting weakness in demand.
The shortage of semiconductors may continue to disrupt passenger vehicle production and despatches over the next few months.
For two-wheelers, Acuite said it expects a recovery in sales in the near term due to the seasonal rise in farm incomes. However, the fresh rise in Covid cases triggered by the emergence of new variant Omicron across the country may delay the revival.
For commercial vehicles, it is bullish as infrastructure creation and construction activities are gaining momentum in the core sectors. Outlook for the CV segment is positive for the medium term.
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Fire danger remains high
WILLMAR -- Summer has given way to almost winter-like conditions but the fire risk remains high.
Local authorities have had this message reinforced in recent days with several complaints about open burning.
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Cambodia prolongs night lockdown in capital for another 2 weeks
( MENAFN ) Cambodia made a decision to prolong a night lockdown in capital Phnom Penh for two more weeks from April 15 until 28 after the number of fresh coronavirus infections keeps increasing.
Phnom Penh Municipal governor Khuong Sreng noted in a declaration on Tuesday: "all kinds of travelling in Phnom Penh must be temporarily prohibited from 8 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time."
He added the curfew offers an exemption for those traveling for pressing health reasons or emergency conditions, logistics and work for the public good.
The governor said that all food stalls, restaurants, cafes and soft drink shops are not allowed to permit customers to eat or drink on their premises, but permitted to sell food for takeaway or delivery.
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KFAED Signs KD4 Million Loan Agreement with Madagascar
(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has signed a KD 4-million loan agreement with Madagascar to fund a highway project in Soanierana Ivongo district.
The highway will link Analanjirofo region, part of Soanierana Ivongo district, with the capital Antananarivo, which would greatly improve traffic flow, KFAED said Friday in a statement.
The three-year project will also ease off freight transport from the region to the chief seaport of Toamasina, state news agency KUNA reported. After this loan, Madagascar will have received six loans from the Fund with a total of KD 14.3 million ($48.6 million).
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Kuwait reports 4,883 new Covid -19 cases
Today, Thursday, the Ministry of Health announced the registration of 4,883 new cases of the emerging coronavirus (Covid 19) in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases registered in the country to 451,430.
The spokesman for (Health) Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). 792 cases of recovery were recorded, bringing the total number of people recovered to 416,400, indicating that the percentage of total cases of recovery out of the total infections amounted to 92.2 percent.oin Our Telegram group to know the latest news https://t.me/kuwaitoffering
Al-Sanad explained that a death was recorded as a result of the injury, bringing the total number of registered cases to 2474.
He stated that the number of people receiving medical care in intensive care departments reached 17 cases, while the total number of cases that were confirmed to be infected and are still receiving the necessary care reached 32,556, and the total number of cases in (Covid 19) wards reached 213.
He added that the number of swabs that were conducted during The same period amounted to 37,917, bringing the total of examinations to 6346761, indicating that the percentage of infections for the number of these swabs amounted to 12.9 percent.


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Details added, first version posted 17:27
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 9. A radio and
television station has been commissioned in Lachin, Trend reports via Ministry
of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan.
'As part of the reconstruction of the radio-television
broadcasting network in the liberated territories, a
radio-television station was launched in Lachin. For this purpose,
a 20-meter tower and a technical task were involved. As a result,
eight TV channels (AzTV, Culture, Sport Azerbaijan, Public TV, Azad
Azerbaijan, Khazar, CBC, Real) were broadcast, as well as
Azerbaijani radio in the villages of Shusha and Gubadli districts
nearby to Lachin,' the ministry said.
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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan wants peace but if India resorts to any aggression, we will give a befitting response.
Talking to media in Sukkur today, he regretted that the Indian posture is so belligerent that even the Indian cricket players are wearing caps of their army during matches.
He said that while the entire world is accepting Pakistan's narrative today, the Indian narrative is not being accepted even by the Indian people and voices are coming from inside India that New Delhi has lost Kashmir.
He said that besides Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Gilani, Yasin Malik and other Hurriyat leaders, Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah are also criticizing the Indian policies in Occupied Kashmir.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the situation in Occupied Kashmir has deteriorated to the extent that the United States has described the state a dangerous area and warned its citizens not to visit it.
He said the UN Human Rights Commission has called for setting up a commission of inquiry to probe human rights abuses in Occupied Kashmir and the British House of Commons has also expressed concern over the situation in the area.
He asked the OIC and the world community to take notice of India's belligerent behavior and intervene in the affairs of Kashmir.
The Foreign Minister said India will have to grant self-determination right to the Kashmiri people.
Answering a question, Shah Mehmood Qureshi appealed to the leadership of all political parties to evolve consensus on implementation of National Action Plan against terrorists as the plan had been formulated through consensus of all parties.


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The United Nations has blasted the Australian government for detaining the man, who also has mental health issues.
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A United Nations working group has called on the Australian government to immediately release and compensate a 35-year-old Tamil refugee with multiple disabilities who has been in detention for more than nine years.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention wrote a “scathing” report about the individual being held since 2010, which has been seen by SBS News and is yet to be publicly released.
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Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Attaullah Tarar on Wednesday said that the government would continue to serve as it was taking all out steps to provide relief to the masses.
Political stability is essential to ensure economic development and the PML-N is determined to uphold the law and the constitution, he told a news conference here.
He said that anyone holding constitutional post should uphold the law and the constitution rather giving preference to personalities.
He said that the PML-N had formed its government through majority and it was enjoying support of the allies and was in majority.
Atta Tarar criticised the previous PTI government who remained indulged in corrupt practices and committed wrongdoing.
Awais Leghari delivered a speech saying that the PTI leadership has violated the law and the constitution, which has also created a constitutional crisis in the centre and in the province.


Srinagar: The hostel boarders of Sheikh ul Alam Boys hostel University of Kashmir have started a hunger strike against the alleged unhygienic food provided by the hostel mess.
The students told The Kashmir Press late last night that five of the students were hospitalised after having dinner at the hostel.
They said that they have assembled at the Sir Syed gate of the varsity and will stage protests till their demands are met.
Today morning the students assembled outside the Vice Chancellors secretariat in protest.
The protesting students told the Kashmir Press that the food served to the hostel boarders is unhygienic and that many boarders in the past have been hospitalised.
The students said that they have raised the issue with the concerned authorities in the past but nothing has changed.
The university authorities told the Kashmir Press that the issue will be looked into and the grievances of the students addressed at the earliest.


Hyderabad, Alleging that the Chief Minister KCR was criticizing the TPCC Chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy with a feeling of insecurity, TPCC vice-president Mallu Ravi has said that the Chief Minister was seeing one lakh people in N Uttam Kumar Reddy.
Speaking to the media here on Friday, Mallu Ravi alleged that the Chief Minister was wasting public money in the name of redesigning of irrigation projects. There was no cabinet rule in the state, but only four people of KCR’s family were ruling the state, he claimed and made it clear that the fight against the government will not be stopped even if one crore KCRs come, till the farmers meets with justice. (It may be recalled that KCR had said that even one lakh Uttam Kumar Reddys could not stop the Kaleswaram Project).
Making it clear that the Congress party and Uttam Kumar Reddy were in favour of projects, Ravi alleged that the TRS government was not completing the projects already completed to the extent of 80 to 90 percent by the previous Congress party government. The Congress party spent Rs.6000 crores on Pranahitha-Chevella project, but the TRS government has taken up works now after redesigning the project.
He reminded that Uttam has waged fight against G.O issued on land acquisition and also against fees re-imbursement, and also made the government to pay adequate compensation to the land losers of Pulichinthala project. He said that the Congress party was ready for an open debate on the issue and said that the land oustees were happy now


ASTORE, Aug 02 (APP):Member Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Council Saeed Afzal said on Friday that provincial government was taking solid measure for socio economic development of the area.
Talking to media, he said the GB government was pursuing prudent policies which had started yielding results.
Currently, Saeed Afzal said that several development projects were continuing in different sectors and effective monitoring mechanism had been in place to properly utilize the tax payer’s money.
He said that concerned authorities had been directed to ensure that those projects were completed within scheduled time frame.
He also said that he belonged to Diamer and Astore Division and very well aware of the problems being faced by masses of the area.He said that effective measures were being taken to resolve problems of the area at the earliest.


ISLAMABAD: An investment worth $19 billion has been made in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, said Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing.
Addressing a seminar on ‘CPEC 2015-2019: Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward’, he said that the past four years had been vital for the mega project, which progressed at a fast pace. Acknowledging that the project encountered many challenges, he said that Pakistan and China need to face them together.
“A lot of criticism was levelled at CPEC, which also became a victim of conspiracies,” said Yao, adding that the project was moving forward with success and both countries have close cooperation.
He said that China was providing every possible resource to Pakistan for economic progress and noted that in this regard there were six working groups between the two countries. The ambassador added that the Pakistan-China economic framework was based on an extremely organised footing.
The Chinese ambassador pointed out that the foundation of cooperation and mutual progress was laid between the two countries while there were short-term and long-term projects in CPEC.
“Both the countries have entered a new stage of traditional friendship while Pakistan is an inevitable part of the Chinese foreign policy.”
A total of $13 billion were lent by Chinese commercial banks, while Chinese energy companies had invested $6 billion by taking loans from banks, he added. He maintained that the Chinese energy companies will return the loan from the sale of produced electricity. The envoy added that the Chinese government gave Pakistan a loan of $6 billion and its return payment will start in 2024.
The Chinese ambassador also added that there were 21 projects in CPEC; including ML-1 railway line and Gwadar airport.


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WASHINGTON: The global pandemic coronavirus has infected more than 98.743 million people worldwide and killed 2,116,336 people.
More than 79.17 million patients of coronavirus have been cured in the world and more than 25.71 million are undergoing treatment. The coronavirus situation is the worst in the United States, with 424,177 deaths and more than 25.39 million people affected.
India ranks second in the world in terms of coronavirus cases, with 153,221 deaths and more than 16.4 million people diagnosed with the virus. The total number of deaths from coronavirus in Brazil is 215,299 and more than 87.55 million people are affected.
More than 3,677,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus in Russia, bringing the total death toll to 68,412. More than 3,583,000 people have been affected in the UK and more than 95,981 have died. In France, more than 3,011,000 people were affected and 72,647 lost their lives.
More than 2.6 million people were affected and 55,441 died in Spain. In Italy, 2,441,000 people have been affected, while 84,674 people have died. In Turkey, 2,418,472 people have been affected and 24,789 have died.


Police on Wednesday detained scores of Anganwadi workers who were on hunger strike at Srinagar’s Press Enclave to press the Government for increasing their monthly honorarium.
Pertinently, the hunger strike of the Amaganwadi workers entered in third day on Wednesday.
The protesters who had assembled at Press Enclave here held a sit-in against what they termed as the failure of authorities over increasing their monthly dues.
The workers earlier attempted self-immolation as a mark of protest against the state government and to press for their demands.
Amid anti-Government sloganeering, the protesters while being chased by the state women police tried to resist and tried to come out of the Press Enclave but the police didn’t allow them and bundled them in their vehicles.
Earlier, the Anganwadi protesters said that the government has miserably failed to look into the issues pertaining to the Anganwadi workers, who are working are serving the department on a meager amount.
They said that besides performing their duties, they are being sending on deputation for election duties and others.
“The Anganwadi workers at various other states including Delhi and others are being paid over Rs 12000 per month but unfortunately, the JK government is still paying us Rs 3600 per month, which is insufficient,” they said, adding that the government must increase their monthly honorarium upto Rs 14000 per month.


Mao Sahib (Jalandhar): In a major pro-people initiative, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday announced that 150 public sand mines will be soon dedicated to people for ensuring pit head price of sand at Rs 5.50 per cubic feet.
The Chief Minister, while interacting with the media after dedicating 17 more Public mines to people here, said that so far 33 public mines have been dedicated in 14 districts and the state government will soon operationalise 150 public sand mines for the convenience of people.
He said that 16 public mines touching six districts were dedicated to people a few days back and today 17 more such mines have been dedicated which will involve eight districts. Bhagwant Mann said that till now 61580 metric ton of sand have been used by people from these public mines adding that it has also given direct and indirect employment to several youths.
The Chief Minister said that the state government has eradicated the sand mafia which had flexed its muscles in the past to ensure that people get cheap sand. Bhagwant Mann said that now the sand will be sold at just Rs.5.50 in each of these public mining sites thereby giving a major reprieve to the people. He said that only manual excavation of sand will be permitted in these public mining sites and no mechanical excavation of sand will be allowed.
The Chief Minister categorically said that no mining contractor will be allowed to operate in these public mining sites. Bhagwant Mann said that sand from public mining sites will only be sold for use in construction of non-commercial projects. He said that sale of sand will happen only till sunset and a government official will always be present to regulate the extraction of sand at each public mining site.
The Chief Minister said that the state government has built an app which will give complete information to people about public mining sites and will even facilitate online payments. He said that it will ensure supply of cheap sand to the people and check their exploitation by contractors and transporters. Bhagwant Mann said that it is now one of the lowest rates at which sand is available to any person across the country.
Slamming the Akali Dal for producing and patronising the sand mafia in the state, the Chief Minister said that that Bikram Majithia has no moral right to speak on this issue. He said that every one knows that Akalis were hand in glove with every mafia that plundered the state during their long misrule adding that the hands of those who are seen sitting on left and right of Majithia are drenched with atrocities against Punjabis. Bhagwant Mann categorically said that it is surprising that Majithia, whose party had created the whole mess for which Punjab is suffering today, is asking such questions just for hogging media limelight.
The Chief Minister said that Majithia should remember one thing that instead of indulging in nepotism like during their tenure, his government is functioning fully on stipulated rules and regulations. He said that not even a single tainted person will be allowed to mint the money illegally from any source. Bhagwant Mann quipped that these people who have been rejected by the people for their misdeeds are not able to digest that several pro-people initiatives taken by the state government due to which they are indulging in such tantrums.
The Chief Minister also announced that all the reports of SIT and Commissions that have been hanging in fire since long will be made public soon. He said that all those who have looted the people and misused their authority will not be spared. Bhagwant Mann said that everyone who has plundered the public will be exposed and brought to the book.
Replying to a query, the Chief Minister said that three crore people have elected him to serve the state. He said that as per constitution of India he is accountable to the public of state and not to any person selected by the Union government. Bhagwant Mann said that his government will take every decision aimed at well being of the people of state and prosperity of its people.


PM Modi pays homage to Kargil martyrs, says Pakistan stabbed India in the back
PM Narendra Modi said that India was trying to have good relations with Pakistan when the Kargil war erupted
The PM added that it was time for people to decide their role and base their decisions while remembering the soldiers who are guarding the country under adverse circumstances
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday squarely blamed Pakistan for the Kargil war. He said that the neighbouring country had tried to stab India in the back at a time when India was making efforts to have cordial ties with the country.


The director-general of Dubai's Department of Economic Development has highlighted the benefits of foreign direct investment in the emirate.
According to Sami Dhaen Al Qamzi, Dubai continues to be one of the most favoured places for foreign direct investment, which has been boosted by the emirate's world-class infrastructure and its highly attractive investment climate.
Commenting on the recent AT Kearney report, which found Dubai to be the top place for foreign investors in the Middle East, Mr Al Qamzi said: "This came at a time when we needed such feedback."
He said that the overall confidence of investors in Dubai was outlined by the positive report, which noted that more than 80 per cent of businesses chief executive officers and chairman were considering increasing the amount of capital they have invested in the city.
Meanwhile, Walid Hayeck, director and head of asset management at TNI, told Arabian News that the Middle East has maintained its position as one of the most attractive regions for investment in the world.


India stated on Thursday that they are confident Maldives will respect the people's choice in the Presidential Election 2018.
India's External Affairs Ministry's spokesperson Raveesh Kumar made the statement in response to a question asked during a press conference held at the ministry.
Kumar noted that India had on previous occasions called on Maldives to abide by the people's decision and the rule of democracy. He added that the results of the election reflect how much the Maldivian people wanted to maintain a democratic and constitutional rule in Maldives.
Furthermore, Kumar stated that India is sure that things in Maldives will go according to how the people decided.
Noting that among all its neighbours, India is closest to Maldives, Kumar said that the Indian government wished to strengthen the relationship between both countries.
During the press conference, Kumar also congratulated the current administration of Maldives for openly accepting defeat in the election.
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first to congratulate President-Elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih upon winning the Presidential Election.


The total number of coronavirus cases in Israel climbed to 298, as 48 news cases were reported Monday, according to health officials.
The new cases were a “big leap” in the country, officials said in a statement that indicated 8,571 people have been tested.
There were 19 health workers and five soldiers among those infected with the virus known as COVID-19.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Monday an emergency framework as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus.
On Wednesday, the Health Ministry will ban events of more than 100 people, according to guidelines on its website.


VICTORIA — British Columbia crossed the 3,000 mark for cases of COVID-19 as health officials reported 18 new infections and three more deaths on Wednesday.
The total number of cases stood at 3,008.
There have been a total of 186 deaths.
Health officials said in a statement that B.C. has 162 active cases of COVID-19 and 2,660 people who tested positive have recovered.
The government says while there are no active outbreaks, new cases and community exposure to the virus continue.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Some people are at least partially blaming the riots in Ferguson on mistrust between the police and community.
Fort Wayne has had its own issues with people not coming to the police and sharing information to help solve crimes, but over the last year, the rate of violent crime in Fort Wayne has dropped 12 percent, according to the Fort Wayne Police Department.
Some community members and police officers said that’s because the police-community relationship is improving. Police said after a violent 2013, they’ve gotten a lot more community help with solving crimes this year. Some people on the Southeast side of town said there is still some fear when it comes to police, but they have seen an improvement in the Department over the last year that has built up a level of comfort between the police and community.
“I’ve seen more cars and police officers’ faces that I’ve ever seen before,” a neighbor, Matt Fuller said.
A Southeast neighborhood association along with Bridge of Grace Ministries is being proactive in making police presence known on their blocks. Pastor Javier Mondragon, the president of Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center, said he invites police officers to the neighborhood association meetings.
“I think that builds trust, as you get to know them more personally,” Mondragon said. “They’re present there. They talk about what they do, and I think that makes a difference.”
Mondragon said he has seen a positive response from those initiatives. He said the officers share crime reports with the residents and push for neighbors to help each other and report suspicious activities.
“I would give credit also to the people who were tired of last year and wanted to see something done…so I can see that it really has changed,” Mondragon said.
He said Fort Wayne is on the path to improving, and communities like Ferguson can follow its lead, but it won’t happen immediately.
“It takes time,” Mondragon said. “It takes trust. It takes effort, but, if we continue to be persistent and continue that consistency, we can be a better Fort Wayne.”
There were some people in the community who said they did not think police relationships were improving. However, they did admit they had seen more police presence, recently.


PETALING JAYA: The toll hike for three major highways, which was supposed to take effect on Jan 1, has been postponed to 2022, says Fadillah Yusof.
The Works Minister said the postponement will cost the government RM2.25bil.
"The Kesas Highway, South Klang Valley Expressway and Lebuhraya Pantai Timur 2 (LPT2) are among the highways which would see their hike in toll rates postponed.
“Other highways that will also see their hike in toll rates postponed are North-South Highway, Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE), Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP) and KL-Putrajaya Highway (MEX), ” he said in a statement on Friday (April 30).
He said the decision was made on Wednesday (April 28) to ease the burden of the people due to the rise in the cost of living.
He also said that the government has agreed to the restructuring of toll rates to be finalised before 2023.


Qatar, EU representatives look into economical collaboration
(MENAFN) Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari, Qatar Chamber First Vice-Chairman, sat with the authorities of the EU in Riyadh’s Head of Trade and Economic Affairs Patrick Illing at the Chamber’s H.Q. in Doha lately.
The conference dealt with collaboration ties between Qatar and EU countries in commercial and economic sectors, as well as methods to improve them, and the investment chances accessible on the two parties.
Qatar and EU countries benefit from economic and commercial productive collaboration, Al Kuwari mentioned, saying that there are a lot of powerful Qatari projects in Europe.
He also reported that Qatar enjoys the European investments in different industries like services hospitality, industry, construction, technology, and others, concentrating on the idea that there are countless collaboration chances for Qatari and European companies in Qatar.
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Waterloo, IOWA – City officials have snnounced that a sewage overflow from the station was expected to have begun around 6 a.m. Monday and was discovered shortly after.
Officials also said that the bypass ended around 7:30 a.m.
An estimated 1,250 and 1,500 gallons were diverted into the Middle Fork Grand River.
Lime will be spread on the ground.
Residents should keep children and pets away from the area.
No other information is available at the moment.


Remember to vote
Today is Primary Election day in Minnesota. The District 88 school building bond referendum is also on the ballot.
Please take the time to go to the polls and vote today. Government by the will of the people works much better when the people let government know what it is.


Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Receives Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd
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Doha, October 14, 2021, SPA -- Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdurrahman Al Thani received here today Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, Minister of the State and Member of the Cabinet.
During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and discussed a number of issues of common interest.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdurrahman Al Thani held a luncheon in honor of Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd and the accompanying delegation.
The meeting and banquet were attended by a number of the Saudi and Qatari officials.
18:49 LOCAL TIME 15:49 GMT
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Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Niranjan Pattnaik has informed the media that the Congress will announce their new president’s name in January. He also said that the name of district presidents will also be announced. He also stated that Congress will protest against the current political and economic situation in India. Protests like Bharat Bacho rally will be done.
It is worthwhile mentioning that Niranjan Patnaik has resigned from the post after the poll debacle. But his resignation was not accepted by AICC.


Mr Francis Oti Boateng, the District Chief Executive, said about 95 per cent of the nomads and their cattle had left the area as a result of the continuous military operations there.
Addressing a Town-Hall Meeting at Agogo, he said the absence of the cattle had helped improve agricultural production, food security as well as income and livelihoods of the people, especially those in the Afram Plains.
The meeting was organised by the Information Services Department, in collaboration with the District Assembly, to offer the people the opportunity to interact with the various departmental heads of the Assembly and make contributions to the development process.
Mr Boateng said the Assembly would soon announce the end of the Fulani herdsmen menace to assure the people of the safety of their farms and food crops.
He said the introduction of the Nation Builders’ Corps has helped absorbed all unemployed graduates in the area.
Mr Boateng called for unity among the people to help speed up the development of the District.
Nana Agyarko Ntiamoah, the Odikro of Koowireso, who chaired the function, urged the Assembly to ensure the completion of all projects initiated by the previous administration for the District.


Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): Home Minister Rajnath Singh highlighted the developments under Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government while addressing a group of students at a university in Bareilly on Saturday.
Rajnath Singh said that under the BJP government India has been able to get a significant position among the world economies.
He said that “All the agencies around the world now believe that India has become the fastest growing economy in the world”.
He further blamed certain unnamed groups for tarnishing the global image of the country.
While mentioning the fact that two-thirds of India’s population is formed by the youth he said, “This youth has the energy to steer forward the development process in the country”. (ANI)


KOCHI: The government should extend the rehabilitation package announced for Moolamppilly residents to all those who have lost their land for the Vallarpadom container terminal project.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he said the government should not adopt a different stance while considering the rehabilitation package for the evictees. He said the latest package would help 19 families but would not address the needs of others who had given up their dwellings for the project. “We are not against the package for the Moolamppilly evictees, but the authorities should not forget others who lost their land for the project,” he said.
Mr. Thomas said more than 300 families had given up their land for the road and rail connectivity to the project site. The government had gone back on its earlier promise that it would consider the interests of all those who were evicted for the project while announcing a rehabilitation package, he said.
Mr. Thomas said the evictees would be forced to launch an agitation, if the government failed to address their demands.
He said such agitations would delay the successful completion of the project.


Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 04:58 PM
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu has participated in the developmental activities at Chilakaluripet in Guntur district on Thursday. The chief minister has announced Rs 500 crore worth of developmental activities at Chilakaluripet. Addressing on the occasion, the chief minister said that as per the guidelines and help from the Centre, the state government has been encouraging digitisation programme. He has also highlighted about the importance of digitisation saying that AP will lead India's digital revolution.


Jammu: J&K on Sunday recorded 471 new cases of coronavirus, taking the tally to 1,09,854, while the death number has reached 1,685 with five more as of today, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 260 were detected from the Jammu division and 211 were detected from the Kashmir division, they said. The officials said Jammu district has recorded the highest of 122 cases, while Srinagar has recorded only 86. There are 5,087 active cases as of now in the UT of Jammu Kashmir, while 1,03,082 patients have recovered, they said. Five COVID-19 deaths were reported in the UT in the last 24 hours — three of them were from Jammu and two were from Kashmir region.


(MENAFN- IANS) Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), June 4 (IANS) The mystery behind the deaths of a newly married couple has deepened further as the post-mortem reports claim that they died due to heart attack while sleeping in a room at their house.
The couple Pratap Yadav, 24, and his wife Pushpa Yadav, 22, were found dead in a room at their house in Godhiya village under Kaiserganj police station of Bahraich on Thursday.
The couple was found dead under mysterious conditions in a room locked from inside, a day after their marriage.
The couple was married on Tuesday and they died due to unidentified reasons on their first night.
The finding has further puzzled the police because the couple did not have any past medical history of heart problems yet they suffered heart attack at the same time.
Balrampur Superintendent of Police Prashant Verma said the viscera of both the bodies have been preserved for further examination at the State Forensic Science Laboratory in Lucknow to unravel the mystery behind the death of the couple.
Some other local police officials, however, stated that there was no ventilation in a room in which the couple were found dead and suspected that they could have suffered cardiac arrest due to suffocation while sleeping.
Inspector in-charge of Kaiserganj police station, Rajnath Singh, said that the post-mortem report of the two bodies confirmed that the duo died due to cardiac arrest.
He further said that Pratap was married to Puspha on Tuesday and the couple had gone to sleep after two days of tiring marriage ceremony while other family members were sleeping in other rooms. He said that the incident was discovered when the duo did not come out of the room till Thursday afternoon.
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Swedish intelligence service investigates case of hovering drones
(MENAFN) On Monday, Sweden’s local security agency reported that it controlled the initial probe regarding hovering drones on top of the nation’s three nuclear energy factories.
Police mentioned earlier that two drones were witnessed above two nuclear factories, Forsmark, north of Stockholm, and Oscarshamn in the southeast. SAPO, the intelligence services in Sweden, stated that a drone was located above Ringhals which is the third nuclear energy facility. It is the biggest between them and resides in the western coast of the nation.
There are no suspects till now, police reported.
SAPO included in an update, “With regard to the cases of drone overflights at three nuclear power plants, the assessment is made that they are of such a nature that preliminary investigations have been taken over from the police authority in order to be able to investigate the incidents in more detail.”
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Babar Azam will appear in Ramadan Cricket
Former national team captain Salman Butt spoke at a press conference in Lahore about the Ramadan Cricket Tournament.
He stated that for the first time in Lahore, a regular Ramadan tournament is being organised. Salman Butt went on to say that the tournament will feature eight teams, each with two international players.
He stated that each player in the match will receive 30,000 rupees, and that the event will bring new players to Pakistan.
Salman Butt also stated that the event will feature Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Osama Mir, Ehsanullah, Azam Khan, Usman Qadir, Umar Akmal, Ahsan Ali, and Abid Ali.


Man injured after being struck while on a moped
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Two more cases of coronavirus have been reported in Milton Keynes today, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 898.
There has now been 19 new positive cases recorded in Milton Keynes this week.
It comes as the number of positive cases recorded across the UK today has gone over 1,000 for the first time in weeks - with 1,062 new positive cases recorded.
Prior to today, the number of new daily cases across the country hadn't been over 1,000 since 26th June.
There were also 8 new coronavirus-related deaths recorded today, bringing the total to 46,574.


Srinagar: Union Minister Jitendra Singh Monday said that the people in J&K do not respond to strike calls anymore and that the false narrative by the vested interests does not exist now as people had moved on with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mission of development.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the G20 event here, the union minister said that the way the G20 event was conducted here sends a global message that the people of Kashmir had moved on with the mission led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for development and progress of the country, particularly of J&K.
"Kashmiri is intelligent, has aspirations, and is forward looking. A common Kashmiri is watching how Modi transformed India and Kashmir in the last nine years," he said.
Singh said that the people from J&K, especially youth do not want to keep themselves away from achievements.
"There was a time when a hartal call was given by Pakistan and markets would close in Kashmir but that has become a thing of the past now. However, the mindset of people has changed as they do not need to pay the strike calls issued from Pakistan and or by some people in Srinagar,” he said.
The union minister said that the people of Kashmir had understood that they want to be part of Modi's mission of transformation and development, which had given the country recognition at the global level.
He said that the delegates who had arrived in Kashmir would go back as the real ambassadors of Kashmir with a message that the false narrative being created by the vested interests with regard to J&K does not exist anymore.
"It is clear that the false perception and narratives of self made righteous activists with vested interest does not exist now. Since the 1990s, Kashmir has remained far away from development. Otherwise it would have been developed like Hyderabad," the union minister said.
He said that SKICC, where the G20 summit was being conducted, had come up to host such international conferences.
"Unfortunately, we lost our two generations to terrorism but the present generation has become an important part of Modi's mission and they do not want to miss any opportunities now," Singh said.
About film tourism, he said Kashmir was a famous film destination and gave recognition to many film stars like Shami Kapoor.
Briefing about the sequence of G20 events, the union minister said that inauguration session, working sessions, bilateral meeting, and one-on-one discussions would follow the cultural events held on Monday.
About the countries who did not participate in the G20 event in Kashmir, he hinted at Pakistan saying that the country since 1947 could not realise that Kashmir was an integral part of India.
“Media should not waste its time on which country did not participate in the event," Singh said.


Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong urged the owners of 26 establishments to return designated parking spaces to the public.
The Baguio politiko said the 26 establishments have converted the parking spaces as part of their businesses spaces.
Magalong said business owners have six months to comply.
If the establishments do not comply after six months, he said he will impose stiffer penalties.
Magalong said the move will help reduce illegal parking in the Summer Capital.


Alhaji Nasiru Danu, a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on Nigerians to continue to support President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
Danu, further advised the people to do that, irrespective of negative comments on the administration.
Obasanjo had at the weekend, described the Buhari administration as a failure among his other claims.
Danu told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, that the statement credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the performance and re-election bid of the president was his personal opinion.
Danu also said that though Obasanjo remained an elder statesman, his assertions on Buhari´s performance were more political than anything else.
“The truth is that everybody can have his or her opinion on an issue, but to me, this is a successful administration.
“Buhari never promised to be a miracle worker, but in three years the success of this administration in the economy and security of the country are obvious.
“In security, compared to what we had before, there are improvements. Before Buhari came to power, we were having attacks even in Abuja,” he said.
He, however, said that the former president was not fair to have described the Buhari-led Federal Government as a failure, adding that the government had done well.
He said that the government has done well in its fight against corruption, infrastructure development and the economy generally.
Danu said that the government was building railways across the country to connect some major cities.
He lamented that there were a lot of falsehoods flying the streets, urging journalists to join efforts with government to fight the trend.


London, Jan 15 (IANS) The proportion of infants in hospital with Covid-19 in the UK has risen with the spread of the Omicron variant, figures suggest, although researchers have urged calm, noting most cases are very mild.
The number of Covid-positive admissions is expected to rise when there is more infection around, but the latest figures suggest there has been a shift in the proportion of children in hospital with coronavirus who are infants, the Guardian reported.
Data from the Isaric/Co-CIN study, published on Friday by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) and based on a broadly representative subset of NHS hospitals, reveals that in previous Covid waves about 30 per cent of children in hospital with the virus were under the age of one.
Between mid-December and mid-January, however, when Omicron spread rapidly around the country, the proportion was just over 42 per cent, with children from the most deprived areas most affected.
The data does not break down whether infants were in hospitals because of Covid or the infection was detected during care for another reason. However, in the second wave the majority of Covid-related infant admissions were because of Covid, experts said.
A similar trend has been recorded for the proportion requiring oxygen, and the time infants spend in hospital has fallen from almost seven days in the first Covid-19 wave to just under two days.
Most infants in hospitals with coronavirus experience fever and a cough.
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(MENAFN - Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.12
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
Georgia and Saudi Arabia are planning to restore cooperation in the field of tourism, Trend reports via the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
According to the GNTA, this issue was the main topic of consideration at the meeting of the head of the National Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Economy of Georgia Medea Janiashvili with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Georgia Abdullah Al-Mutair.
'The meeting focused on the restoration of bilateral tourist flows, resumption of flights and safe movement during the post-COVID pandemic period,' the ministry said.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Saudi Arabia represented an important tourism market for Georgia. Like tourists from the Gulf countries, tourists from Saudi Arabia were distinguished by high paying capacity.
In 2019, Saudi Arabia was in 12th place in the list of 15 countries from where the most tourists came to Georgia.
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02/06/18 – 6:40 P.M.
The United Way of Hancock County and the Hancock County Community Foundation has been talking about the results of their community conversations. Community Foundations executive director Katherine Kreuchauf said that affordable housing was one of the major topics. She explained that there needs to be more research on the affordability of homes in Hancock County.
Other major issues according to residents of the county are safety, mental health and substance abuse services, transportation, and workforce development and financial stability. Kreuchauf said that these areas are already being worked on but that they are complex issues. Organizations will need to come together to help bring about solutions.
Kreuchauf said that it is good to know that they are working in these areas.


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Pakistan, India to hold dialogue on all issues, says Sartaj
Sartaj Aziz has said that Pakistan considers the Assembly of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir as illegal.
He also said that Pakistan will raise all bi-lateral issues with India on an international platform if its negotiations with India fail.
He added that Pakistan has played the role of a facilitator in the talks process between Afghan Government and Taliban.
The prime minister’s advisor also said that several foreign dignitaries have shown willingness to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference which will be held in Islamabad in September this year.