(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 3. The United Arab
Emirates (UAE) will allocate $150 million to solve problems related
to the shortage of water resources, was reported in the presidency
at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (COP28), Trend reports.
The funds will be used to support water security projects in the
most vulnerable countries.
In addition, the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of
the UAE and COP28 Chairman Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said that the UAE
has contributed $100 million to the World Bank Trust Fund, which
finances projects to reduce methane emissions and flaring of
associated petroleum gas.
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BJP President JP Nadda said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken care of the economy as well as has done the work of turning the disaster into an opportunity. Nadda said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, India took tough decisions at an appropriate time in the wake of the Kovid-19 epidemic.
Addressing the executive meeting of the Odisha Pradesh BJP digitally, Nadda said that while powerful nations were feeling helpless in stopping the spread of the Corona epidemic, Prime Minister Modi made a decisive decision to implement the lockdown to protect the lives of the people. Could.
He said that the Prime Minister had made it clear that the lives of 130 crore people should be saved in any case. By giving the slogan of Jaan Hai, he made it clear that common life has been his priority.
Nadda said the lockdown was implemented like a weapon against the epidemic at the right time and was also effectively implemented across the country. He said that apart from taking care of health issues, the Modi government also took care of the economy through several programs like the Poor Welfare Scheme and the Self-Reliant India Campaign.
He said that the Secretary-General of the United Nations also praised India for the steps taken in this direction. The BJP president said that the central government has effectively transformed the challenges posed by the Kovid-19 epidemic as an opportunity.
These responses from Nadda have come at a time when opposition parties are criticizing the government for the huge decline in the gross domestic product (GDP).
The economy recorded a major decline in April-June. The lockdown imposed at the beginning of the financial year for the prevention of the Korana virus epidemic in the country has resulted in a 23.9 percent drop in the gross domestic product (GDP) in the June quarter.
Nadda said that after the lockdown, all political parties in the country except the BJP became inactive. He said that in such a difficult situation, the BJP kept communication with the public using digital mediums and was ready to serve them.
The BJP president said that several steps were taken in the country towards strengthening the health infrastructure in the country. He said that when the lockdown was implemented in the country, there was not a single dedicated hospital for fighting Kovid-19 in the country, whereas today there are more than 1,500 such hospitals and more than 2.50 lakh beds are available.
The capacity of the Kovid test was increased from 1,500 to 10.10 lakhs per day. Nadda also attacked the Biju Janata Dal government of Odisha on the occasion and alleged that by not implementing the Ayushman Bharat scheme in the state, the party did dirty politics and deprived 2.4 crore people of its facilities.
Apart from this, JP Nadda said that earlier in our time, ratification was meant to be written so that in the examinations, we could write all that we know or what we know. But children will not have to do so under the new education policy. JP Nadda said that under the new education policy, there will be no need to do ratification but yes, everyone needs to worry about ideological knowledge and critical analysis.


Saudi- KSrelief's Team Inspects Projects in Marib, Yemen
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Marib,Jumada II 26, 1439,March 14, 2018,SPA --The team of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) headed by Director of Community Support Department Abdullah Al-Ruwaili has inspected the center's projects implemented in Marib governorate.
The team has visited the rehabilitation center for children recruited by Houthi militias, artificial limbs center at Marib hospital, supervised distribution of quantities of fuel in cooperation with World Food Program, visited Jao Alnasim Camp for displaced people, and distributed food baskets and shelter materials to them.
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The communication channels between North and South Korea, which were closed last year, have been reopened.
Axar.az reports that the statement came from the South Korean President's Office.
The statement said that the official lines of communication between the two countries have been activated and it is hoped that bilateral relations will be restored as soon as possible.
North Korea's state news agency also confirmed South Korea's official statement.
Last year, the North Korean government decided to close its communication channels with South Korea after failing to take action against South Korean activists sending protests by sea to the North Korean border.
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Amit Shah questioned the silence of Opposition parties on IT raids at Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu's premises.
The monsoon session of the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly, which starts on Monday, is expected to be stormy as the opposition is preparing to corner the Congress government in the state over handling the devastation after rain fury.
The Congress government has been continuously raising the issue and demanding the BJP-led Centre to declare the natural calamity as a national disaster, which has been ignored, so far. It accused the Centre of not releasing any special package for the state despite the state suffering the worst floods and landslides in the last 50 years.
While the chief minister, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, is claiming of handling the disaster crisis efficiently, the BJP has been targeting the government for having failed to handle the situation.
They are set to take the session as an opportunity to expose the state government, charging them of complete mismanagement.
The focus of the assembly session will be on the recent rain-triggered disaster. The Himachal Pradesh speaker, Kuldeep Singh Pathania, told reporters that 70 per cent of the business and questions are related to it.
Former chief minister and leader of opposition, Jai Ram Thakur, blamed the state government for having failed to help the people who have been rendered homeless, as landslides and floods have either partially or totally damaged their houses. He alleged that lack of coordination among the various departments have not helped to provide respite to the affected families. The farmers have also suffered, as their produce could not be taken to the markets, due to many roads being blocked and continuing to remain blocked, he said.
The opposition will also try to corner the state government on rehabilitation of the affected families.
Thakur also said questions will be raised on the guarantees of the state government that are yet to reach the masses and exodus of industries from the state.
The Congress government has targeted the opposition of politicizing the natural calamity, instead of cooperating with the state government to help the state tide over the situation.
Other issues that are likely to be taken up will include the issue of import duty on American apples.
The Congress has accused Centre of lowering the import duty on American and stated that the move would encourage imports and hit the apple growers of the state, whereas the BJP has been alleging the state government of misleading the public on the issue.
The session that will have seven sittings will end on 25 September.


Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under former President Barack Obama, said he worries that people are discounting Covid numbers as governors decide to reopen their states.
“In Texas, where they removed the mask mandate, fewer than 10% of people have been vaccinated and the levels are higher than the levels were last summer when they put the mandates on in the first place,” Besser said. “I worry we’re getting a little numb to these numbers, and we’re not remembering that each day in America more than 2,000 people are still dying from Covid.”
The governors of Texas and Mississippi announced Tuesday that they are lifting mask mandates and allowing businesses to reopen at full capacity.
“It is now time to open Texas 100%,” Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, announced Thursday that a number of his state’s businesses will be allowed to reopen at full capacity beginning March 19.
Besser told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith,” that states should follow the lead of the CDC and heed the concerns of Director Rochelle Walensky, who said she is still “deeply concerned” about the virus.
“Our recent declines appear to be stalling — stalling at over 70,000 cases a day,” Walensky said during a Monday White House press briefing. “With these new statistics, I am really worried about reports that more states are rolling back the exact public health measures we have recommended to protect people from Covid-19.”
Besser’s old agency is expected to release new guidelines Friday regarding people who are fully vaccinated. He advised host Shepard Smith that people should manage their expectations.
“I don’t think they’re going to be giving the kind of wholesale green light that a lot of people are hoping for. It’s going to take further downward trend, and it’s going to take more people being vaccinated than we currently have around the country,” Besser said.


The road passes in front of Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli Regional Hospital and is classified as the backbone of the town’s economy.
The municipal manager, Kadimo Masenkoane, says that the road will be extended about 1.8 km from the Crescent Mall, which will also be developed. He says the reason for the development is to accommodate more cars and allow pedestrians to walk freely. He further stated that overcrowding becomes a serious challenge during the holidays.
Masenkoane told OFM News that the project will take two years to complete and more people residing in the municipal area will also be employed. Furthermore, he mentioned that everything has been finalised which means that the project will commence soon.
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The Government is shifting focus to preventive health care services as part of its strategy to fix health care from the bottom, Health Cabinet Secretary, Susan Nakhumicha has said.
Nakhumicha says that previously, the government concentrated on curative services that saw the government invest in high end hospitals.
She was speaking at Siaya County headquarters when she paid a courtesy call on Siaya Governor, James Orengo.
“Our focus is to prevent diseases and rehabilitate those with chronic issues” said the cabinet secretary.
She said that the shift of focus was the reason why the government wants to invest heavily on the community health promoters who will be expected to play a pivotal role in educating the people on hygiene and safe living.
Nakhumicha said that studies have shown that up to 70% of illnesses that lead Kenyans to hospital are preventable.
The cabinet secretary said that each of the community health promoters will be issued with a smart phone that has an application to enable them collect household data.
“County governments will have access to the data for their respective counties to enable them make informed decisions on their health care needs” said the CS.
As part of the shift of focus from curative to preventive, Nakhumicha said that the national government will work hand in hand with the counties to equip and improve the infrastructure in level 2 hospitals that will act as referral points by the community health promoters.
Siaya Governor, James Orengo welcomed the change of focus to preventive and the decision to rope in community health promoters whom, he said, have for years played a critical role in the society.


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AMMAN — Thirteen COVID-19 deaths and 4,102 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Saturday, increasing the caseload to 1,134,097, the government announced.
The new fatalities took the Kingdom's coronavirus death toll to 13,062, with a death rate reaching 0.3 per cent, according to a joint statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health.
The share of tests returning a positive result, known as the positive rate, stood at nearly 17.32 per cent.
A total of 23,680 virus tests were also conducted on Saturday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 14,308,220, according to the statement.
The statement added that 3,362 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Saturday, making the total number of recoveries to stand at 1,076,901 after finishing the 14-day quarantine period.
The statement added that there are currently 44,251 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.
A total of 105 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Saturday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 632, the statement said, adding that 90 recovered patients left hospitals.
On hospital capacities, the statement revealed that in the northern region the occupancy rate of isolation beds occupied by COVID-19 patients reached 9 per cent, ICU beds reached 27 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 12 per cent.
In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 17 per cent, 32 per cent ICUs and 13 per cent for ventilators.
The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation beds occupancy rate of 7 per cent, 7 per cent for ICUs and 5 per cent for ventilators.
The cases comprised 2,186 infections in Amman, 514 in Irbid, 620 in Zarqa, 465 in Balqa, 55 in Karak, 113 in Mafraq, 23 in Madaba, 15 in Ramtha District, 33 in Ajloun, three in Maan, 56 in Jerash, 19 in Aqaba, while no cases were recorded in Petra District and Tafileh.
The statement added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 4,543,024, while 4,150,567 people have gotten their second shot.
The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 4,823,185.
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The death toll from COVID-19 in India rose to 10 on Wednesday evening, the health ministry said.
"Death cases related to novel coronavirus have reached to 10," reads the information released by the ministry at 6:45 p.m. (local time).
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India Wednesday evening rose to 606.
"Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across India is 606," the ministry said. "Of these, 563 cases are Indian nationals and 43 foreign nationals."
According to ministry officials, so far 10 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported across the country and 43 people have been discharged from hospitals after showing improvement.
"The number of active cases in the country is 553," reads the information released by the ministry.
Maharashtra state has reported the highest number of cases, followed by Kerala.
"The confirmed positive cases in Maharashtra is 128 (125 locals and three foreigners), while as in Kerala the number is 109 (101 locals and eight foreigners)," the ministry said.
Maharashtra state has so far recorded three deaths related to COVID-19.
The Indian government Wednesday began a 21-day lockdown across the country in a bid to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
All road, rail and air services have been suspended in the wake of the lockdown, except essential services that have been exempted.


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Gloomy and changeable cloudy weather is expected in Baku on January 19. Northwest wind will be followed by the southwest wind in the daytime.
The temperature on the Absheron peninsula will be 0 °C and 3 °C at night and 6-8 C in the daytime, the Ecology Ministry reported.
In Baku, the temperature will be 0 °Cand 2 °Cat night and 6-8 °C in the daytime.
Atmospheric pressure will make up 763 mm Hg. Relative humidity will reach 60-70 percent.
Rainy weather is expected in some northern and western regions. Snow will fall in some places. West wind will intensify in the regions.
The temperature will be -2 °C and -7 °C at night, 5-10 °C in the daytime. In the mountains, the temperature will be -8 °C and -13 °C at night, 0°C and -5 °C in the daytime.
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(MENAFN) Looking into the post-pandemic economic figures, London-based charity Oxfam discovered that the world’s top 1 percent bagged almost two-thirds of the USD42 trillion in new wealth made since 2020, “nearly twice as much money as the bottom 99 percent of the world’s population.”
The new declaration released to accord with the yearly meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland with business and world leaders meeting on Jan. 16-20 for talks on the 2023 theme Cooperation in a Fragmented World.
In its list of "inequality facts," the charity stated the billionaire fortunes are rising by USD2.7 billion a day, whereas inflation outpaces the salaries of more than 1.7 billion staffs, which accounts to over the population of India.
Urging high taxes to the super wealthy, the charity declared a tax of more than 5 percent on the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires might increase USD1.7 trillion every year, “enough to lift 2 billion people out of poverty and fund a global plan to end hunger.”
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Riyadh, Safar 17, 1439, November 06, 2017, SPA -- Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the 1st Saudi Archaeology Convention will be organized by Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage at the National Museum at King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh tomorrow.
At the opening ceremony, 140 citizens will be honored for helping the return of archaeological artifacts to the Commission, reporting archaeological sites or for their cooperation with the Commission in preserving the cultural heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Also during the ceremony, the Abdul Rahman Al-Ansari Award for serving the antiquities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be presented to winners, in addition to the opening of a number of exhibitions, including the "Roads of Arabia Expo'', which has been exhibited in 11 world-famous museums throughout Europe, the United States, China, and Republic of Korea, and contains 466 rare artifacts displaying the aspects of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's civilization and its cultural heritage.
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Turkey is ready to support the development of the Central Asian countries, Turkish media cited the country's Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci as saying Nov. 10.
Zeybekci made the remarks during his visit to Uzbekistan.
'Solidarity between the Central Asian countries is extremely important as it is beneficial not only for the region, but for the whole world,' the minister added.
Zeybekci also stressed that Turkey pays special attention to the development of relations with the Central Asian countries.
Currently, 479 companies with Turkish capital, including 199 joint ventures, operate in Uzbekistan. More than 20 companies were established in Uzbekistan with Turkish investments in 2016.
Representative offices of 53 Turkish companies have been accredited under the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade.
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Abia State Governor Theodore Orji has said with the rate of work going on in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the party to beat.
Orji said the PDP has come to stay in the state because of the things he has put on ground.
Orji cautioned party members to steer clear of those who are trying to sneak into the party to destroy it.
He said he has laid a solid foundation for the state.
“So that another PDP governor coming after me will have less work to do . “


(MENAFN) France-based Total said that Qatar Petroleum International had purcahsed a 15 percent stake in Total E&P Congo, Xinhua reported.
The stake sale came hrough a share capital increase following a framework agreement signed earlier this year.
Total said in a statement: "The $1.6 billion increase of Total E&P Congo's capital will consolidate its financial capacity at a time when it is progressing the development of the Moho Nord deep offshore project."
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By LITO RULONA
This was how the head of the Parish Pastoral for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) here described the extent of the vote buying problem that marred Monday’s elections in the city.
The problem, according to PPCRV’s Roberto Villaluz, is that nearly all the political groups that fought for positions have been accused of vote buying.
Villaluz said, “There were reports that the vote buying started early. Sabado pa, delivery na. Pipila na lamang ang kandidato nga wala gyud namalit.”
Villaluz also said those who delivered cash to people’s houses were even creative.
“Naay paagi nga mura na og ATM kay ipa-lusot na sa bintana,” he said.
He said the problem has worsened, and “pangitaan ta unta nga mawala na kini.”
Villaluz said PPCRV has also taken note of allegations posted on Facebook about how political workers in the barangays pocketed funds set aside for vote buying.
“Vote buying is leveling up,” said Villaluz, adding that the problem has worsened to a point that the police had to step in just to catch those engaged in vote buying.
City police director Col. Nelson Aganon however said no one was arrested in the city for vote buying.
“If there was vote-buying, the information received by the local police was delayed kaya walang nahuli,” Aganon said.


Bokaro: The Bokaro Police has seized 20 trucks carrying illegal laden coal in this district. Bokaro SP Karthik S said that the documents of these trucks has also been seized which are being probed. He said that police had received a secret tip-off regarding smuggling of coal from Duwra of Purulia district of West Bengal to Gaya and Dehri On Soan in Bihar.
He said that a team led by Bermo SDPO Subhash Chand Jat seized these trucks from Berma Chandrapura and Nawadih police station area of the district. He said that the mining department has also been asked to conduct a probe after which action would be taken against the culprits.


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Digital Desk, Islamabad. Pakistan’s Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah believes that Prime Minister Imran Khan would have done a better job in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) than serving as the head of the country. This information has been received by quoting the report of Geo News. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, the Sindh CM criticized the ruling government saying that everyone knows how PTI won the election. He said confidently, now the people of PTI will lose their guarantee in the elections as the atmosphere has changed now.
Commenting on how the PTI government handled the chaos in the country as a result of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protests, the CM said precious lives were lost due to the government’s incompetence on the issue of TLP. CM Shah said, PTI government does such work which it can neither spit nor digest. He called upon all the stakeholders to sit and think in the interest of the country. Expressing hope that Pakistan cricket team will win the ongoing T20 World Cup, the CM said that he has heard that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan team is playing better because of him (Imran Khan). He said, I had said earlier also that it is better for PM Imran Khan to work in Pakistan Cricket Board.


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Kuwait, Apr 7, 2021, SPA -- Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah met here today with Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ahmed bin Mubarak.
During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and the developments in Yemen.
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Chennai: Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will today chair an all-party meeting to discuss the Mekedatu issue.
Stalin will meet leaders of political parties that have representation in the Tamilnadu Assembly at the Secretariat today to elicit their views and suggestions on Karnataka’s ‘unilateral decision’ to construct a reservoir across river Cauvery.
An official press release said that the Chief Minister has invited representatives from all the parties to attend the meeting.
The statement also said that Stalin had already met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and explained Tamilnadu’s stand in the issue.
“Stalin also refused to pay heed to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s request of not to oppose the project. In a letter to Yediyurappa, Stalin mentioned that constructing a dam at Mekedatu is against the verdict of the Supreme Court and will also affect the welfare of the farmers in Tamilnadu,” the release stated.
It also said that Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan met Union Jal Sakthi Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and requested him to take appropriate action in the issue.
It may be noted that Yediyurappa recently asserted that the Mekedatu project across river Cauvery will be implemented at all costs and that the people in the state should have no doubt about it.


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Policemen in plainclothes have detected a number of people violating the coronavirus health guidelines in Colombo.
Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that people violating the health guidelines were detected mainly in Colombo North and Colombo West.
He said that while the isolation status has been lifted in all Police Divisions in the Colombo District, a few streets and selected areas remain closed.
The Police Spokesman said that with the lifting of the isolation status in Colombo. policemen in plainclothes had inspected some areas in Colombo yesterday (Tuesday).
He said that during the inspection they detected a number of people violating the health guidelines in Colombo.
The Police Spokesman said that the public in some areas were seen engaging in social activities, in violation of the guidelines issued to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
DIG Ajith Rohana warned that violating the coronavirus health guidelines could lead to new coronavirus clusters emerging and the authorities being forced to enforce travel restrictions again.
“We appeal to people in the Colombo North and Colombo West areas not to violate the quarantine laws,” he said.
The Police Spokesman also said that a number of people have been arrested from various parts of the country over the failure to wear face masks.
He said that over 2400 people have been arrested since 30 October after they were found to be moving around in public without face masks. (Colombo Gazette)


Dozens of police officers spent their lunch break serving others at Straight Street.
Roanoke City Police officers volunteered to serve lunch at the nonprofit's monthly downtown prayer meeting Thursday.
Chief Tim Jones opened the meal in prayer as more than 25 uniformed officers prepared plates.
Straight Street has hosted the meeting on the first Thursday of every month for more than nine years.
Thursday, more than 70 community members attended.
The officers plan to volunteer serving food again next year.


Castigating the government Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz said that using the ‘indiscriminate’ force was surprising and unwarranted while appealing people to gather in local Masjids for expressing their resentment.
“The use of indiscriminate force in the Valley has now become a routine as they know that they are accountable to none,” Mirwaiz told a local news agency KNS.
He said that government knew that the people of the state particularly in the Valley had harboring resentment against the system yet the authorities instead of restraining resorted to indiscriminate firing resulting in fresh casualties.
He said the use of force on angry and unarmed people is a testimony of the fact that government has lost patience and has gone more trigger happy due to mass resentment from the public.
Mirwaiz further said that the situation on the ground was an eye-opener for the government who claim that they rule by the virtue of the popular support.
He said that extending the call for Sunday and Monday was decided jointly by his faction along with Geelani led Hurriyat Conference (G) and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).


SRINAGAR: Apni Party general secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir on Tuesday said that the Party leadership has unanimously authorized its president Altaf Bukhari to represent the wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the all party meeting called by the Prime Minister on June 24, in New Delhi.
The party on Monday held a meeting of its leaders from across Jammu and Kashmir in which discussions were held on socio-economic and political issues.
The meeting hailed the political outreach of the Prime Minister and hoped that the June 24 meeting will facilitate commencement of a political process in Jammu and Kashmir that will eventually pave the way for genuine empowerment of its people.
The meeting also discussed in detail the overall political scenario and ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly post August 5, 2019 and emphasized the need to represent the political sentiments of people of Jammu and Kashmir in the June 24 meeting.
The meeting also highlighted the sufferings endured by the people of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly post August 5, 2019 in almost all the spheres of public life.
According to the party spokesman, the leadership stressed on concrete confidence building measures, that should be taken by the government to address woes and miseries of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting unanimously resolved that the party stands with the people of Jammu and Kashmir through thick and thin. The party will take all necessary measures to protect and safeguard their socio-economic and political interests at all forums, the spokesman of Apni party said.


Palestinian meteorologists hail Jordan's efficient weather forecasting
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Palestinian weather forecasters Tuesday hailed the accurate and professional work of the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD), and its role in supplying many Arab countries with highly qualified and experienced meteorologists Following their participation in a training program organized by the JMD and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) , Palestinian meteorologists said they will transfer the Jordanian experience to their country, mainly in climate data and database management fields.
This program is distinguished for its highly qualified and experienced instructors and the world meteorological standards, the director of the Palestinian Meteorological Network stations, Mohammed Abu bakar, told Petra .
According to the Director of Studies Division at the Palestinian Meteorological Department, Essam Dwaikat, Jordan is working to develop its data base system to provide opportunities for other meteorologists to acquire and apply the country's experience in the area of weather forecasting.
JMD Director- General, Mohammad Samawi, said the department has so far trained more than 150 people, from different Arab countries as it is keen to follow up with the latest progress in climate monitoring and weather forecasting centers.
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— The United States has urged people in Sierra Leon, the most affected part of the country in the Ebola outbreak, to stay home and monitor their symptoms.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Thursday that some people have become more likely to develop symptoms after returning from Sierra Leone, and that the country’s public health authorities have reported more than 6,000 cases of Ebola.
The CDC also said a nurse working for the U.N. mission in Sierra Rojo has tested positive for the virus.
That nurse has tested negative for Ebola.
Sierra Leone, the world’s second-largest economy, has been struggling with a deadly outbreak of the virus that has claimed at least 1,500 lives.
More than 3,000 people are known to have contracted the virus and another 7,000 have died.
The WHO has said there are no known cases of the disease in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, which are both still battling the epidemic.
The virus was first discovered in Guinea in 1976 and has spread to more than 80 countries.
There have been nearly 6,800 deaths, more than 200,000 infections and more than 20 million cases of infectious diseases worldwide.


After Byju's closed its office at the Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram and forced all the employees to resign, Kerala education minister V Sivankutty said that the state government will probe the issue, reported the Economic Times (ET).
"The employees have many grievances including job loss. The labour department will conduct a serious investigation in this regard," Sivankutty wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
A Byju's official said that the company is aiming to cut costs and "restructure" for profitable growth.
"In this regard, while we are discontinuing a part of our Trivandrum operations to reduce redundancy, we are also offering the entire


Rahul Dravid, who recently retired from international cricket, has said that it is time Team India goes through a transition.
Dravid felt that the direction and the culture of the team over the next 10 years would have to be decided by the younger lot of players.
"The Indian team has got to move on from being the team that was led by my generation," Dravid told ESPNCricinfo.
Dravid said India's challenge would be to understand how T20 impacted younger players. "It's not something we need to be fearful of but something we need to recognise:
that T20 has an impact. We have to decide how we deal with it, what are the steps we need to put in place to ensure that the transition is smooth on and off the field," he said.


Fiji has declared itself coronavirus free as the remaining three COVID-19 patients were cleared on Friday, said a Minister.
Health Minister Ifereimi Waqainabete said that the island nation will continue to prepare and work as hard as they can to avoid another wave of the deadly virus, reports Xinhua news agency.
“All the work that we are doing around COVID-19 continues and we want to reassure the nation that we will never drop our guard and we continue to be vigilant as ever as possible so that we can be on top of this.”
The Minister said that all the doctors and nurses that were looking after the last three patients will now go through a period of self-isolation.
More than 2,000 COVID-19 tests have been done in Fiji and so far 92 percent of the island nation’s population have been screened.
About 100 people are still in quarantine facilities.
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama also said that there have been no COVID-19 deaths in Fiji and the nation has recorded a 100 per cent recovery rate through hard work and affirmation of science.
Fiji had a total of 18 COVID-19 patients since March 19 when its first case was confirmed.
The restrictions around COVID-19 such as the social gathering restrictions of 20 or less people and the nationwide curfew from 10 p.m.to 5 a.m. will remain.


(MENAFNEditorial) NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm, offered the following perspective in response to today's release by the U.S. Congress of an approved tax reform bill:
"With this evening's release of an approved bill from tax reform conference committee, the rewrite of the U.S. tax code moves one step closer to reality," said John Gimigliano, Partner-in-Charge of Federal Tax Legislative and Regulatory Services, at KPMG. "Congressional Republicans have successfully cleared every legislative and procedural hurdle to date, and there's no reason to expect that the final votes next week by the House and Senate will hold them back from delivering something to the President very soon."
"Companies will have to move quickly to incorporate the vast changes in the tax code into their fourth-quarter and year-end financial statements," said Jeffrey C. LeSage, Americas Vice Chairman – Tax, at KPMG.
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9/22/2022 - 12:35 PM EST - Converge Technology Solutions Corp : Announced it has agreed to acquire UK-based Stone Technologies Group Limited, a trusted provider of Circular IT solutions for education institutions, as well as public and private sector organizations in the United Kingdom. Converge's acquisition of Stone is subject to conditions, including regulatory approval under the United Kingdom National Security and Investments Act 2021, and is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Converge Technology Solutions Corp shares T.CTS are trading up $0.09 at $6.12.
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Two Planes Collide In U.S. Airport, Multiple Fatalities Feared
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Multiple people have been reportedly killed after two planes
collided while attempting to land in Watsonville, U.S. State of
California, Trend reports citing Xinhua .
The crash happened around 2:56 p.m. (2156 GMT) at the
Watsonville Municipal Airport and multiple agencies rushed to the
scene at around 3:37 p.m. (2237 GMT), according to the city's
official Twitter account.
An investigation into the incident is underway.
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QUEBEC, Canada: (Christian Times) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally opened up on the Niqab ban imposed by the Quebec provincial government as he said that he didn’t believe in the ban being a Liberal and in charge of the federal government but said that it was not under the domain of the federal government to challenge the law since provinces had the right to make their own legislations.
The Quebec government passed the Bill 62, also called the religious neutrality law, earlier this week according to which women would not be allowed to cover their faces at public works. The Liberals, holding majority in the province, voted in favour of the bill while all the other parties went against it.
The bill has been criticised by the opposition parties, as well as the Muslim communities in the province, for being unnecessary and aimed at targeting the Muslim community living there.
On the other hand, Quebec Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée said that law certainly aimed at making all the citizens equal before the law and was a major step towards establishing the ‘neutrality of the state’.
The law has also been criticised by the mayor of the Montreal Denis Coderre, who says that the provincial government was clearly overstepping in the case since they were completely removed from the ground realities and the multicultural of the city he governed.
On the other hand, the Liberals were also accused of ‘ugly identity politics’ as National Council of Canadian Muslims expressed deep concern over the bill.
Meanwhile, several lawyers have said that the bill would certainly be challenged in the court as a prominent rights activist and lawyers Julius Greay termed the bill as a ‘terrible law’. NDP leader at the federal level Jagmeet Singh also said that he was completely opposed to the bill.


New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) With Akhilesh Yadav government invoking NSA against its MLA Ajay Rai, Congress today alleged that the action has been taken at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who represents Varanasi in the Lok Sabha.
"The action has been taken as Rai was raising questions about the promises made by the Prime Minister to the electorate," party General Secretary Madhusudan Mistry told reporters.
Claiming that the Samajwadi party government was hand-in-glove with the BJP, he alleged that the action has been taken at the behest of the Prime Minister and the ruling party at the Centre.
He accused the SP government of singling out Rai in the wake of the recent protests in the city in which local BJP workers and leaders, as also those of the Congress, had participated.
"The action shows that Uttar Pradesh has a proxy government of the BJP," he alleged. PTI SPG ISH


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PIF’s Jada, Invest Seoul ink MoU to support startups, SMEs
(MENAFN) Fund of Funds firm, AKA Jada and possessed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has inked a memorandum of understanding with Invest Seoul Agency to support startups as well as SMEs in the tow nations.
In an announcement issued on Jada’s website, the MoU inked among the two nations looks to trade knowledge on business strategies as well as top practices and back startups ambitious to register into the Saudi or Korean markets.
Invest Seoul Agency is a foreign investment promotion organization launched by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Mazin Al-Shanbari, head of project capital, Jada, stated that the MoU is going to “contribute to developing the business ecosystem for startups” on top of that it’s going to help the register of SMEs “that aim to conduct business in the other country.”
According to the MoU, the PIF’s Jada and the Korean agency is going to ease trade of personnel and organize events including roadshows, conferences as well as exhibitions to support financiers from the two countries explore prospects and support them launch a business.
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Government has bought 42 fire tenders to re-enforce fire fighting departments in Zambia.
Local Government Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga has told ZNBC News in Livingstone that the fire tenders are scheduled to be brought in the country during the first quarter of 2017.
Mr. Malupenga says the Ministry will also build additional fire stations around the country to ensure quick response to fire outbreaks.
He says government has information that some fire outbreaks may be acts of arson.
Mr. Malupenga says government will ensure that property and lives of the people are safeguarded regardless of the causes of the fires.
The country has experienced fires which have gutted both private and public property with the most recent being the Maramba Cultural village in Livingstone.


Health information is now on the radar of federal law enforcement.
And it’s being closely watched by those working to protect the privacy of people who use social media.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are actively monitoring social media for data breaches and are seeking to identify any instances of malicious behavior, the DHS said in a statement.
It said that in the past, social media platforms have shared information on breaches with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in a “non-confidential” manner.
DHS added that in some cases, “data collected by social media is shared with law enforcement entities, including federal, state and local government, and other entities to investigate and prosecute criminal or terrorist activity.”
The government is also encouraging people to keep their personal health information private.
The Department of Health and Human Services released guidelines last year for individuals to understand what is required to protect their health information and what is not, according to a department statement.
The guidance states that it’s “premature to share personal health data” with companies that provide the government with data, as well as the government and others.
“The health information collected by these organizations is not shared with anyone else for any purpose, including for criminal investigations,” the guidance states.
The Department of Justice is asking that people take additional precautions.
“While there are no new health threats to the public, we have made it clear that if you have any concerns about your health information being shared, you should take additional steps to ensure that the information you share is not being shared with unauthorized third parties,” the DOJ said in its guidance.
“It is critical to protect people’s privacy and to ensure their ability to exercise their right to privacy,” said Michael T. Smith, assistant attorney general for national security and privacy.
“That is why we are continuing to closely monitor social media, including online platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.”
The FBI is also urging Americans to protect themselves from online threats.
“While social media can be a powerful tool for sharing health information on the internet, it’s not the only tool.
Social media has also come under fire from some of the country’s largest health care providers, who have said that social media information can be shared with the government without their consent.
A federal court in Washington, D.C., ruled last year that companies that collect personal health and medical information from consumers can’t be compelled to share that information.


(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Kavrepalanchowk Service Society (KSS) recently celebrated its first anniversary at Grand Hall in Doha. Hari Prasad Aryal, Second Secretary at the Nepali embassy, attended the programme as the chief guest. Other notable guests included RK Sharma, Bimal Subedi, Kumar Karki, Chanak Pokharel, Mohammad Aziz Ali, TB Karki, Kamal Ghimire, Sagar Nepal, and Ganesh Banjade. The programme was divided into two sections formal and cultural. The formal programme was hosted by Sagar Adhikari. KSS General Secretary Gaurav Adhikari presented the yearly progress report of his organisation. The musical/cultural programme was hosted by Rama Timilsina and Kiran Gautam.
KSS felicitated two journalists active in Qatar MP Pokharel and Dil Kumar Shrestha. Folk singers Reet Kumar Shrestha and Nanu Ghale, comedian Rajesh Timilsina, Rama Timilsina and Kiran Gautam were also honoured during the programme. The programme was chaired by KSS chairperson Nanda Prasad Dhunga. Text and photos by Usha Wagle Gautam
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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) CAIRO, Aug 18 (KUNA) -- The Somali army said Friday it has killed 20 militants of Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group in a joint operation launched by Somali and international forces in Lower Shabelle in south of Somalia.
The military operation targeted two houses where Al-Shabaab militants were making explosive devices, Somalia's official news agency reported.
It came in the context of the Somali army's strategic goals of wiping out Al-Shabaab militants, it added. (end)
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Iran: Hezbollah's victory says "no" to US, Zionism
(MENAFN) Iranian speaker of Parliament congratulated Hezbollah on victory in Lebanese elections, saying the result of elections indicates Lebanese people's 'no' to the US and Zionism.
"Mr. Trump must know that the military and political pressure he is exercising has led the oppressed people of the region to voice their anger against his bullying and bluster," Ali Larijani said on Tuesday before the parliament session started.
Larijani expressed his hope that other nations in the region such as Iraq and Tunisia will raise their voice against Trump's actions in their upcoming elections.
Lebanon organized Sunday the parliamentary elections for the first time in nine years in accordance with a new proportional law.
Altogether 976 candidates, including 111 women, had registered to run for 128 seats in this year's election.
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The political and security deputy governor of East Azerbaijan said two members of Tabriz City Council have been arrested but did not comment on the charges.
Saeed Shabastri told the Mehr News Agency on Monday April 4 that in the past two days, two City Council members have been arrested and the charges against them will be announced by the Justice Department.
The head of the Eastern Azerbaijan Justice Department had commented on the arrest of one City Council member, saying that the charges were related to bribery and corruption.
City councils in Iran have been widely affected by corruption, and last year, seven members of the Sirjan City Council in Kerman Province were also arrested on corruption charges.
In 2013, Transparency International ranked Iran 144 among 177 countries in terms of the perception of corruption.


J&K floods damaged more than 2.5 lakh private structures: State gov
Jammu and Kashmir government has said that around 2.54 lakh private structures and more than Rs 6500 crore public infrastructures were damaged during the floods last year.india Updated: Feb 03, 2015 18:12 IST
Jammu and Kashmir government has revealed that around 2.54 lakh private structures and more than Rs 6500 crore public infrastructures were damaged during the
"Around 2.54 lakh private structures were damaged during the floods, while the damage to the public infrastructure has been estimated to be more than Rs.6500 crore in the state", commissioner secretary of Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Vinod Kaul told a team of World Bank officials in Jammu.
Kaul gave a detailed presentation on Monday with regard to the September 2014 floods to the team. He held detailed discussions on financial support needed for rebuilding the damaged infrastructure and rehabilitation of the people beside helping to revive the business community which suffered on account of the recent floods."
The state government's team was headed by principal secretary of planning and development, BR Sharma and the World Bank was led by Saurabh Dani.
Principal secretary finance, said that the state government is looking forward to support and assistance from the World Bank.
The World Bank has assured full support and assistance to the government and informed that it is fully aware of the losses suffered by the people in the J&K because of the floods. "
Their focus is on rehabilitation of the affected families and also helping in rebuilding of the public infrastructure such as roads and bridges.
The team said that they will put forward an analysis of the loss assessment within a few days and one of the teams that proceeded to Srinagar will remain stationed there for two to three days. It will give them an overall view as to how the state government can be provided financial support.
The other team which is at Jammu, shall visit the districts of Reasi, Udhampur, Poonch, Rajouri and Jammu. They informed that the report shall be submitted to the government, followed by the discussions with the Union Ministry of Finance to finalise the proposal.
First Published: Feb 03, 2015 17:52 IST


Algeria will be bringing in Islamic financial services before 2018 to help in the financial crisis the country is facing.
Services will be offered by two state banks for the remainder of 2017, and four more banks will be added in 2018.
Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia said the changes will help Algeria with the situation that it has fallen into. Despite having rejected Sharia-based financing in the 1990s, the country is now being pushed to a new brink.
The country has experienced a 50 percent drop in crude oil prices since 2014, which has ultimately caused the government to make these changes after the economy has suffered so much.


Ethanol offers EU countries a way to step up their climate ambitions
The European Commission has just warned EU countries that they need to be more ambitious when it comes to meeting climate commitments – saying that unless more is done Europe will fall short of its 2030 renewable energy deployment target.
Fortunately, there is a way many Member States could already increase the share of renewables in their energy mixes: by adapting their national climate plans to encourage greater use of sustainable low-carbon fuels such as European ethanol.
The Commission's assessment of Member States’ national climate plans points to several areas where there is room for improvement, including road transport. Specifically, the Commission said “some Member States are called upon to increase efforts and better exploit their national potential while others will need to confirm their already ambitious objectives.”
That’s where ethanol should come in. Domestically produced renewable ethanol delivers immediate greenhouse-gas reduction – more than 71% on average compared to fossil fuel – and works in today’s cars and infrastructure. Using more of it – for example through the wider uptake of E10 ethanol blend – would help countries more easily achieve their renewables targets. It would also provide an economic boost to European farmers and reduce the need for imported animal feed.
While already available in some countries – such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Romania – E10 could be rolled out more widely in other countries.
As the Commission put it, “The good news is that Member States now have six months to raise their national level of ambition.” It’s a challenge that will take on even more importance as the EU tries to achieve its longer-term strategy for emissions reductions. But it’s a challenge that countries can start to address today with a homegrown solution: European ethanol.


Cabinet apprised of MoU between NDMA and Italy on disaster management
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday was apprised about a Memorandum of Understanding between India's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Department of Civil Protection of Italy on cooperation in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRR&M).
The MoU seeks to put in place a system, whereby both India and Italy will benefit from the disaster management mechanisms of each other. It will also help strengthen the areas of preparedness, response and capacity building in the field of disaster management, a release said.
The MoU on cooperation in the field of disaster risk reduction and management between the NDMA and Italy was signed in June.
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Minister of Finance Amr al-Garhy stated on Sunday that the government will send the state budget to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the coming week before referring it to House of Representatives for ratification by the end of March.
Garhy revealed that state expenditures will reach LE412.1 trillion in the new budget, while revenues are expected to amount to LE980 billion, including LE760 billion from taxes and customs.
He also said that the government will focus on social protection that will include raising public sector wages, social support for the poor and pensions. “The new package of social protection is currently under revision by the government,” he said, adding that it will be discussed by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and the cabinet.
Garhy pointed out that the government coordinates with Egyptian and foreign investment banks to coordinate with the 32 companies that are set to offer their shares in the Egyptian stock exchange within the first stage of the government’s IPO program.
Garhy called on the funders to submit their tax declarations to the tax directorates before the end of March as citizens are supposed to submit their declarations starting January until March.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm


A meeting was organised at Srinath Vidya Niketan school ground in Khowai on Friday with the initiatives of Left youth organizations DYFI and TYF.
The main speaker in the event was opposition leader and former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.
While speaking on the occasion, former Chief Minister severely criticised the state and central government on various issues.
He added that retrenched 10323 teachers lost their jobs due to the BJP government and many among them died.
Sarkar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are controlling the government and BJP party like puppets.
He called for a united fight against the BJP.


The difference Life Ed Qld makes for children
An independent evaluation of the Life Ed Qld program found:
- 90.4% of children said that the program had made them less likely to smoke cigarettes;
- 87.4% said they were more aware of the risks of drinking alcohol, and 86.3% said they were more likely to make safer choices with alcohol; and
- 89.5% said that participating in the Life Ed program had made them more likely to be physically active, and 93.7% said they were more likely to eat healthy food.


Congress isn’t the only place where public corruption is on the rise.
More than 1,000 federal, state and local government employees across the country have been convicted in government corruption cases over the past two years, including hundreds of crooked police officers and others who have dipped into the taxpayers’ till, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said yesterday.
The numbers underscore the extent to which public corruption has become a primary, if little-noticed, focus of FBI criminal investigators, taking its place alongside preventing terrorism as one the bureau’s fundamental missions.
All told, public-corruption investigations have surged by 30 percent in the past four years, to more than 2,000, officials said. The FBI now dedicates more than 600 agents and 15 percent of its criminal investigative resources to government graft.
“Public corruption is the top criminal priority for the FBI,” Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee, adding later: “If we do not investigate these cases, they perhaps will not be investigated.”


(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
ABU DHABI, 19th December, 2017 (WAM) -- The UAE has strongly condemned the launch of a ballistic missile by the Houthi militia targeting Riyadh on Tuesday.
It also said that this cowardly attack draws attention to the dangerous and negative role played by Iran in supporting the coup militia and its insistence on continuing its hostile practices by providing the Houthi terrorist group with ballistic missiles that threaten peace and security in the region.
In a statement, the UAE emphasised its full support for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against anyone who tries to threaten its security or harms peace and stability in its territory, while reaffirming the organic link between the security of Saudi Arabia and the security of the UAE.
In conclusion, the UAE reiterated its unwavering commitment to the Saudi-led Arab Coalition to achieve security and stability in brotherly Yemen, fully aware of the relationship between this goal and the security and stability of the region.
WAM/Hazem Hussein/Hassan Bashir
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Minister for Energy Muhammad Ali has said the government is working on transferring electricity distribution companies to the private sector.
Addressing a seminar in Islamabad on Wednesday, he said the transmission sector is also going through a major revamp and the country is expected to attract a lot of investments in this sector.
Muhammad Ali said there is a great potential for solar, wind and hydro generation in the country. He said we have recently asked for bids for a six hundred megawatts solar project. He said December is the deadline, expressing the confidence that the Korean companies will look participate in it.
On the oil and gas exploration, the Minister said we have started working on the on-shore side and now the offshore blocks will also be offered.
Source: Radio Pakistan


(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) /wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Tamim-bin-Hamad-Al-Thani1-1.jpg">Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has ratified a number of international cooperation agreements in various fields, including a deal between Qatar and Sri Lanka.
The Xinhua news agency quoted the Qatar News Agency (QNA) as saying the Emir ratified a deal on visa exemption and collaboration in health and medical sciences between Qatar and Sri Lanka.
The Qatari emir also ratified an agreement on cooperation and exchange of information and services between QNA and Kazakhstan's Kazinform INA news agency.
Moreover, his instruments of ratification cover cultural, education, health and immigration sectors, including a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between Qatar and Turkey in high education.
Since June 5, 2017, Qatar has been going through a blockade imposed by the Saudi-led Arab countries, which have cut all air, land and sea links to the tiny gas-rich Gulf nation.
Doha, however, has been opening up new markets and diversifying its economy to cushion the impacts of the unprecedented diplomatic and trade siege. (Colombo Gazette)
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Business Unity South Africa (Busa) urges President Cyril Ramaphosa to prioritise business and investor confidence at Thursday’s State of the Nation Address – and to steer clear of empty promises and electioneering.
Busa CEO, Cas Coovadia, told eNCA that the president should not make promises during his address that the country cannot afford – and should acknowledge the partnerships between the government and private businesses in dealing with the country’s energy, logistics, and crime and corruption issues.
“I appreciate that it is an election year, but the President’s State of the Nation Address is as the President of South Africa, not the President of the ANC,” said Coovadia.
“As the President of South Africa, he has got to conduct himself and make announcements that the country [and] fiscus can afford, within the context of what Treasury has already said: that we don’t have the money for many of these projects that [government] would want to put in place.”
“We have to send out a message that says that we have problems, we have crises, but we are working together to address those in a sustainable way,” he said.
He added that the president should also promise to continue doing so and not try to “ram through parliament projects and legislation that seem good and ultimately have a good aim,” but the country’s fiscus cannot afford.
Should the president fail to stay on message, the business lead said potential investors would remain sceptical about South Africa.
Busa urged the president to reassure investors of a cohesive operating environment by highlighting the partnerships in place that are slowly yielding results.
“One of the reasons for the partnership is to instil confidence in the country and instil confidence among investors.”
“If the President… acknowledges the partnership, I think that sends out a message to investors and the country that despite… the myriad of crises we have, the public and private sector are working together to try to address the problems,” said Coovadia.
“We are raising money from the private sector to build capacity… to help us do this work; [So the acknowledgement] gives the private sector the confidence that their contribution is being recognised,” he said.
Coovadia refuted claims that these partnerships are about the “privatisation” of ailing entities, but rather framed them as mutually beneficial relationships for both the private and public sectors.
“I don’t think we as the private sector want to own Eskom or Transnet – what we are saying is that the private sector has the capacity and resources to operate some of the critical infrastructure that [they] have.”
Using energy as an example, Busa highlighted that the private sector has secured upwards of 4,000 MW since the president lifted the ceiling. This is expected to be connected to the grid over the next year, taking weight off some of the country’s energy woes.
Similarly, in Transnet and logistics, “private sector companies can build, operate, and maintain major logistic arterials across the country – owned by Transnet,” said Coovadia.
The private sector has “an efficient, well-operated logistics system [and] the state can utilise that to transport whatever [they] need to transport,” he added.


Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that the location junction flyover in Obio/Akpor local government area will be commissioned next week.
The Governor, said this during the commissioning of Rumuigbo internal roads on Wednesday.
He also said that the Rumuokwuta/Rumuola flyover will be commissioned by the end of April to ease traffic in Port Harcourt.
Recall that the Governor had said that one of the newly constructed flyovers will be commissioned by President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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New Minnesota bills favor business
Business-friendly bills are the first ones of the 2011 Minnesota legislative session.
The first bills introduced in each legislative session signal priorities, and Republicans who took House and Senate control in the Nov. 2 election said last week that they are doing what they promised in the campaign: Improve the business climate so more people can be hired.
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Only pilgrims and worshippers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recovered from coronavirus will now be allowed into the Grand Mosque in Makkah.
The announcement was made by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Monday
Umrah permits and visit permits for the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah will increase operational capacity during the month of Ramadan (next week).
The permits will be granted to those who have received two vaccination jabs, those who have received their first dose at least 14 days before their visit to Madinah and Makkah, and those who have had the virus and recovered.
Each person’s vaccination status will need to be registered on Tawakkalna
Nearly 10,000 Grand Mosque workers have already been inoculated as part of the Ramadan operational plan
The courtyard around the Kaaba and the first floor will be designated for pilgrims performing Tawaf only. Five areas will be available for prayers at the Grand Mosque, including the eastern courtyard.


Govt committed to timely completion of development projects: Baligh-ur-Rehman
Minister says govt has enhanced developmental budget to Rs1tr.
Minister for Education and Professional Training Baligh-ur-Rehman has said that the government is committed to complete development projects on time and will ensure standard of work.
In an interview, he said the government has enhanced developmental budget to one trillion rupees.
He added that all projects are moving towards completion with transparency.
Baligh-ur-Rehman said the government is also working on revamping of curriculum in the country.


Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu said during an interview regarding the 2017/2018 local government audit release that the biggest impact of the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank is the delay in implementing disbursements for infrastructure in municipalities.
EWN reported that during the Radio 702 interview with Eusebius Mackaizer Show Makwetu said that Limpopo, North West and Gauteng municipalities are set to lose around R1.8-billion of taxpayers’ money due to their investment in VBS.
The audit was conducted throughout 257 municipalities and 21 municipal entities and identified those who were affected and those will now need to wait for money to be recuperated.
The investment did not comply with the municipal regulations and it is unfortunate that the impact will greatly affect the essential services, said Makwetu.
He also said that the recovery of the investments was highly unlikely due to the banks pending liquidation process.


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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 23
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
The construction of railways in the liberated (from Armenian occupation) territories of Azerbaijan continues at an accelerated pace in the directions of Horadiz - Nakhchivan, Shusha, and Aghdam, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov told journalists, Trend reports.
According to Gurbanov, a 20-kilometer section has been prepared for the construction of a railway in the direction of Agdam.
He noted that mines complicate the creation of railway infrastructure.
“Mines were found during the construction of the railway. Fortunately, they did not explode,” said the chairman of the company.
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Nawaz Sharif and govt conspiring against Pakistan: Imran Khan
PTI chief Imran Khan said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the federal government was conspiring against Pakistan. Imran also said that when the RAW agent was arrested, the government did not issue even a single statement about the issue.
Imran also said that the current government was defaming Pakistan army on the global stage. Imran Khan’s remarks come at a critical time when the civilian government is under pressure and seems to be on the back foot after the disclosures of the Panama papers revealed Maryam, Hassan and Hussain Nawaz own offshore companies.
According to ARY News’ correspondent Abdul Qadir, Imran had also said that PML-N ministers and government representatives were busy pointing fingers and criticizing Shaukat Khanum hospital but were silent when it came to issuing a statement regarding the arrest of Kalbhushan Yadav, the RAW agent. Imran also revealed that the message the government conveyed to Indian authorities was that Pakistan’s civilian leadership wanted friendly ties with India but the army was not in favour of it.
Today, in an unprecedented move, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif dismissed 11 army officers from service on charges of corruption. Those sacked for corruption include one major general, one Lt. Gen, five brigadiers, and three lieutenant colonels.


KAMPALA – Officials from Makerere University and the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, held a meeting in a bid to iron out their differences following a fallout over false Covid-19 results.
Sections of the media have over the last week reported that officials from the two institutions were not seeing Eye to eye after President Museveni noted that the COVID-19 testing lab at Makerere University had released wrong information in relation to the number of positive cases.
And on Wednesday, the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister, Gen Moses Ali, met the officials from the two institutions in a bid to end the standoff.
Present in the meeting that took place at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kampala were Dr Jane Ruth Acheng, the Health Minister, Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, Members of the National COVID-19 taskforce and a representative from the World Health Organisation, among others.
Sources that attended the meeting told this website that Gen Ali told the two parties that the President was angered by the clashes between them and ordered them to focus on the fight against the pandemic.
Sources added that Dr Aceng said her ministry had no conflict with the university, noting that the two parties have been research data. She instead said that the reported conflict was being promoted by some individuals outside the ministry with personal interests.
On his part, Prof Nawangwe said that the only issue between the two parties was about the false COVID-19 results, which has since been cleared.
Dr Diana Atwine, the Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, said the clash between Makerere and the ministry among others is instigated by people with a personal vendetta.


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(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Dubai- Oman, represented by the Ministry of Health, will take part in the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress 2018, which will commence its deliberations in Dubai on Monday.
The sultanate's delegation is being led by H E Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Obaid al Saeedi, Minister of Health.
The conference will discuss several matters related to the healthcare sector.
It will see the participation of experts from the field and have workshops on pressing medical issues, in addition to providing opportunities of continuing medical education for all specialists.
The event is a platform for healthcare companies, as well as specialists, suppliers and distributors.
The exhibition attracts hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors every year.
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The student movement has thrown its weight behind the UPND-Alliance presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema saying they are disappointed with the many ills in the PF government.
According to the UPND media team, student League president Jerome Nkonjela said the high corruption levels in the government have led the government to remove the meal allowances.The higher learning institutions represented by more than 10 universities across the country.
Mr Nkonjela asked the UPND to consider introducing the meal allowance when the UPND leader win the elections, adding that the confidence the youths have in the UPND leader HH has led the youths to endorse him as a preferred candidate in the coming elections.
And UPND National Chairman Stephen Katuka has assured students that the meal allowance will be restored immediately the UPND- Alliance forms government in August this year.
Mr. Katuka told the students that there is no revolution without the involvement of the students and that the endorsement of President Hichilema by the students signifies the desire for the youths to change the wrongs done to the country by the PF government.
Mr. Katuka said the UPND will priotise education and will restore the meal allowance for students and wondered how the students survive with the hard-living standards
Mr Katuka said the UPND in government will increase budgetary allocations to educations as education plays an important role in the life of the people, before adding that it is up to the student to make the right decision as they go towards the elections.
Katuka encouraged the students to mobilise and recruit their fellow students and parents to vote for UPND so as to win the elections in the first round and avoid a rerun.
Mr Katuka said the UPND- Alliance government will not condone cadrerism in markets and stations as it will create sustainable employment and that the UPND will be in government to save and not to steal from the people.
Deputy National youths Chairman in charge of politics Trevor Mwiinde said the plight of student can’t be over emphasized going by the strength they have.
Mr Mwiinde said the level at which lawlessness in the country has reached is scaring and that the country is looking forward to a committed leadership through President Hichilema to redeem the country, adding that the endorsement of President Hichilema by the student give hope to the country that there is life at the end of time


Local Commentary: Habitat for Humanity thankful for all the help it's received in last five years
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Willmar, Minn., African population is seeing growth as businesses optimistic
WILLMAR -- Many of the African business owners in Willmar are optimistic about the ultimate success of their businesses in the community, according to a survey of African-owned businesses in the community.
The African Development Center conducted the survey late last year and released the results Thursday.
"The bottom line is there are a lot of good things happening in Willmar in the African community," said Hussein Samatar, ADC executive director.
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New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said that the Independence Day celebrations this year has different importance as India’s one of the integral part, Kashmir has been opened up for developmental avenues along with other states of the country.
Naik said that repealing of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir has been one of the most important event in the tenure of Modi-led government, which has made the celebrations of Independence Day of 2019 “more important.”
“The Independence Day of this year is more important as we have managed to cure the long pending wound that we had in the form of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. We can say that the people of Kashmir can now celebrate the Independence Day in the real sense,” he told PTI over phone from Delhi.
Naik said that Jammu and Kashmir was always integral part of India but due to wrong policies of the governments in the past, it had remained away from the developmental avenues that the country has been witnessing.
“It was a demand of entire India that Article 370 should be repealed from Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to concede to the demand and he fulfilled it,” he said.
The Union minister said that those who were fostering terrorism in that region will have to now “shut down their shops” after the central government’s decision.
“Jammu and Kashmir will now prosper along with other states of the country. It will no more remain a backward state,” he said.


Describing the Telangana issue as 'complicated', Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the government was trying to evolve a consensus on solving it.
The Prime Minister said that the 'complicated' issue must be solved and consensus among the political parties is the way forward on this. This consensus will be possible through consensus, Dr. Manmohan Singh said.
He reminded that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has already held a meeting with all political parties on the issue and a report has already been drawn up. The next obvious step is consultations so that the process can be pursued to its logical conclusion, the Prime Minister said.
Dr. Manmohan Singh was interacting with the editors of the electronic media in the national capital where he said that the Centre will cross the 'bridge' when the question of bifurcating Andhra Pradesh comes.


Over 290 people have been arrested for violating the Police curfew around the country.
The Police media unit said that 291 people have been arrested between Friday and this morning (Sunday).
The Police said that among those arrested were people who had been seen on the streets during the curfew.
Others arrested were people who had gathered at public grounds to consume liquor, travelling on the street in their vehicles, having restaurants open and those found selling products in public during the curfew. (Colombo Gazette)


An economic commentator has advised the public to practice financial prudence during the festive season to ensure that they have enough to support them after the festivities.
Speaking to YFM, Betchani Tchereni said people should refrain from impulsive buying at all costs just because they are in the festive mood.
“Mostly people are taken up by the festive season some people drink more than they used to, they want to go to places that they have not gone to because other people are doing so,” said Tchereni.
He said that people should remember that there are other important matters that will require money after the festive season hence the need to properly plan.
Tchereni said: “People must remember that after Christmas after New Year there is life after that and people must eat come the next, people must have school fees and pay rentals and transport.”
He has since advised people to properly budget in order to refrain from impulse buying.


Nepali Congress leader Prakashman Singh has said that the country cannot be run by popular slogans alone. At a program held in Kathmandu on Thursday, Leader Singh said that the party that comes with popular slogans cannot run the country when even the old parties including the Congress-UML are struggling to run the government.
He said that this time it was seen what happens after coming to power by giving popular slogans. He said that to be established in any field, including politics, one should contribute and understand the ground.
Similarly, Neta Singh claimed that due to the mixed electoral system, it was difficult for a single party to get a majority. He said that when the people have given the mandate to form a coalition government, the parties should also proceed accordingly. Leader Singh said that he prioritized the commitments he made to the people when he stood for election.


BREAKING: Army and bomb disposal team called to incident in Manchester
Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that the army is responding to an incident in Manchester.
Police have closed the Mancunian Way, Limby Street and Jackson street as a result of the call.
Officers are in attendance and are currently "assessing the situation".
Motorists have been asked to avoid the area.
The bomb disposal team has also been called to the incident.
Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that the incident is on Linby Street in Hulme .
Police initially said the incident was taking place at a college in Trafford but have since clarified their position.
More to follow.


Khwai — Khwai Development Trust is benefitting the community as it injects its profits back into the village of Khwai, a small village in the prestigious Okavango Delta.
Formed in 2000 and one of the successful trusts in the country, the Khwai trust runs three campsites through which people of this tiny village are well taken care of.
The trust manager, Mr Michael Matlapeng revealed that there were different categories of beneficiaries that the trust funded
He noted that the trust gave village elders, orphans and the disabled P600 monthly allowance as a way of helping them to make ends meet.
Furthermore, he said the trust also allocated a portion of its income to help aspiring entrepreneurs.
Mr Matlapeng said some youth have come up with good business proposals and that as the development entity in the village, it was incumbent upon the trust to ensure that the youths' dreams came true.
He said they allocated P300 000 every financial year as an empowerment fund for the youth.
Moreover, he said even though the trust does not make much money, it was currently helping members of the local community to connect water in their homes.
Mr Matlapeng said this helps with efforts to reduce human wildlife conflict in the village as people had water from their homes instead of going out to stand pipes.
He said the trust currently has two Land Cruisers and a truck which help the community with transport to and from Maun as well as during emergencies such as funerals and taking patients to hospital.
He pointed out that the trust faced challenges, citing the fact that the Khwai/Maun road was not tarred, which was a barrier to tourism.
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Fawad Ch says charges against Sharifs proved
LAHORE (92 News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said that charges against Sharif family stand proved.
Talking to the media on Friday, he said that Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz had been unable to defend themselves.
He said that he had always maintained that the properties belonged to Nawaz’s children.
Fawad Ch said that Wajid Zia’s statement was being misinterpreted.


(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
Riyadh Rajab 11 1437 April 18 2016 SPA -- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has phoned King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
During the phone call they discussed bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and issues of common interest in addition to reviewing latest developments on the regional and international arenas.
00:15 LOCAL TIME 21:15 GMT
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A senior United States official told ABC News that Russian soldiers had been overheard complaining that Ukrainian resistance was much stiffer than they had anticipated.
On one radio call, the official said they heard a soldier saying: “We don’t know who to shoot – they all look like us.”
Constantine Yevtushenko told the news site soldiers were hungry, were running low on supplies, and were confused about the purpose of their mission.
“They are just following the orders that they have,” Mr Yevtushenko said. “They are kids.”
Russian efforts to take the capital city of Kyiv have successfully been repelled for the past two nights by Ukrainian armed forces, although there were reports of an offensive being planned for Saturday night.
Thousands of citizens have also taken up arms and been encouraged to make home-made molotov cocktails.
There have been reports of more than 1,000 Russian soldiers being killed, and several hundred more captured.
On Saturday Ukrainian officials said 198 citizens – including three children – had been killed since the invasion began.
Health minister Viktor Liashko said that 1,115 people were injured including 33 children.