Qatar- Diabetes centre opens at Al Wakra Hospital
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) A new National Diabetes Centre with improved specialised care has been inaugurated at Al Wakra Hospital to reduce the waitlist at Hamad General Hospital (HGH).
The centre on the ground floor of the Outpatient Department is providing diabetics in Al Wakra and the southern region with improved access to specialised care. It was inaugurated by the Minister of Public Health
H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani and Dr Hanan Al Kuwari, Managing Director, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).
Over 750 patients have been treated at the centre since it began receiving cases in October.
About 800 patient visits per month are expected at the facility which modelled on National Diabetes Centre at HGH.
Treating diabetics during morning and afternoon clinics, the centre uses a multi-disciplinary approach in caring for patients and is providing services, including foot care, counselling and education, blood investigation and insulin pump therapy.
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Jaipur traffic police cracks down on drunk drivers, 23 sent to jail
This is the first time in the last two years that offenders of drink driving have been jailed.
In the last three months, 23 people have been jailed for driving under the influence of alcohol, data with the Jaipur traffic police, have revealed.
This is the first time in the last two years that offenders of drink driving have been jailed, the data shows.
According to police officials, the action taken against such people is part of a stringent approach that the Jaipur police have taken on drink driving.
“Given the fact that many accidents occur due to drink driving, we have decided to take a zero tolerance approach towards it,” said deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Lovely Katiyar.
“Twenty-three people have been sent to jail for driving in an inebriated condition,” she told HT.
She further said that the in the cases in which people have been sent to jail, the offenders consumed more than the permissible limit of alcohol.
“Challans were issued under the Section 185 of the Motor Vehicle Act and the objective behind sending people to judicial custody for drink driving is to make them understand the risk that they pose to other people,” said Katiyar.
Earlier, in most cases of drink driving, offenders were fined monetarily and this is the first time in the past two years that people have been sent to jail.
“Most of these people were drunk driving during night time and we have positioned special teams in various parts of the city to apprehend such people. The arrests were made uniformly throughout the city,” said Sumer Dan, traffic inspector (education).
Data with the Jaipur traffic police states that the number of challans issued under the Section 185 of the Motor Vehicle Act has also increased in 2017.
The data reveals that while the total number of people fined for drink driving in 2015 and 2016 were 8,093 and 9,715, more than 12,820 challans have been issued until October 2017.
In cases where a person has consumed more alcohol than the permissible limit, the public prosecutor recommends the magistrate that he be imprisoned, police said.
“We are hoping that strong action against drink driving will also result in awareness about the number of risks to life and property that the menace poses,” said Katiyar.


Untrue climate change claims angers scientists, and this is what Dr. Ahmed Al-Jibouri said about it
10 months ago, Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 23:10:49
Scientists have responded angrily to false climate change claims. According to information released by Dr. Ahmed Al-Jibouri, the experts who were speaking on a BBC radio interview said that they are unhappy with a statement made by an iconic political figure. Ahmed Al-Jibouri said that the scientists were reacting to information released by Chancellor Nigel Lawson who was speaking on Radio 4. Nigel made assertions that the past ten years have seen a decline in the global temperatures.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) The United Russia party secured 42.92% of the vote in Russia's parliamentary elections with 20.06% of the results processed, according to data displayed on the Central Election Commission's information screen, Trend reports citing TASS .
The Communist Party comes in second with 23.04% of the vote, followed by the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) with 8.77%, A Just Russia with 7.14% and New People with 6.87%. As of now, these five parties have cleared the five percent threshold needed to make it into the State Duma.
The Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice garnered 2.9% of the vote, the Communists of Russia party got 1.48% and the Greens gained 1.07%. Other parties received less than one percent of the vote.
A total of 14 political parties participated in the elections to the eighth Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament) that were held on September 17, 18, and 19. In addition to the State Duma elections, voters also cast their ballots for the heads of nine Russian regions and members of 39 regional parliaments.
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(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Kyo July 10 (QNA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left Australia for Papua New Guinea the final leg of his 3-nation tour of Oceania.
Abe and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott signed an economic partnership agreement and a pact to jointly develop defense equipment according to Japan's (NHK WORLD) website.
The visit will be the first to the country by a Japanese prime minister in 29 years.
Abe is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Peter O'Neill later in the day.
He hopes to confirm with O'Neill that Papua New Guinea will cooperate to ensure the stable supply of liquefied natural gas to Japan.
He also plans to convey Japan's willingness to help build social infrastructure through official development assistance and other means.
The Japanese prime minister is apparently mindful of China's diplomatic efforts to secure natural resources and its growing presence in emerging economies. (QNA)
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A national study shows the number of nurses and other healthcare workers is going to be well short of the need, and an Iowa expert says there’s also a need for more training. James Marchant is the dean of the University of Iowa College of Public Health.
Marchant says it’s projected 250-thousand additional public health workers are going to be needed by 2020. He says there are also a lot of people working in public health that need formal training. Marchant says his school is working to give more training to public health workers as are other schools across the country.
Marchant says administrators in public health departments often have a public health degree, but he says there are a lot of administrators in rural public health departments that do not. Marchant says there’s a need for everyone to have some degree of public health training, so his school offers training for a certificate of public health. Marchant says there are a lot of reasons for the projected shortage of public health workers.
Marchant says public health needs have expanded due to health care reform, more attention on covering the uninsured, and the safety net for the healthcare system is public health, community healthcare systems. Marchant says 25-percent of the public healthcare workers are between the ages of 55 and 64, which is another factor in the upcoming shortage. Marchant says the growing need for healthcare workers will cause schools to do more to get the workers trained.
Marchant says the schools are going to have to be more innovative in the ways they train people, including using more distance learning. He says there are two workforce bills in Congress that focus public healthcare training that focus on paying for training and loan repayment support. Marchant says getting enough workers trained and getting them to stay in Iowa will be key factors in meeting the looming shortage.


BOSSIER CITY, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Bossier City Police Chief Shane McWilliams and the Bossier City Police Department announced Wednesday that they are discontinuing their K-9 program.
According to BPCD, an evaluation by the City Attorney determined that the “risk and liabilities” outweigh the benefit of the K-9 unit.
BCPD says “the decision to discontinue the program is in no way a reflection of the performance of the K-9 handlers who have done outstanding work for Bossier City and who will continue to serve the community in other assignments.”
Bossier City police say the department has three K-9s that will be retired. The K-9 handlers will be given the opportunity to permanently adopt their K-9’s.


Cheney-Drinking Questions Percolating (and fermenting)
The traditional media and the blogosphere are abuzz with questions about the drinking Cheney did before hunting; whether his medications, combined with alcohol, may have played a role; and whether this explains why he didn’t alert the media for so long about the accident (i.e., did he need the time to get the intoxicants out of his system?).
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Turkey, Iran mull military Operation Olive Branch
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Turkey and Iran discussed the military Operation Olive Branch during the visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to Tehran, the Turkish media reported on February7.
Cavusoglu's visit to Iran was held onFebruary 7 and a meeting with the Iranian president is expected as part of the visit.
On January20, the Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Free Syrian Army, launched the Operation Olive Branch in Afrin, Syria.
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Elkhart says it spent over $30K on President Trump's visit
We're learning more about the cost of President Donald Trump's visit to Elkhart.
The city now saying it spent more than $30,000.
Elkhart police had the biggest expense related to the visit. It spent more than $23,000 to pay officers to secure the event.
Costs for the fire and street departments made up the rest of that total.


Kathmandu, March 26: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the local level election would be held at the slated time.
Inaugurating the reconstructed Bhimsen Temple at Patan in Lalitpur, PM Deuba shared that the government has started necessary preparations to hold the local polls on the slated time.
He further said that the incumbent government has the task of holding three-tier of elections, stating that it was the need of the hour and the government's responsibility to hold elections in a free and fearless environment.
PM Deuba mentioned that the support of the private sector in the construction of religious heritages is indispensable. Saying it was necessary to give responsibility to local-level in development activities, he argued that most of the development related activities carried out by the local government have good quality.
He expressed the view that the development in Lalitpur Metropolitan City would help to widen the identity of Nepal and Nepali people at the international level not only at the national level.
Prime Minister Deuba stressed the need of building temples depicting Nepali uniqueness.
Similarly, the Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Chiribabu Maharjan, said that the metropolis has accelerated and completed the reconstruction of religious heritages inside the metropolis, adding the local government has helped to make the country's development ahead.
Reconstruction of Bhimsen Temple was carried out at the leadership of Lalitpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Lalitpur Metropolitan City had also provided financial support for the same. The temple was damaged by the Gorkha earthquake and its reconstruction was carried out at a cost of Rs 49.7 million.


Six new hospitalizations related to COVID-19 were reported in Whitman County, which also confirmed 57 new cases Tuesday.
No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported in Whitman and Latah counties.
In Whitman County, there have been a total of 5,304 cases, 55 deaths and 171 hospitalizations since the beginning of the pandemic. There have been 25 hospitalizations since Sept. 1.
Twelve new cases were reported in Latah County. According to Public Health – Idaho North Central District, the new cases include one person between ages 13-17, two people between ages 18-29, four people in their 30s, three in their 50s and two in their 60s.
There have been 3,747 confirmed cases, 230 probable cases and 23 total deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.


(MENAFN – The Peninsula) The Ministry of Municipality and Environment, represented by Al Rayyan Municipality, carried out an inspection campaign, in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to check the encroachments on public and private properties as part of the Ministry’s continuous efforts to limit the spread of violations.
The campaign, which lasted for two days on Salwa Commercial Street, aimed at ensuring the compliance of commercial shops to provisions of Law No. 18 of 2017 regarding public hygiene, the provisions of Law No. 10 of 1987 regarding public and private properties and the Building Law No. 4 of the year 1985.
The campaign resulted in recording 249 violations, which included removing abandoned vehicles encroaching on the state property, in addition to violations of advertisement licences according to Advertising Law No. 1 of 2012 and occupying squares and building without a permit.
The Ministry of Municipality and Environment called merchants, shopkeepers and owners to abide by the laws and regulations for conducting commercial activities and building permits in force. The Ministry said it will intensify efforts in conducting campaign during the coming period until all encroachments are removed.
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Israel killed 14 Palestinian children in 2017: Agency
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) RAMALLAH, Palestine: Israeli forces have killed 14 Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the start of this year, according to a Palestinian statistics agency.
In a statement on Sunday, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said Israeli forces had killed 35 children in 2016.
'Some 300 Palestinian children are still held in Israeli prisons, added the statement, which was issued to mark the Universal Children's Day.
The Ramallah-based organization said that around 4,000 children had been detained by Israeli forces since October 2015, most of whom had been released.
The statement said around 848 children had been displaced due to Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes.
According to the agency, Israeli authorities had demolished 418 homes and 646 establishments in 2016.
There was no Israeli comment on the report.
The Universal Children's Day is celebrated on November 20th each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.
Children make up around 46 percent of the 4.5 million Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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“Stalin should stop pointing fingers at the government in everything and rather take efforts to sit at least in the row for the Opposition benches in the Assembly after the polls,” he said in Salem.
Calling Stalin as a hero of statements (arikkai nayagan), the Chief Minister said that the DMK, which does no good to people, will never ever come to power in the state.
“Stalin should give constructive ideas rather than just blaming the government and issuing false statements against Ministers,” he added.
Stating that COVID-19 has been under control in the state due to efforts of the government, Palaniswami said, the opposition parties then faulted the government by comparing it with the infection scenario in Delhi and Kerala. “But now the spread has been more in those states. Whereas, the rate of infection has come down gradually in Tamil Nadu due to the efforts taken by the government,” he said.
Stating that the AIADMK government has led the state in the path of robust development with maximum number of industries being set up even during the outbreak of COVID-19 since March, the Chief Minister said that Tamil Nadu has recorded the highest GDP of eight per cent among other states. “The state has also been a frontrunner in education, health and agriculture,” he added.
Accusing that the NEET was brought by Congress when DMK was in its alliance, the Chief Minister said that 1,650 students will get a chance to study medicine with the start of 11 new medical colleges across Tamil Nadu next year.
The Chief Minister inaugurated 86 completed projects at a cost of Rs 123.53 crore, laid foundation for 44 new projects at Rs 118 crores and distributed welfare aid to 6,832 beneficiaries at 46.39 crore in Salem district.


Sri Lanka’s media groups condemns the police raid on news website office
Seven media rights groups in Sri Lanka including the Free Media Movement condemned the police raid on the office of the www.srilankamirror.com, a website, aligned to the country’s main political opposition.
The raid which took place yesterday saw Police seizing the computers and other materials in the office, which were used to operate the news website.
The office located in the Rajagiriya area was also used to operate ‘Sri Lanka X’ which is also aligned to the country’s main political opposition.
CID also arrested 9 journalists who were covering news for both websites.
UNP Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera was present when the CID carried out the raid on the shared office of both the websites.
According to reports, the CID has also raided the house of the Ruwan Ferdinandez, the editor of the Lanka Mirror.com.


Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the lone Muslim minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet, has said that the Bharatiya Janata party needs to do a lot more to gain the confidence of his community whose minds have been poisoned over the last 70 years. Naqvi, who holds the portfolio of Minority Affairs, also revealed his partys plans to woo Muslims. Naqvi said that BJP government would remind Muslims of the schemes the government started for their development and the efforts it made against triple talaq during the campaigning for the 2019 elections. Naqvi had recently hosted an Iftar party for Muslim women, which was also attended by a few victims of triple talaq. We have to do a lot more to gain the confidence of Muslims because their minds have been poisoned over the last 70 years, Naqvi was quoted as saying by the PTI. But, the good thing is that the new generation, the women are evaluating the BJP on its merits and demerits. This is a very positive development, he added. The minister asserted that his partys recent defeat in Kairana by-election has prompted it to have re-look at its strategy for the Lok Sabha elections. However, it has not affected the partys winning spree, he said. It does not mean that we will lose all the elections. Now that we know that the opposition parties will stitch an alliance to contest the Lok Sabha polls, we will prepare a strategy to counter them, the minister said. As the regional heavyweights have been mulling the idea of forming a united front against the BJP, Naqvi alleged that the Congress and other rival parties had always used Muslims for vote bank politics and had not done anything for their development. The Congress and others always feel that Muslims will vote for them out of compulsion. So, they have never focused on their development and empowerment, he claimed. Naqvi said that the BJP government had honestly worked for the welfare of the community. Naqvi also said that current Narendra Modi-led regime had taken various steps for restoring the dignity of Muslims and the BJP was not running after votes, he said.


New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Three more complaints have been received by Delhi Police related to violence that took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru University's campus on January 5, taking a number of total complaints to 14.
"Three more complaints received related to the JNU violence, now total complaints received are 14," according to Delhi Police sources.
As Delhi Police has urged more people to come and dispose of the video of the JNU violence, so far around 12 people have contacted police and recorded their statements.
The sources said that the crime branch will speak to those injured during JNU violence.
The crime branch has taken the entry register as CCTV footage was not available because of the damaged server at the university, they added.
The sources further said that Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik has called for a meeting today in the first half at Delhi police headquarters to seek details from the three teams formed to probe the JNU violence case.
All the three teams -- Special Investigation Team, fact-finding team and district staff -- have been called for review and investigation details in the matter.
On January 5, more than 30 students of the university, including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, were injured and taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a masked mob entered the varsity and attacked them and professors with sticks and rods. (ANI)


RAWALPINDI (92 News) – Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said that the government will end the difference between Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
Addressing a ceremony held to lay the foundation stone of a college in Rawalpindi on Friday, he said that the PTI government will not only say words, but also implement them.
He claimed that the city having a lawyer like Sheikh Rasheed can never lose.
The CM said that the government is constructing the 23km expressway and an amount of Rs 60 billion will be spent on it. “The ring road project will change the destiny of the city. An amount of Rs 50 billion will be spent on it,” he said.
Usman Buzdar said that hospitals are being upgraded and the kidney centre will also be made functional. “The government has prepared a new local bodies system and it will be approved. Powers will be devolved to the lower level and it will be a new Pakistan. 22,000 Punchayat committees will be set up across the province to help people resolve their conflicts and issues at the local level,” he said.
He said that the government will spend the amount on the uplift projects more than the money spent by the previous government during 10 years.
The Punjab chief minister said that Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology will be upgraded to provide better health facilities to the people. He said Parks and Horticulture Authority Rawalpindi will be provided additional funds to make the city beautiful.
Usman Buzdar said that the government is working to turn Pakistan into the country envisioned by father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed said that as colleague of Imran Khan, he wants the rule of the poor in the country. “Rawalpindi is at No 1 in the education sector,” he said. “It is a matter of honour for him that the province’s chief minister had travelled by train.”
He said that the government is taking special interest in laying a network of schools, colleges and institutions of higher learning in the country.
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said he had also played a key role in the establishment of Fatima Jinnah Women University in past which is playing a key role in imparting higher education to females of Rawalpindi and adjoining areas.
The minister expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Imran Khan for granting him Rs one billion for the establishment of educational institutions in the city despite financial crunch.
Sheikh Rasheed said that the prime minister will inaugurate Child and Maternity Hospital in Rawalpindi on third of next month. The prime minister will also participate in the opening ceremony of Sir Syed Express soon.
Minister for National Health Aamir Mehmood Kiani said that the government is taking steps to improve the life of common man despite the financial problems it inherited from previous governments. He said that the increase in debt from Rs 6,000 billion to Rs 30,000 during last two governments has a negative effect on economy. “Inflation and other related issues are temporary, as the economy is being put on right course.”
The minister said that economic indicators are improving and they will ultimately benefit the common man.


(MENAFN- Arab Times) Under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the eleventh session of the Asian Media Summit organized by the Ministry of Culture and Information and the Audiovisual General Authority in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcast Development (AIBD).
The Summit will be held in the province of Jeddah during the period from 6 to 8 May 201
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The Office of the National Security Council (NSC) said on Saturday, that the Taliban has to release the 22 Afghan commandos who were in their custody before the government took any further steps to release the 320 militants in their custody.
Javid Fasal, spokesperson for the NSC tweeted, that the Taliban had to take action first for the intra-Afghan peace process to start.
“There are no changes to the plan. The Taliban will have to release our commandos held by them before the government resumes the release of the remaining 320 Taliban prisoners,” he said.
Fasal said, “It’s now on the Taliban to take action and help the peace efforts produce the expected outcome.”
The Presidential Palace had also reiterated that the Taliban had to release the detained security forces members.
Sediq Sediqqi, the presidential spokesperson had also told the media last week that the prisoner exchange cannot be one-sided and the Taliban should release the government prisoners.
“We have taken great steps and we are ready to take other steps, but now the responsibility is with the Taliban, and the group must stand by its commitments,” the spokesperson had said.
However, acting Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar was optimistic about the prospects for peace talks in early September.
“It seems that most of the hurdles have been either removed or we are in the process of building consensus on a solution,” he said during a virtual discussion organised by the U.S. Institute of Peace on Thursday.
“We are much closer to the start of the peace negotiations than we have ever been before,” he said, adding, “We are optimistic that next week, we will be making big progress in this respect.”
He expressed cautious optimism about the removal of all hurdles and said the government was working to reach a consensus on the release of all prisoners.
In the past few days, President Ashraf Ghani spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron while National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib spoke with Australian ambassador Geoff Tooth about the prisoner release.
Both nations had previously raised objections to the release of the Taliban prisoners who had killed their nationals.
During the respective phone calls, France and Australia said they were committed to the peace process and assured the Afghan government of their support.


Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said that the state government is working to transform Guwahati as a gateway to Southeast Asia.
Sonowal said this while addressing the Annual general meeting of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Sonowal said the state is eyeing the ASEAN market, besides the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal). “The ASEAN block provides a large and lucrative market for Assam,” he said.
As quoted in reports, Sonowal said, “At the global investors’ summit held in Assam in 2018, the state had received investment proposals worth Rs 79,000 crore.”
“Of that, Rs 55,000 crore has already landed in the state,” he added.
The chief minister said that his government has been able to bring benefits worth Rs 2,000 crore for the MSME sector from the Centre’s assistance programme, announced during the pandemic.
In the case of the agricultural sector, Sonowal informed that Israel has promised to provide the best technology for the development of the sector. He said that the state is now sending vegetables by cargo flights to countries such as UK, Singapore and UAE.
Sonowal claimed that the state has handled the COVID- 19 well, as seen from the low mortality rates.
The government is now working to boost the health infrastructure, he said.


Cuomo: NY making $1B investment in solar power
Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state is making a long-term, $1 billion investment in support of solar power.
The Democrat said Thursday that the money will provide funding certainty for efforts to expand solar power over the next decade.
Cuomo says the investment will help the state's solar power industry to move away from government subsidies.
The money is part of the NY-Sun initiative run by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which is funded mostly through assessments on utilities.
Cuomo's office says the state has more than 400 solar power companies that together employ 5,000 workers.


TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (Press Shia Agency) – The spokesman for the Iranian police forces said on late Saturday most of those arrested were “duped” into joining the unrest and had been freed on bail, while the leaders will remain in jail.
Brigadier General Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi added Iranian security forces including Iranian police were able to bring the situation under control with the help of accurate intelligence combined with the self-restraint of the police who separated the people and the protesters who had legitimate demands from the rioters.
He added that the designers and leaders were identified and arrested to end the riots in the shortest time possible.
Montazer al-Mahdi emphasized that among the arrested people there are people who burnt the holy flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and who set fire to people’s cars and destroyed people properties, adding that lots of innocent people lost their lives including a father and his son who were killed by a fire truck which was abandoned by the rioters, breaking the hearts of every Iranian.
The police spokesman went on to add that some also were killed during armed attacks on military checkpoints and following shootings.
Montazer al-Mahdi continued saying that some security forces were also injured and one lost his life during the riots.
He stressed “all the detainees were handed over to the judicial apparatus, most of whom have been released on bail after passing their legal process, and the ringleaders and vandals who attacked people’s properties will remain in jail.”
At the end of his comments, the police spokesman expressed his gratitude to the beloved and vigilant Iranian people and all the government officials and organizations who helped them bring the situation under their control.


The government is playing a dangerous game with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s health, said the PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday.
The party in a tweet, quoted Marriyum saying that the conditional departure set by the government for the former premier was unconstitutional.
The party spokesperson said that an emergency meeting of the PML-N supremo’s doctors has been called to consult on the recent situation. She added that so far Nawaz has been given steroids twice.
Marriyum said, “Giving high doses of steroids to the former premier constantly may put his health in danger.” She said that the government has no idea about the dangers faced by the PML-N leader.
The former information minister also stated that due to the delays of the government the air ambulance’s arrival has also been delayed. She said the air ambulance was to arrive today on the instructions of the doctors.
The party spokesperson stated that the legal requirements regarding the former premier’s health have already been filled. She added that in view of his health the government should not become an impediment in treatment of the former premier.


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(MENAFN) Information by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that work output in the US recorded its biggest decrease since 61 years.
Non-farm business subdivision work production fell by 5.2 percent in July-September 2021 period, which is its biggest plummet since the previous quarter of 1960 after it declined 6.1 percent, while the market prospect was a drop of 4.9 percent, and labor output declined 0.6 percent every year.
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Indviduals, families, workforces and employers across the UK are coming to terms with tough new government rules designed to tackle the spread of coronavirus.
In a televised statement from Downing Street tonight, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that people must now stay at home except for shopping for basic necessities, daily exercise, any medical need and travelling to and from essential work.
Shops selling non-essential goods will also be shut and gatherings in public of more than two people who do not live together prohibited.
The Prime Minister expressed his obvious reluctance at having to introduce the new rules but said they were essential to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to save lives.
The UK death toll from coronavirus has reached 335 and is expected to rise sharply over the coming weeks.
If people do not follow the tough new rules, police will have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings.
The Prime Minister said that it is inevitable that the death toll from COVID-19 will rise significantly, but the measures could help to reduce the impact of coronavirus, especially by easing pressure on the NHS.
The government is also stopping all social events, including weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies – but funerals will be allowed.
The Prime Minister said the restrictions would be kept under constant review.
He said: “We will look again in three weeks, and relax them if the evidence shows we are able to.”


Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) urged the government to provide sufficient information about its negotiations with the Oromo Liberation Army in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
The party said that especially in the last few years in the Oromia region, we have clearly seen citizens being killed because of their identity, their property destroyed and displaced from their villages.
The party has expressed its support for negotiations to end such kind of suffering of the citizens.
However, the party announced in a statement that the negotiations that have been held at different times in the past five years, including the time when prosperity began to lead Ethiopia, have lacked clarity and poor performance.
The party said that the government has failed to publicize information about the implementation of agreement with TPLF which was signed last November 2022 in South Africa.
Therefore, the party urged the government to avoid the same problem that it had in the previous period of the transition, after the Oromo Liberation Army returned to the country from Eritrea.
The party requested to provide clear information to the citizens regarding the negotiations with the Oromo Liberation Army, who are participating, the content of the agreement, how it will be implemented and its implementation.
Since last week, a negotiation between the federal government and the “Oromo Liberation Army” is undergoing in Tanzania and details have not been released yet.


'A learning experience'
By Tyler Shoberg
Maybe entering the postseason as one of the teams to beat did it. Maybe they're just better at being underdogs and clawing their way to the top.
Whatever the case, West Fargo did not get the chance last weekend in Mandan to successfully defend the school's first-ever boys soccer championship.
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Russia has already lost about 173,990 troops in Ukraine (+630 over the past day).
The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on facebook , an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Between February 24, 2022 and April 1, 2023, the enemy's total combat losses included also 3,616 tanks (+1 over the past day), 6,981 armored fighting vehicles (+4), 2,683 artillery systems (+8), 527 multiple launch rocket systems (+1), 279 anti-aircraft warfare systems (+1), 306 aircraft, 291 helicopters, 5,528 motor vehicles and fuel tanks (+7), 18 warships/boats, 2,248 unmanned aerial vehicles, 296 special equipment units (+2). A total of 911 enemy cruise missiles were shot down.
The data are yet to be updated.
A reminder that, on March 31, 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 70 enemy attacks in four directions.
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There are two presumptive cases of COVID-19 at Quest University.
“As of now, we have two presumptive COVID-19 cases on the Quest campus,” said Jasmine Aimaq, the director of Marketing and Communications.
The two people have not been tested, so these are not confirmed cases, she added.
Aimaq said authorities are mainly testing people who need hospitalization or those who work in frontline care.
The two people presumptive cases have been advised by medical professionals to self-isolate.
“We have a few students who are self-isolating as a result of recent travel or other factors that warrant some extra precautions,” Aimaq said.


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Thousands of demonstrators in southern Germany protested against COVID-19 restrictions over the weekend, police said on Sunday.
Thousands of others also gathered to show support for the government’s measures against the pandemic, police added.
Police counted between 10,500 and 11,000 people taking part in the different demonstrations on Saturday. The spokesman said that the situation is calm.
Local authorities had imposed restrictions such as respecting social distancing.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said that new infections have basically been doubling monthly since June.
Germany has recorded more than 288,000 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, with over 9,400 deaths.


Seven people were taken to hospitals after a crash early Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
The crash happened at Congress and Homan at 2:46 a.m., police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said.
Seven people were taken to hospitals, Gaines said. Three people were taken to Stroger Hospital, two were taken to Norwegian and two were taken to Mount Sinai.
Information on their conditions was not immediately available.


There Are Two Kinds Of Men Who Never Amount To Much
There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do
what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.
-- Cyrus Curtis
There are three kinds of researchers: Those who can do math and those who cannot.
-- Tom Rusk Vickery...
My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people
hose who do the work and those who take the credit....
There are four kinds of people: those who sit quietly and do nothing, those who talk about sitting quietly and doing nothing, those who do things, and those who talk about doing things.
H. L. Mencken's Law Those who can -- do. Those who cannot -- teach.
Those who cannot teach -- administrate. (Martin's extension)...
Those who can, do. Those that can't criticize.
H. L. Mencken's Law: Those who can -- do. Those who can't -- teach.
Martin's Extension: Those who cannot teach -- administrate....
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. -- H. L.
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Armed police detain Dumfries man
Both armed and unarmed police attended a property in the Mabie area on the outskirts of the town at about 10pm on Saturday.
Guests at the nearby Mabie House Hotel were asked to remain inside while officers resolved the situation.
Police Scotland said the situation was resolved quickly and no-one was hurt. A 63-year-old man has been detained and enquiries are ongoing.
Malcolm Proudlock, owner of the Mabie House Hotel, said the venue had been hosting a function and was “very busy” when staff were notified of an incident taking place about half a mile away.
“The police asked us to remain inside, but other than that we don’t know anything,” he said.


The Indian health authorities confirmed this Saturday that a record 6,654 cases have been registered in the last 24 hours, increasing the total amount from COVID-19 to 125,101 positives.
This is the second time in a week that the number of coronavirus cases has increased by more than 6,000, and the third time that India has reported the largest increase in the number of infections by one day.
The number of deaths has now risen to 3,720 after 137 new deaths have been registered. This is evident from the Indian Ministry of Health balance collected by the Hindustan Times.
Of the COVID-19 cases in India, authorities have said 69,597 remain active while 51,783 people have been recovered.


BY TC News Desk
Agartala, 28th February 2024 : The state government is committed to empowering women and making them self-reliant, Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy said on Wednesday. He was speaking at the inauguration of the Saras Mela, a three-day exhibition of products made by women from various self-help groups in Gomati district.
The Saras Mela, held at Rajarshi Hall in Udaipur, showcased 42 stalls from eight blocks of the district, featuring a range of items such as handicrafts, food, clothing, and organic abi. The event was organized by the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) and the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).
The Finance Minister praised the efforts of the women entrepreneurs and said that the state government was implementing several schemes to support them. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched various initiatives to make Lakhpati Didi, or women who earn more than one lakh rupees per year. He said that the state government had set a target of making two lakh women millionaires and that more than 80 thousand women had already achieved this feat.
He also said that the state government had given special emphasis to the promotion of local products and that the women of the self-help groups were producing organic abi, a healthy alternative to sugar. He said that the state government was working on various developmental projects in the fields of education, health, infrastructure, and agriculture.
MLA Rampada Jamatia, who was also present at the event, said that Prime Minister Modi was working for the welfare and empowerment of women and that a strong women force would make the country stronger. He urged the women to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the government and to become self-sufficient.
Gomati District Magistrate Tarit Kanti Chakma welcomed the guests and participants and said that the Saras Mela was a platform to showcase the talents and skills of the rural women. He said that the DRDA and the NRLM were providing training, credit, and marketing support to the women to help them start and sustain their enterprises.
Chairperson of Udaipur Municipal Council Shital Chandra Majumder thanked the Finance Minister and the other dignitaries for gracing the occasion and encouraged the women to continue their hard work and innovation. He also appreciated the efforts of the DRDA and the NRLM for organizing the event.
Among others, MLA Abhishek Debroy, MLA Jitendra Majumder, Gomti District Additional District Magistrate Sumit Lodh, SDM Jayanta Bhattacharya, and officials from various departments were present at the event.


Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said 405,000 people have volunteered for the NHS through the Covid-19 crisis.
The announcement comes after the Government asked 250,000 people to come forward to help the health service as it faces its biggest challenge since its inception.
Mr Johnson, speaking at the daily press conference inside Number 10, said he wanted to offer a “special thank you to everyone who has now volunteered to help the NHS”.
“When we launched the appeal last night, we hoped to get 250,000 volunteers over a few days.
“But I can tell you that in just 24 hours, 405,000 people have responded to the call.”
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Lucknow: Lawyers across Uttar Pradesh
boycotted official work in courts on Saturday to protest the police
lathicharge on their counterparts in the state capital.
The lawyers also damaged hoardings of Chief Minister
Mayawati and the state government in various districts
including Mau, Azamgarh and Farukhabad.
They were protesting the lathicharge by police here
yesterday on lawyers who were going to the chief minister`s
residence to hand over a memorandum of their demands,
including more allocation of funds for their welfare in the
Several lawyers and policemen were injured in the clash
and a number of government vehicles were damaged.


Local visible policing will continue in West Norfolk, according to Chief Constable Paul Sanford.
He says he wants officers to be more visible in their communities, find out about the issues affecting people and put measures in place to address them.
The Chief Constable has set up a Community Policing Team which will help local officers with issues that need this extra visibility and more work with the community.
They have already helped with things like patrols to keep particular areas safe including those popular at night and also crime hot-spots.
Across Norfolk, this has meant five stop-searches, eight opportunities to get information, nine new investigations and two arrests.
Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley for County Policing Command said: “We remain committed to dealing with the issues that are affecting our local communities and to make the people of Norfolk feel safe.
“It is vital that we are visible and that we reach out to our residents to understand their concerns and offer solutions as to how we can deal with the issues that really matter to them.”


Shetland’s MP says he will not support the last minute deal agreed between Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Alistair Carmichael insists the agreement negotiated at the 11th hour between the UK and EU is a “bad deal”.
He says members need more information about the Bill before they can decide to favour it.
MPs are due to vote on the deal in the House of Commons tomorrow.
“I think it’s a bad deal – it doesn’t satisfy the deal of those who wanted Brexit.
“The deal will go through because the government have a majority of 80 and they will win these votes.
“But there is still a job of work to be done in holding them to account on the actions they’ve taken and the deal they have negotiated.”


Transgender and gender diverse victims of crimes of prejudice will get their own advocates through an initiative by the Gender Centre.
The Transgender Anti-Violence Project (TAVP), to be launched by Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore tomorrow, will record when people have been targeted because of their gender identity and support victims through the legal process.
Gender Centre manager Phinn Borg told the Star Observer the project, which will be based in Sydney but will receive reports nationwide, had been a long time in the making.
“There had been very little evidence or statistics collected on what’s been happening within the transgender and gender diverse community in terms of violence and hate crimes,” Borg said.
“The project will support clients through the whole process — both reporting to TAVP for the collection of data and to police.
“That goes beyond just assisting people in reporting incidents. It also covers what needs to be done by police to support transgender and gender diverse people in reporting crimes, going to the police station with them, and being there while the reporting process is happening.
“We will also refer people to other services along the way in terms of medical or legal needs, and we will support them in court. It’s about seeing a client from start to finish for a successful outcome.”
NSW Police, the City of Sydney and the Inner City Legal Centre will participate on the TAVP’s steering committee. Borg said the support of other organisations — particularly the police — had been vital to the project’s establishment.
“The NSW Police Force has been a big partner with us. On Monday we did some training with seven local area command units, familiarising them with the TAVP and the Gender Centre and that’s going to be part of the campaign — training local police,” Borg said. “Police have been enthusiastic partners on the project and they’ve given us a lot of help in developing our forms and reporting mechanisms.”
Borg said having NSW Police GLBT issues corporate spokeswoman Superintendent Donna Adney on posters for the program showed how much police were willing to work with the community on transphobic violence
In the past ACON’s Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project (AVP) has received reports of transphobic violence and provided support to victims. AVP will still assist transgender and gender diverse victims of crime but will inform them that TAVP is also there to help them.
ACON CEO Nicolas Parkhill welcomed the establishment of the more tailored service.
“ACON congratulates the organisers on launching this valuable new service and we look forward to working with them to help improve the safety and security of all people in our community,” Parkhill said.


With admissions in the State-run schools have further increased this year, the Tamil Nadu government had drawn a detailed plan to improve the infrastructure of all its institutions based on the additional enrollment of the students.
The School Education Department's move to improve the infrastructure of its schools also came against the backdrop of retaining private school students, who had enrolled in state-run schools.
Accordingly, the improvement of the infrastructure includes constructing additional classrooms, recruiting teachers based on the requirement, setting up additional toilet facilities, and improving IT labs.
A senior official from the School Education Department told DT NEXT that at present more than 45,000 government and government-aided schools were functioning across the State and catering education to more than 65 lakh students.
"It has been roughly identified that infrastructure of more than 7,000 schools, which have got additional admissions this academic year, should have to be improved", he added.
He also pointed out that about four lakh additional admissions were reported across all the government and government-aided schools this academic year. "Since the admissions process will be over, the exact figure of new student's enrollment will also be derived shortly", he said.
Stating that all the district education officers were already asked to inspect and identify the state-run schools, which need infrastructure improvement due to additional admissions, the official said: "they were also instructed to prepare a detailed work plan and identifying budget for it".
Claiming that all the school development works will be carried out shortly on a priority basis as per the requirement, he said "the government is already in the process of recruiting teachers, who were on the waitlist".
The official also said that the district education officers were also told to identify land grabbing of government schools. "All the lands, which was illegally occupied will be recovered immediately". He pointed out since the schools were closed for more than one year, it was also reported by the district education officials that many lands of the institutions have encroached.


(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) Cairo, Mar 4, 2020, SPA -- The Arab Council for Foreign Ministers concluded here today its 153rd session at the ministerial level.
The session was held under the chairmanship of the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman Yusuf bin Alawi in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
The delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the session was headed by the Minister of State for African Countries Affairs Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan.
The session discussed various areas of joint Arab action, especially the Palestinian issue and the Arab-Israeli conflict in all its aspects, developments in Lebanon, Syria, Libya and Yemen, Iran's occupation of the Arabian-Gulf-located three Arab islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa affiliated to the United Arab Emirates, security of navigation and energy supply in the Arab Gulf region, in addition to taking a unified Arab stance regarding the Turkish forces' violation of Iraqi sovereignty.
In the context of international political affairs, the Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries, the dangers of Israeli armaments on Arab national security and international peace, Arab relations with international and regional groups, and support for internally displaced people in Arab countries were also discussed.
The meeting was attended by the Saudi Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Osama bin Ahmed Nagali, who also assumes Permanent Representative of the Kingdom to the Arab League portfolio.
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The New York Times published a lengthy profile on the immigration crackdown last week.
It covered what the government is calling “a massive operation” in the state of Mexico, and also the role of the Federal Police in the crackdown.
The article included a few interesting tidbits about the state and the country: In the past two weeks, the federal police has arrested more than 1,200 people, according to a press release.
Some of the people arrested have been in custody for days, or even weeks.
One person was even sent to a prison where he has been held since his arrest.
More than 60,000 people have been deported, according the press release, which noted that most of the cases were related to immigration violations.
The Mexican government is also trying to deport people from the US, including citizens and legal permanent residents.
A number of people living in the US are expected to be detained, and a number of them are facing deportation as well, the press report said.
One of those individuals, a Mexican citizen, was arrested in New York City, where he was staying at a hotel, according a report from the Associated Press.
The Associated Press also reported that an investigation by Mexican news channel Univision found that the Federal Office of Migration and the Interior Ministry in Mexico are working together to deport hundreds of people in the country.
The department has also taken in more than 600 migrants from the United States since October.
The AP noted that the Mexican government has said that the number of deportations could reach more than 3,000 in a few days.
According to a report by the Associated Business Journal, some people in Mexico’s cities have been arrested for “illegal entry.”
The Federal Office for Migration and Citizenship said it has arrested about 3,500 people for illegal entry, including over 6,000 who were convicted of a felony offense and are being deported.


(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN — HRH Crown Prince Hussein on Tuesday stressed the importance of developing a holistic strategy for youth to be implemented within a fixed timeframe, a Royal Court statement said.
During a visit to the Youth Ministry, the Crown Prince also stressed the need for 'unconventional' training and development programmes at all youth centres across the Kingdom, as well as evaluating performance and achievement of such programmes every two months.
His Royal Highness highlighted the importance of partnership between the public and the private sectors to support youth initiatives, which, he said, contribute to the empowerment of youth, stimulate creativity and lead to better investment of young people's potentials and the activation of their role in the comprehensive development process.
During the visit, Youth Minister Hadithah Khreisha briefed the Crown Prince on the progress made in the drafting of the National Strategy for Youth 2018-2025, expected to be completed by the end of this year.
Khreisha said that the ministry has formed consultative and technical committees with members from ministries, local community and relevant institutions.
The minister noted that young people were also involved in drawing up the strategy, as 60,000 young men and women have responded to a questionnaire that targeted the age categories of 12-18 and 19-30.
The questionnaire focused on the needs and ambitions of young people, according to the minister.
Khreisha expressed the Jordanian youth's pride of the prince's recent speech that he delivered at the UN General Assembly meeting, which reflected the ambitions and concerns of youth.
The minister outlined the ministry's programmes and activities concerning the youth centres it oversees across the Kingdom.
He also noted the ministry's efforts to build youth potentials and pioneering skills.
The briefing also included the ministry's programmes to protect young people from extreme ideologies and drugs.
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Shillong, Mar 15: The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) has decided to table a full budget for the financial year 2019-2020 in the upcoming budget session, which will commence from March 25.
The decision was taken at the first executive committee meeting of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) held here on Friday.
“We have decided to place the full budget during the upcoming budget session of the Council,” KHADC chief Teinwell Dkhar told reporters after the meeting.
According to him, the budget session will have three working days.
Asked, deputy chief executive member Pyniaid Sing Syiem said the proposed implementation of the Rs 52 crore special assistance grant sanctioned by the Centre recently will also be reflected in the budget speech.
On the recent appointment of an MCS officer as secretary of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC), the KHADC chief said that the matter will be discussed by the Council on whether to submit similar proposal to the state government.
He also admitted that the need to streamlining the functioning of the KHADC, “We really need to strengthen the Council from within to ensure that we overcome many challenges.”
Asked, Dkhar said many issues which are important will be discussed in the next meeting of the executive committee as today’s was mainly focused on the budget session.
With regards to the implementation of the building byelaws in the Schedule areas, the deputy CEM said the Council will also discuss the recent decision of the state government to handover power to issue building permission to the district councils.
Admitting the need to strengthen the engineering wing of the Council, Syiem however said if required, the KHADC will request the government to provide technical staff for the implementation of the building byelaws under its jurisdiction.


Islamabad: The Prime Minister briefed the President about the steps afoot to avert the energy crises and power outages in the country.
Overall political and law and order situation in the country and measures taken for the relief and rehabilitation of flood affected affectees in Sindh and control of dengue in the country were also discussed during the meeting.
The President during the meeting urged for urgent measures to end the continued load shedding in the country. He expressed the hope that the recent initiatives taken by the government will provide relief to the people and help reduce power outages across the country.
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(MENAFN- IANS) Ottawa, March 2 (IANS) Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly has said that Canada is imposing additional import restrictions on Russian diamonds.
This ban further builds on Canada's December 2023 import restrictions on diamonds and diamond-jewellery-related products from Russia by targeting indirect imports of Russian diamonds weighing 1 carat and above, Joly said on Friday in a statement.
It is consistent with the commitments made in February, May and December 2023 by the G7 leaders to reduce the revenues from the export of non-industrial diamonds from Russia, she added as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.
According to the statement, Russia is the world's largest rough diamond producer and also a significant global exporter of diamonds and diamond products.
The value of Russia's total exports exceeded nearly 5.2 billion Canadian dollars ($3.8 billion) in 2022.
Together, G7 countries represent 70 per cent of the world diamond market, the statement added.
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He said there was no violence as expected by the joint opposition nor was there chaos in the city. (Colombo Gazette) He said that the street protest organised by the joint opposition was a total failure. He also said that those who organised the protest were staying at five star hotels while their supporters were sleeping on the street.Bandara said that by morning the joint opposition supporters will realise who they had taken to the streets to support.The Deputy Minister also said that the Police ensured the security of the city was maintained during the protest. Nalin Bandara said that most of the protesters had gathered outside Lake House after the failed street protest walk, and were staying overnight.The Deputy Minister said the protest was organised to overthrow the Government but the attempt had failed. The United National Party (UNP) claims the leaders of the Joint Opposition (JO) have booked rooms at five star hotels in Colombo to stay overnight while their supporters stay on the streets following today’s protest.Deputy Minister and UNP Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara told reporters that JO VIPs are staying over at the Hilton, Taj Samudra hotel and Shangri-la Hotel Colombo tonight. “One hotel booked was the Taj Samudra hotel suite room number 757,” he said.


The sports start in the fall, and continue through the spring.
Since then the sport has continued to grow with a further seven clubs opening around the country.
I'm sure he would want to see his sport continue.
The sport has continued to grow and teams are now competing outside the county.
Today the sport would continue whether we were there or not.
But the sport will continue its efforts to put on a drug-free face to the world.
"All indications are that sport continues to be a part of people's lives."
Today the sport continues to be popular throughout the world.
The sport continues today despite the lack of television coverage.
Some sports, such as wrestling, continued through at least 1917.


A beef shortage has been observed in Meghalaya following the implementation of the Assam Cattle Preservation (Amendment) Act, 2021 in Assam.
One concerning the issue of the beef shortage is that transportation through or out of Assam has been halted as a result of the new Act.
The livestock market of the Syiem of Mylliem in Khanapara has also been closed, according to the sources.
Beef traders demand solution
Beef traders in the state are having a hard time, as many are being compelled to acquire cattle on the black market at significantly higher prices than typical.
Generous Warlarpih, general secretary of the Khasi Jaintia Butchers’ Association, claimed that the Meghalaya government has done nothing about the matter and that the Assam government has prohibited cattle from entering the state.
In addition, he said that the Meghalaya administration had failed to address the issue properly.
Further, he also disputed the government’s assertion that local traders were receiving challans.
Generous Warlarpih went on to say that the association will now request that the state government stop sending out those challans, claiming that they are pointless because no one in the state has received them.
However, the association stated that it respected Assam’s laws and urged the government to make alternative arrangements if cattle transportation from Assam was not possible.
The Meghalaya government should ensure that livestock from other states, including West Bengal, are permitted to cross through Assam, according to the group.


Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Five hundred and ninety more COVID-19 cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours, taking the Union Territory's reported coronavirus cases to 22,006, informed the Jammu and Kashmir administration.
Out of the new cases reported, 157 cases were reported in the Jammu division and 433 cases were reported in the Kashmir region.
There are 7,567 active cases in the UT of which, 2,040 active cases belong to the Jammu division and 5,527 cases belong in the Kashmir division.
Eleven patients have succumbed to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours -- two from Jammu and nine from Kashmir -- taking the number of deaths in the Union Territory stand at 407 of which 30 deaths were reported in the Jammu region and 377 deaths were reported in the Kashmir division.
The number of recovered patients in the union territory rise to 14,032 after 906 patients recovered from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours -- 745 from Kashmir and 160 from Jammu.
Meanwhile, the total COVID-19 cases in India stand at 18,03,696 including 5,79,357 active cases, 11,86,203 cured/discharged/migrated and 38,135 deaths, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. (ANI)


Minister Jennifer-Baptiste Primus says the last government was responsible for the wastage and mismanagement.
Mrs. Baptiste-Primus was speaking during the debate in the Senate yesterday.
She also said the unemployment rate had been on the increase and this was due to the failure of the last government.
She said her Ministry now has a plan to deal with unemployed persons in the country.
Minister Baptiste-Primus also noted the key element of the plan will be to establish a register of unemployed persons.


Punjab govt announces to increase development budget for local govts
Shahbaz Sharif says provincial government will provide all-out support to local governments to make them financially independent.
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the role of local governments is of vital importance in resolving the problems of people at grassroots level.
Presiding over a high level meeting in Lahore on Saturday, he said local governments in the province have become functional and development budget for local governments will also be increased in near future.
The Chief Minister said the provincial government will provide all-out support to local governments to make them financially independent.
Meanwhile, talking to MNA Daniyal Aziz in Lahore, he said Orange Line Metro Train will be operational soon to provide better transport facilities to the citizens.


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Scores of residents from Mullah Sardar village on the outskirt of Kunduz city have fled their homes to avoid a possible war.
They said that Taliban snipers have taken up positions inside residential areas.
But local officials have rejected the claims and said security forces have cleared the village of insurgents.
“The people have been displaced, they are affected and face a lot of problems, their agriculture has been affected, the government must address their plight, but it does not mean that Mullah Sardar village was not cleared during the operation,” said the police Kunduz governor's spokesman Sayed Mahmoud Danish.
Meanwhile a number of Kunduz farmers have said that the war and violence has had a negative impact on agriculture.
Mullah Sardar village is located three kilometers from Kunduz city.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will visit the General Headquarters (GHQ) of Pakistan Army on Tuesday.
It will be Prime Minister’s first visit to the GHQ since he assumed charge of his office.
The Prime Minister will lay a floral wreath at the memorial of martyrs at the GHQ, built to honour those who laid down their lives for the country.
He will also have a meeting with the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
The Prime Minister will also be briefed about the professional matters, the internal and external challenges the country was facing.


When the pandemic hit, the government introduced temporary legislation to allow local authority meetings to be held online, in line with social distancing regulations.
But the decision not to keep those rules in place until the pandemic ends, means councils all over the country will have to find ways to continue their meetings in public while also keeping councillors, staff and the public safe.
A spokesman said the council had been preparing for the return to in-person meetings, with arrangements designed by the health and safety officer.
They added: “The council will continue to hold meetings in whichever way the government requires.
“After May 7, until the ending of restrictions, the council will hold most of its statutory meetings in the council offices at Parkside.
“Because the maximum number of people socially distanced in a room at Parkside is 30, we will hold the full council meetings in the Capitol Theatre.”
The spokesman said the number of people who had spoken during meetings had increased as members of the public had been able to have their say via video – something which will continue until full meetings are allowed again.
For a long time now, the council has audiocast its meetings – but the ability to watch via YouTube saw many more people tune in to the goings-on of the various committees.
The spokesman said between 100 and 200 people have been watching planning committee meetings while fewer than 100 watch others – though a recent overview and scrutiny meeting attracted 114 viewers.


The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the unidentified deputy was wounded in the 1200 block of Forestburg Drive, Fox News affiliate KRIV-TV 已报告.
The deputy was taken to a hospital and was “alert and conscious,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet. Some reports online suggested the deputy was shot in both hands.
Officials said the deputy was serving a warrant at the time of the shooting, KRTK-TV 已报告.
Authorities said the suspect fled the scene on foot and remains on the run. It was unclear what led to the shooting.
Nearby residents were asked to avoid the area.


The Food Kitchen Programme initiated by the governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu was rejected by the youth in the Oworo area of the state.
In a video that surfaced on social media, the agents deployed to the area were asked by the residents to leave the area. They argued that the planned food distribution is a slap on their faces ad the government is expected to do more than that.
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Sanwo-Olu had last week announced the daily food kitchen programme to feed at least 100,000 youths in the state.
“In the next couple of days we will commence what we call a daily food kitchen programme, which will be an attempt to feed 100,000 youths,” Sanwo-Olu said in a press briefing. This we believe will meet some of the immediate challenges that we have seen in the street,” he had said
The governor also said there will also be “unconditional cash transfer to 250,000 vulnerable residents and economically challenged persons” who have identification numbers with Lagos State Residents Registration Agency.


Cloquet man saved by quick actions of off-duty EMT
You might say a Cloquet man was in the right place at the right time, but unfortunately, the circumstances were life-threatening and terrifyingly real.
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Egypt and UAE agree to promote joint cooperation in economic fields
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Cairo, Jumada II 29, 1439, March 17, 2018, SPA -- Egypt and the UAE have agreed to promote joint cooperation in various economic fields with the aim of bringing about a qualitative leap in the level of trade, industrial and investment relations between the two sides, as well as the fields of water resources, transport, electricity and renewable energy.
This came at the conclusion of the meetings of the Egyptian-UAE Joint Economic Committee, which was chaired by Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Eng. Tarek Kabil and by UAE Minister of Economy Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al-Mansuri.
20:54 LOCAL TIME 17:54 GMT
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COVID-19 cases rise to 172 in UP
There has been a steep rise in COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh with at least 46 fresh cases being reported in the last 24 hours, taking to 172 the total number of coronavirus patients in the state till today, a senior health official said. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in UP was reported to be 126 on Thursday night.
"Till Friday afternoon the total number of positive COVID-19 cases across the state are 172," a senior health official told PTI.
The sharp increase in the number of cases, officials said, was due to confirmation of coronavirus in the samples of over three dozen people across the state who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi.


Qatar - Action taken against company for storing expired food items
(MENAFN- Gulf Times)
The Ministry of Municipality, in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, recently carried out a joint inspection campaign that resulted in the detection of a food storage facility violating the laws.
The warehouse is located in the Birkat Al Awamer area.
The authorities concerned had earlier received information that a company was storing and repacking expired food products, in addition to hiring some persons who violated the residency laws.
Accordingly, there was co-ordination among the Ministry of Municipality, the Ministry of Interior's Search and Follow Up Department, Al-Fazaa and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to find the place.
When inspectors entered the targeted storage facility, expired food products were found along with some packing and repacking equipment and tools, besides a number of residency law violators. The necessary legal measures were taken in the case.
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RAFIU Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to Kwara State Governor, on Thursday said that the state had recorded 107 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infected persons to 2,469.
Ajakaye, who is also the Spokesman for the state Technical Committee on COVID-19, said this in a statement in Ilorin on Thursday.
He said the with this development, the state now had 2,469 confirmed cases of which 542 were active, 1,877 recovered and discharged, while 50 died.
He urged the people to stay safe and follow all COVID-19 protocols to contain the spread of the virus.
– Feb. 11, 2021 @ 15:29 GMT /


Surveillance Case Gets Canned
A judge has rejected a challenge to FISA brought by activists abroad who fear that their communications may be tapped by the U.S. government. The judge said fear is not enough to warrant a change in the law, and that challenges need to make explicit claims of unlawful surveillance. The question remains: How does one know he is being surveilled?
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A US judge has rejected a challenge to a law that allows intelligence services to eavesdrop on overseas conversations to gather intelligence.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the US to monitor the calls and emails of non-US citizens abroad.
Human rights groups contended that their workers might be bugged for talking to people under surveillance.
But District Judge John Koeltl in New York said the mere fear of surveillance was not enough to bring a lawsuit.
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24. Nearly 600 hectares
of land have been completely cleared of mines in the liberated
territories by the Azerbaijan Army's engineer-sapper units since
early May, trend reports via the Defense Ministry.
According to the ministry, a total of up to 30,420 hectares of
land have been cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance by the
engineer-sapper units in the liberated territories so far.
In total, 10,206 anti-personnel mines, 2,580 anti-tank mines and
10,446 units of unexploded ordnance were detected and
Besides, since early May, as a result of the Azerbaijan Army's
engineer-sapper units with other state bodies a total of 830 km of
roads were cleared of snow to maintain the evacuation routes in
constant working state and to ensure the safe and uninterrupted
movement of convoys of vehicles and military equipment.
The main efforts are aimed at de-mining settlements, sowing
plots, roads, and infrastructure facilities in the liberated
Other necessary activities on detecting and neutralizing mines
and unexploded ordnance, as well as on engineering support continue
in the liberated territories.
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President Biden said that the impeachment threats that many House Republicans have been making as they expect to gain control of the chamber are “almost comedy.” He also claimed that the American public was not interested in seeing any investigation into his family.
Biden during a post-midterm elections press conference at the White House on Wednesday noted that there have been many reports of Republicans saying that they would impeach him. But, he also said that the American public is looking at the facts as they stand and these threats are “almost comedy”.
On Wednesday evening both the race for control of the House and Senate were too close to call. However, Republicans have clearly stated that if they manage to flip the House they would launch investigations into the business dealings of Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son. They have also said that they would look into whether the President could be impeached because of his role in business dealings that his son made. There have also been reports that impeachment would also be something the Republicans sought after it was reported that President Biden asked Saudi Arabia to delay their reduction in oil production.
Biden regarding all of this has said that he is not in a position to control what the Republican party does and that all he can focus on is making life better for Americans.


Jammu: J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that review of second time stone pelting offenders was under consideration of her government.
Responding to the concern raised by MLC Mohammad Yasir Reshi in Legislative Council as what was government doing about those who had more than one FIRs in their name, Mehbooba said, “our government is currently reviewing the cases of first-time offenders.”
“We are engaging their parents and families so that these offenders, who are mostly youth, do not engage in such activities again,”
Mehbooba told the Legislative Council of state legislature. However, the CM added, “cases of second time stone pelting offenders is also under consideration of our government.”
The MLC had asked as what was government doing about those persons who “were involved in agitation/s and FIRs were registered against them but had shunned that path now”.


Zambia targets to grow its economy at 3.5 percent by the end of 2022, the country’s finance and national planning minister said on Friday.
Unveiling the 2022 national budget under the theme, “Growth, Jobs and Taking Development Closer to the People”, Situmbeko Musokotwane said the country’s economy was at crossroads hence the government’s decision to anchor the budget on economic transformation.
“Our economy is at crossroads, growth is low, debt has reached unsustainable levels, fiscal space or finances are constrained and the cost of living has escalated beyond the reach of many Zambians,” he said.
He said the challenges faced in the economy require dedication and hard work to turn the situation around, adding that the new government has embarked on a journey aimed at ensuring that the economy grows every year.
The economy contracted by 2.8 percent in 2020.
He said the agriculture sector presents the best opportunity to attain growth since 60 percent of the population depends on the sector, adding that the government will have to tackle challenges that have inhibited the growth of the sector.
The government, he said, has also identified tourism, mining as well as manufacturing and industrialization as cardinal in economic transformation. Enditem


New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Three men were arrested and two juveniles apprehended for kidnapping and raping a minor in south Delhi, a Delhi Police official said on Monday.
The accused were identified as Sonu, 32, a resident of Krishna Park, Babu Miyan, 50, a resident of Shiv Park, Khanpur, and Anand Kumar Jain, 58, a resident of Sangam Vihar, and two juveniles.
According to police, the victim, a resident of Neb Sarai, had left her house following altercation with family members.
'She was abducted and confined by the accused. The accused raped her several times,' said a police official privy to investigation.
A case was registered under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 363 (kidnapping), 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and 6 of the Pocso Act at Neb Sarai police station and the accused were nabbed on Sunday.
'The victim has been sent to the Sakhi One Stop Centre Malviya Nagar,' said a senior police official, adding that further investigation of the case is in progress.
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Russian troops have struck the village of Kivsharivka in the Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, with guided bombs, killing two people and wounding four others.
Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, reported this on telegram , according to Ukrinform.
"The enemy again struck the village of Kivsharivka, Kupiansk district, with two guided bombs. A residential building was damaged. Unfortunately, two people were killed - an elderly man and a woman. In addition, three women and a three-year-old boy were injured," the report said.
Emergency services are working at the scene.
On May 29, Russian troops launched a strike on Kivsharivka, damaging a dormitory building, private houses and a gas pipeline. Nine residents of the village, including a 15-year-old boy, were wounded. On May 30, the Russians attacked the village with two guided bombs. People were not injured.
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Angry Godmanchester residents have handed in the latest stage of their petition against 750 new homes being built in the town.
More than 2,000 signatures have now been collected by Godmanchester Residents Against Bearscroft (Grab), who presented them to the district council.
They are concerned about the impact the homes will have on the town and its infrastructure, especially the link to Huntingdon over the medieval bridge which is heavily congested in the morning and evening and when there are problems on the A14.
The petition already had nearly 1,600 signatures before Grab handed in the remaining stage, taking the total to more than 2,000.
Grab’s Miriam Radford said: “We are not opposed to new houses, but should there be 750 homes when all those houses are going to be built at Alconbury Weald?”
She said many of the 3,000 leaflets detailing the latest proposals by developer Fairfield had not been delivered.
Fairfield said it was delivering the leaflets, detailing changes in its plan following consultations, and has also submitted them to the district council, which will consider its planning application.


Police parades suspects in Ekiti
The Ekiti state police command has on suspects who were apprehended during their nefarious activities in the state.
The commissioner for police in Ekiti state, Abdullahi Chafe while parading ten suspects, read the riot act to criminals whom were accused of vandalizing public infrastructures in the state, warning that the state command will continue to step up its watch on such public facilities.
Chafe gave the warning while parading the sect including two men arrested for siphoning diesel at the Ekiti state water corporation in Ado-Ekiti.
Also paraded were some suspected ritualists who were arrested with human parts and firearms in Ado Ekiti as well as some suspected armed robbers and cultists terrorizing the people of the state.
Parading the suspects at the state police headquarters in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, the police boss assured that security will be geared up around public facilities in the state.


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Survey shows little progress on bullying
FARGO — North Dakota has yet to show that it has turned a corner on school bullying two years after a law required each district to have a plan aimed at curbing the problem.
Officials say it will take more time for the law to show results in addressing the age-old problem of bullying, both at school and online, a troublesome behavior that has been creeping up in recent years, according to a survey.
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Netanyahu ready to meet with Abbas 39anytime39
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ready to meet with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas "anyplace and anytime" an Israeli government official said.
Last week French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius tried to arrange a meeting in Paris between Netanyahu and Abbas in an effort to ease recent tensions in the decades-long conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis.
The talks between the conflicting parties will not take place immediately as "the Palestinians have refused such a meeting" when the French foreign ministry contacted Abbas' office the senior Israeli official was quoted by the Jerusalem Post as saying on Tuesday.
The decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a continuation of an ancient cultural and religious struggle. Palestinians seek recognition for their independent state proclaimed in 1988 on the territories of West Bank as well as East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli government denies Palestine's claims refusing to recognize the State of Palestine as an independent diplomatic entity.
The latest wave of tensions between the sides renewed in September as Israel announced plans to revise the status quo at Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem which is home to Islam’s third holiest site the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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