A community-minded couple have agreed to help keep an iconic memorial area tidy.
Rothbury Parish Council has received a number of complaints about the state of the Armstrong grave, which is known locally as the Fisherman’s Graveyard.
But Coun Bridgett told members at last week’s meeting that Ian and Jean Proudlock had come forward to offer a helping hand at the site.
The couple had worked for the Armstrong family.
Coun Bridgett said: “They have both agreed to come out of retirement and to maintain that plot, to keep it tidy and to cut the grass.
“They worked for the Armstrongs and said that it was the least they could do.
“They didn’t want to see it getting into a terrible state.
“They said that they are more than happy, because of what the Armstrongs gave to the village and to them, to do it as a goodwill gesture.”
Coun Reynalds said that he had previously spoken to the agents responsible for the area about the state of the site.
He is also going to forward the list of complaints to the Corbridge-based agents to highlight residents’ feelings about the state of the site, as well as details about the offer of help from the Proudlocks.


On the Kashmir issue, Pakistan is knocking at every door; on the other hand, the public got relaxed in offering Namaz
Pakistan is still knocking on the doors of different countries regarding the Kashmir issue. Today, the United Nations is going to discuss the abolition of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army source further said that Pakistan has increased ‘ceasefire violation’ in the last few days in terms of arms and area. Right now its aim is to attract the attention of the world on the Kashmir issue.
For your information, tell us that the Secretariat and other offices of the Jammu and Kashmir government will open today. While the relaxation of restrictions on the general public will depend on the situation after Namaz. Restrictions have been imposed in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir since the removal of Article 370 on August 5 and the division of Jammu and Kashmir into two parts and making them both union territories. The situation in Jammu is almost normal.
The secretariat and other offices of the Jammu and Kashmir government will start functioning from Friday, while the relaxation of restrictions on the general public will depend on the situation after the Namaz. The spokesman said that the government will keep an eye on the situation during the prayers of Jumme and on the basis of this, a relaxation will be considered for the common people.


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The government has increased its projected expenditure by $33b.
This as additional funds will be put towards the government’s response to the current health crisis.
Finance Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke also told parliament today, that revenues have been revised upwards by $33.5b.
Dr. Clarke said the government’s revenues exceeded budgetary targets by $17.3b in the first quarter of this fiscal year.
He said the allocation to the SERVE programme will increase to $75b.
Dr. Clarke added that $5.3b will go towards social assistance for the most vulnerable.


Calling himself a 'Bhakt' of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that he has resolved to ensure that Babasaheb's message reaches every household."We have made education about Baba Saheb compulsory in Delhi schools," said Kejriwal while addressing a programme to celebrate the birth anniversary of Ambedkar at Thyagraj Stadium.Kejriwal also said his government has improved government schools to such an extent that people from across the globe are coming to see these "remarkable changes".
The American President Donald Trump's wife Melania Trump came to see a Delhi government school on her visit to India. It was a moment of pride for us, he said, adding that his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. Stalin also came to see Delhi government schools recently.He also announced that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his officers will visit Delhi government schools on Monday to see the improvement in them.


DIR: Unannounced power outages have affected routine life in Upper Dir district. Mechanics, tailors and carpenters said that unannounced electricity loadshedding had badly affected their businesses as they were facing 11 to 12 hours power cuts.
Tailors said that power outages affected their business at a time when Eidul Azha was fast approaching. They said that it would be difficult for them to sew the clothes. A number of employees working in the furniture-making factories said that they lost their jobs due to power cuts. Khalid Khan, a carpenter, said that he had established his business and had hired 20 employees. However, he said that due to massive loadshedding, his business was running in losses and he was unable to pay salaries to his employees. Sources in Wapda said the electricity loadshedding was being carried out due to work on the Golen Gol powerhouse. The residents said that the Wapda authorities were deceiving people on the pretext of work in the powerhouse. They questioned why loadshedding was carried out at night. The residents said they would block the Dir-Peshawar road to traffic and would lay siege to the Chukiatan gridstation.


About 50 undergraduates have been infected with HIV in the first nine months of 2020, Dr. Rasanjali Hettiarachchi, Director of the National STD/AIDS Control Programme said.
The total number of HIV positive people detected this year is 342 including four school children and two Buddhist monks.
Dr. Hettiarachchi said the number of people infected with the virus has doubled compared to last year.
The first HIV positive case in the country was detected in 1987. Dr. Hettiarachchi said that about 20 members of clergy including monks and priests of other religions were among the infected people reported so far.
She said 4,404 infected people have been reported since 1987 out of which about 1,000 have died and about 2,300 people are seeking treatment. However, according to estimates, about 3,700 more infected people need to receive medical treatment.
She said about 1,500 HIV infected people are unaware that they have contracted the virus and many people who have unprotected sex with them can contract the virus.
Dr.Hettiarachchi said that such infections can be prevented by talking openly about sex related matters with children.
She also said that the parents and guardians should pay more attention to the youth.


Officers commended for actions in homicide case
Two Park Rapids police officers were awarded the State Distinguished Service Award for their efforts to control an assault on Jan. 29, 2008.
Officers Thomas Haag and Daniel Kruchowski were presented the award by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association.
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Fiji's interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has restated that any elected government will do its work on the military's terms.
Commodore Bainimarama has told the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation in Kadavu that the military will see that the government that comes into power after the 2014 election does not change the path to move Fiji forward.
He says they will prepare all leaders to be familiar with their targets before the elections.
Commodore Bainimarama says they will see that there's no diversion from the path they have set.
He also says the military has promised that no military officer will ever be killed again at the hands of citizen as had happened in 2000.
The constititution, which was abolished last year, placed the elected government above the armed forces.


Two people who were infected with the coronavirus that has ravaged parts of the country have died.
The two people were taken to the hospital on Saturday in Queens, according to the Department of Health.
The state is still investigating how the two died.
There were no immediate reports of new cases.
New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo said in a statement that the two were both in stable condition.
The governor has asked state officials to continue to work with federal officials to get more people tested.
We do not have any reports of deaths as a result of this outbreak, Cuomo said.
We are asking for the federal government to accelerate testing and to provide more support.
We have seen some cases of coronaviruses, including this one, in New Yorkers, Cuomo added.


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Bengaluru, Sep 16: The state government has requested the agitating medical officers to end their strike and resume duty in full. Deputy chief minister Dr Ashwath Narayan said that the government has agreed to certain demands made by the striking doctors but Karnataka State Government Medical Officers Association has decided to continue with the agitation till Friday September 18.
Representatives of the association had held talks with state health minister B Sriramulu in the presence of minister for medical education Dr Sudhakar and deputy chief minister Dr Ashwath Narayan. The government had agreed to the demand for revision of pay and asked the medical officers to withdraw the agitation. But the president of the association said he will announce the decision after holding discussions with the office bearers. Therefore the strike will continue till Friday.
Deputy CM Dr Ashwath Narayan said that the government has recognized the fact that government doctors have worked for seven months without taking any break and assured that the government will make an effort to meet all their demands.
Medical education minister Dr Sudhakar said that the meeting held with the representatives of the striking doctors was fruitful. He said that the government has taken a decision to meet their demands to boost their morale. He said that the chief minister has agreed to all the proposals put forth by the health department during the last six months and expressed confidence that the demands of the doctors would also be met.
President of the association Dr G A Srinivas said that the minister has assured to revise the pay of the medical officers. He said discussions will be held with the office bearers of the association after which another meeting will be held with the minister on Friday. He said that the non-coolperation agitation will continue till Friday.


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TOKYO, Dec 1 (KUNA) -- The US dollar hit a three-month low against the Japanese yen into the lower-JPY 136 range on Thursday in Tokyo after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that the US central bank would slow its pace of interest rate hikes. The dollar slid to JPY 136.38-136.39 around 3:30 p.m. (06:30 GMT), its lowest level since late August. The greenback traded at JPY 138.06-16 in New York and JPY 138.52-54 in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
In a speech Wednesday in Washington, Powell said 'it makes sense to moderate the pace of our rate increases as we approach the level of restraint that will be sufficient to bring inflation down,' according to media reports.
'The time for moderating the pace of rate increases may come as soon as the December meeting,' the Fed chief said. (end) mk.lb
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Accounting firm KPMG says New Zealand needs to focus on what agriculture companies can do in order to grow their global market share and reputation.
In its second Agribusiness Agenda report, KPMG says the sector has a lot of potential and needs to stop dwelling on factors it is unable to influence.
The firm's research is based on interviews with more than 80 industry leaders, and its report includes 38 recommendations.
KPMG partner and head of agribusiness, Ian Proudfoot, says the sector needs to start discussing the important issues that will shape the industry over the next five decades, such as focussing on customers and encouraging collaboration with other countries on a commercial basis.
He says it also came to light in the report that the boardroom table of many agriculture companies lack the expertise such firms need to expand, such as knowledge of international markets.
Mr Proudfoot says the main issues of concern to those surveyed include biosecurity, growing markets, farming practice and sustainability.


Administrative reforms are long overdue in Jammu and Kashmir as police and administration have enjoyed immunity from any accountability due to the fluid situation prevailing here.
No government has even touched this sphere in Kashmir because they think that without the support of administration and police they cannot hold on to their chair.
Recently Lieutenant Governor after his cool analysis of Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to walk an extra mile to meet those families who have suffered by gun and assured the people that they will get justice at any cost.
He is monitoring all the complaints from Raj Bhawan and has decided to act tough against the officers who would be found lax in the public delivery system.
Although people now have various avenues available to lodge complaints against the officials, the system is so rotten that the common people want to get their things done in the old fashion rather than going for complaints.
The basic reasons for not lodging the complaints has its roots in the past as most of the people who have dared to challenge the lax administration and police have suffered more and the system has always won.
In such circumstances the bold decision taken by Lieutenant Governor will be watched by the people of Jammu and Kashmir and unless he will not fix the responsibility and take action against bureaucracy at the top, common people will not dare to complain against them.


Police recover 1.8 tonnes of explosive material in Xinjiang
This comes to light after a series of attacks that took place in the region recently.
China said that the violence was carried out by separatists from Xinjiang who had started targeting civilians. Authorities also alleged that the violence was spreading beyond the western region.
Officers who destroyed the hideouts where the bombs were being made also seized the 'bomb making material' that the gang was planning to use. Officals also said that large amounts of partly finished explosive devices were also recovered.
The gang was making these bombs with the intention of inflicting maximum damage by running into crowded places, and running over people.
The gang had watched videos promoting terrorism and religious extremism, it added, and said the group's leader had instructed members to acquire materials from Urumqi and elsewhere in China.


Anybody who watches "Counting On" knows that the Duggars are all about expanding their family. Jinger Duggar Vuolo and husband Jeremy have confirmed that they are expecting their second child, another girl.
Currently, Jinger and Jeremy have a two-year-old daughter, Felicity. They also revealed in their announcement that they experienced a miscarriage last year but chose to keep the news private.
In speaking about the pregnancy, Jinger said, "We are so excited. Felicity is going to have a sister." Jinger has also said that she has been to many check-ups to ensure the health of the baby.


Egypt's fuel price hike is credit positive: Moody's
(MENAFN) Moody's Investors Service suggested that Egypt's fuel price hike is credit positive, as the increase is part of the economic reform program launched in the country.
The price hike is a drive for Egypt to reach agreed target for a fiscal deficit of 8.4 percent of GDP in fiscal 2018/2019 from the 9.8 percent of GDP seen in 2017/2018, as Moody's showed in its report.
The report also suggested that the new prices are to encourage a fall in the overall subsidy bill from its forecast of 7.5 percent of GDP this year to 6.5 percent in 2019.
Eni's CEO Claudio Descalzi also lauded the successful cooperation with the Egyptian petroleum sector, adding that 70 percent of the Italian firm's investments are allocated in Egypt.
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Puducherry govt. pursuing demand for statehood with Centre — CM
Puducherry, Sep. 1 (IANS): Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Wednesday said that his government will pursue statehood for the Union Territory with the Centre.
Statehood for Puducherry is under active consideration of the Union government, he told the Assembly during budget discussions.
Rangasamy said that he had actively taken up the matter of statehood for the Union Territory when he was Chief Minister previously.
He said that Puducherry was facing several difficulties without statehood and he has always been a keen votary for statehood, and had taken up the matter with the Central government.
The Chief Minister said that a resolution for statehood would again be adopted by the Assembly and forwarded to the Central government for consideration.
He said that he will personally take up the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their meeting later in September.
He assured members that more financial assistance would be available for Puducherry from the next financial year, noting that it was less this financial year as the Central budget was presented earlier.
Members had noted that there was only a 1.5 per cent increase in Central assistance and several expressed displeasure.
Rangasamy also told the house that he was seeking additional Central financial assistance of INR 500 crore and it is expected to be granted. He said that the central assistance would be utilised to attract industrial investment.


DUBLIN — Water restrictions that have been in place in Dublin, parts of Kildare and Wicklow since Oct. 30 have been lifted by the Dublin City Council, according to an article on RTÉ News Ireland.
Local officials inspected water levels at the Ballymore Eustace treatment plant in Kildare, which has been experiencing production problems, before lifting the restrictions, the article reported.
According to the article, a spokesperson for the plant said the reduced water has been recovered but requested that households and businesses conserve as much water as possible during the day.
"Due to cooperation of all water users, we managed to save a significant amount of water and our regional strategic storage, which was at an extremely and unsustainably low level over the past week, has improved," said a statement from the local authority.
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Sonowal Assures to Protect Assamese Community
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said in the special session of the Assam Legislative Assembly that the government will work for safeguarding the dignity of the Assamese community.
Sonowal said that the government will give its show it with work, not by words. “We will protect our community and will show this with the work, not by words,” said Sonowal.
He also stated that the government will also uphold to bring in the land policy for the people of the state.
The chief minister also emphasized on the literacy rate of the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe.
The assembly also approved the bill of the reservation for SC and ST.


Kuwaiti lawmakers set to meet counterparts in Spain, Switzerland
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Sept 20 (KUNA) -- A group of Kuwaiti lawmakers, headed by MP Askar Al-Enezi, is to embark on visits to Spain and Switzerland on Wednesday.
The two visits will be carried out by the Sixth Kuwaiti Parliamentary Friendship Group, which also includes MP Mohammed Al-Huwailah.
They come as part of a protocol to strengthen relations between the National Assembly and the parliaments of the two countries, the Kuwaiti parliament's press office, Al-Dustour, said in a press statement. (end) ns.aas.sm
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Csaba Dömötör, parliamentary state secretary at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, has revealed that the 2017 budget could help to bring back young Hungarians living abroad.
The state secretary said that young people’s needs include suitable jobs and owning their own homes, and that the government’s measures would also help them to find the opportunities they seek.
Dömötör pointed out that in 2017 tax rates will be lower, more money will be spent on education and housing, and families with children will receive special support.
He said that Hungary’s economy is “in good shape”, its growth rate will remain at around three percent, while state debt will continue to decrease. "This means that there will be a lighter financial burden on future generations," he said.


There are “limits” to what Government can do in the face of the cost of living crisis, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said.
As The Irish Times reports, Mr Donohoe, who addressed an ESRI conference on budgetary perspectives on Friday morning, said afterwards that his focus was on what could be done at budget time — rather than anything sooner.
While he did not explicitly address whether there would be further interventions, speaking afterwards he said: “where my focus is and the focus of the Government now is what help we can give at budget time”
“There are limits to what Government can do, there are constraints that we have to be aware of, and the taxes that so many are calling on me to cut further now — particularly in the opposition — are also the same taxes that we need to pay for the public services that we have to be certain we can maintain at a time in which we are still facing challenges”.
He said measures the Government has already put in place will cost more than €1 billion this year. “I appreciate the rising cost of energy, the change in the standard of living that many are facing is a real challenge at the moment but we have already put in place a broad set of measures,” he said.
“My focus and the focus of Minister (for Public Expenditure Michael) McGrath is now on preparing the budget and at budget time putting in place the measures that we know will be needed to help many with the rising cost of living.”
It comes as the Social Democrats are calling on the government to introduce a mini budget following the publication of figures which show inflation at a 38-year high.
The party says the historic inflation rate coupled with the announcement that interest rates are on the way up in the coming weeks will compound the financial difficulties already facing many families.
Co-leader of the Party Roisin Shortall said the government need to establish an emergency fund to help those most at risk.
She said: "What is desperately needed now is an emergency fund because there are people who are going to go under as a result of these price hikes and inflation


Hyderabad, Feb 21 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today said the State had developed manifolds during the last three years due to various developmental activities initiated by the government.
Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor's address, he said the Gross State Domestic Product(GSDP) had increased to 10.37 per cent this year as against 8.73 per cent of the National GDP. It would increase to nearly 12 per cent in future as per the advance estimates, he added.
Dr Reddy said during the nine-year tenure of Telugu Desam Party(TDP), the GSDP was only 5.85 per cent on an average, whereas during the last three years, the average was 8.73 per cent.
The Chief Minister said the GSDP recorded an increase due to measures taken up by the State and the Central government during the last three years. The government had taken up pending irrigation projects with a view to provide irrigated water to remote areas to increase the agricultural production, he added.
He said the government had already provided irrigated water to additional 14 lakh acres and investing huge funds for irrigation.
The TDP, during 2003-04, had provided Rs 1770 crores for irrigation, whereas the government during the first year after assuming charge, had doubled the amount from Rs 3,300 crore and Rs 6350 crore in the second and Rs 9,100 crore for the third year, he added.
He said the government had earmarked Rs 13,000 crore for the current financial year and it would be increased to Rs 16,500 crore during the next year.
Dr Reddy said the government had given priority to agriculture, which would boost the state's economy and lead to rural development.
The government had also given importance to the public sector undertakings(PSU), neglected by the TDP government, he added.
He said the Andhra Pradesh GENCO, which was running into profits, will be able to generate 9,000 MW power in future.
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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) RAMALLAH, Dec 2 (KUNA) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Saturday warned against "grave consequences" if US President Donald Trump recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the coming days in accordance with repeated reports in this regard.
Speaking during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Hamadallah said the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moving its embassy to the city will lead to further instability and destroy opportunities of peace in the region.
Any fair solution should lead to the announcement that Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine, and the achievement of fair rights of Palestinians, topped with the right of return and the right of self-determination, he said.
Despite settlement activities practiced by Israel, the Palestinian people still believe in co-existence, brotherhood and peace, he said.
"From the city of peace, we called on the entire world to take a united position to end the longest occupation and oppression in modern history," he stressed.
On reconciliation, he said that Palestinians are continuing efforts to consolidate reconciliation as the national responsibility requires discarding all differences so implement seriously and effectively the Cairo agreement to help Gaza and meet its basic and urgent needs.
"From alleys and squares of this city, its churches and monasteries, as well as from the occupied Jerusalem and the besieged Gaza, we deliver a message to the world that our people will remain steadfast and believe in peace and social justice," he said.
Palestinians will stand united to defend their national project to end the Israeli occupation and its settlement. They will also embody their sovereignty and independence, he concluded. (end) nq.hm
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Students shine at Key Club Convention
Youth from West Fargo High School’s Key Club recently participated in the annual state convention, and took home several awards.
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The gunmen operating in Ondo State were said to have extended their operations to the neighbouring state, Ekiti, killing Nigerian Police officer and abducted a foreign national.
During the attack, another foreign national was said to have sustained bullet wounds when the gunmen shot sporadically to ease their abduction exercise.
As learnt, the police officer, who was said to have been assigned to protect the foreign national, was killed by the gunmen to aid their operation along the inter-town road on Friday
The expatriates were said to be contractors handling inter-town road in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, which was under construction to ease vehicular movement within the state.
Confirming the attack, Police Public Relations Officer for the state command, Sunday Abutu, disclosed the gunmen killed his colleague and abducted the foreigner.
To ensure the perpetrators were arrested, Abutu said that the police have put machinery in motion to ensure rescue of the abducted expatriate and bring all culprits involved in the killing that occurred to book.


Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism Viliame Gavoka says the tourism and civil aviation industry will be relied upon by the new government to improve Fiji’s economy.
While speaking to Nadi business owners recently, he said his ministry was making every effort to combine the two ministries that were separated by the previous government.
“Tourism used to be a department on its own but today it’s only a unit,” he said.
“And civil aviation I’ve had to go and bring them back into the tourism portfolio because it’s made up of four people working under the Solicitor General.
“This is one of the biggest industries in Fiji and for some reason it was taken to be under the Solicitor General.
“And tourism has really dwindled in terms of its manpower and its policy making body.
“A lot of key projects is in its hands but it’s been virtually decimated by the previous regime but we will rebuild it back.”
He said it has been stressed to the new government that the tourism industry would continue to be Fiji’s main income earner.
“We were part of the Cabinet briefing and the briefing was by the Minister of Finance and he gave us an overview of how things are going and he kept saying that Tourism will be the saviour of this country in the immediate future.”


Police back from investigating Sipho’s past
The local police who left the country over three weeks ago to investigate Sipho Shongwe’s past have returned to the country.
Well-placed sources said the police mad head way, without stating what it is that was found.
Of note, the police were initially said to have been trying to link Shongwe to a heist which took place in 1997 which saw two security officers killed when E17million was taken by several robbers.
The Sipho Shongwe who was involved in that incident was, according to South African media archives, sentenced to two life sentences.
However, the local man, this past week revealed his tainted past when he said he was released on parole while serving a 27-year sentence in March 2008.


AFR in the News: JPMorgan prepares for Washington’s worst
JPMorgan prepares for D.C.’s worst
By: Anna Palmer (POLITICO)
May 14, 2012
The scandal is also expected to reinvigorate supporters of stricter regulations for the financial services industry, particularly among those who feel the industry has been overly dismissive of concerns.
Marcus Stanley of Americans for Financial Reform said the JPMorgan loss is “going to underline that we need these regulations.”
“There already have been a lot of people drawing that lesson, and it’s the right lesson to draw,” he said.


Sisodia said that the government requires the assistance as revenues have dried up during the COVID-19 lockdown.
“I have written to the union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for help,” Sisodia said.
He further informed that the Delhi government, so far, has not received the fund sanctioned to states under the Disaster Relief Fund.
Addressing the media, Sisodia further said, “After reviewing Delhi government’s revenue and its minimum expenses we have realised that we need around Rs 3,500 crore every month just to pay salaries and bear office expenses.”
He further informed that the Delhi government in the last two months collected GST of Rs 500 crore each.
“Combining the GST for the last two months with other sources, the government has Rs 1,735 crore,” Sisodia added.
“We need Rs 7,000 crore for two months and the immediate issue before the Delhi government is about paying salaries to its employees,” he further said.


In 2018, the Springfield Police Department received 56 complaints of police misconduct.
Mayor Domenic Sarno announced today that the Community Police Hearing Board submitted their 2018 annual report.
The CPHB report recorded the total number of police calls for service, the number of arrests, and a number of complaints compared to last year.
The report also showed 61 total lawsuits have been filed against the city or its police officers in the past 12-years.
Sarno told 22News the reports ensure that all complaints are investigated thoroughly and ensure transparency of the Springfield Police Department.


Coronavirus in Scotland: Mask refuseniks ‘are less happy and more lonely’
People who refuse to wear facemasks are more likely to be mentally ill, according to Scottish scientists who found that those who wear masks are generally happier.
People who wear masks in public all or most of the time have better mental wellbeing than those who do not, psychologists and public health experts said. Mask refuseniks were 67 per cent more likely to feel lonely, 60 per cent more likely to be dissatisfied with life, 58 per cent more likely to be anxious and 25 per cent more likely to be depressed.
Anti-mask protests have taken place throughout the world, including a “family ceilidh” outside the Scottish parliament last month organised by groups uniting under the banners “Scotland Against Lockdown” and “Saving Scotland”.


N.D. campus presidents say situation has improved
BISMARCK — Presidents of North Dakota’s public colleges and universities told the group that accredits their campuses Monday that concerns raised almost a year ago about the University System’s governance under former chancellor Hamid Shirvani have subsided under the system’s new leadership.
An advisory team from the Higher Learning Commission is visiting Bismarck to evaluate whether the system is meeting its standards.
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Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday asked Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to submit report on the pollution created due to handling of coal at Mormugao Port Trust (MPT).
Sawant’s statement comes in the wake of agitation started by various NGOs and opposition parties claiming that the coal handling at MPT has been creating pollution. They have also objected to the widening of National Highway and double tracking of South Western Railway route claiming that both these projects were envisaged to help coal handling companies.
Sawant said that three companies – JSW, Adani and Vedanta — have been permitted to handle coal at the MPT. “JSW and Adani are transporting the coal outside the state for their plants while Vedanta, which handles small quantity of coal consumes it locally,” he said.
Sawant said that he has asked GSPCB officials to conduct the report on the pollution levels due to handling of the coal at MPT. He said that it will take some time for the officials to submit the report.
The chief minister said that the report will collect the data on pollution vis-à-vis current capacity of coal handling. “We have already assured to reduce the coal handling by 50 per cent in another year,” he said.


Russian Metrovagonmash To Deliver New Metro Cars To Azerbaijan
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 23. Another 20 metro
cars (4 trains) purchased by the Baku Metro from the Metrovagonmash
Russian transport machine building company will be delivered to
Baku, Trend reports via Head of the Department on work with Baku Metro CJCS
The company has already started the production of cars in
accordance with the contract.
'The delegation of the Baku Metro will go to Russia to inspect
the manufactured carriages this September. All 20 carriages will be
delivered to Baku by the end of the year,' Akhmadov added.
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Kyiv hopes to hold talks with Poland and the European Commission this week, as thousands of trucks queue at the border due to Polish blocks.
That's according to Reuters , Ukrinform reports.
"This week we hope to have negotiations in a trilateral format," Ukraine's Trade Representative Taras Kachka said in televised comments on Monday, November 20.
He said the blockages might affect critical supplies of energy resources for Ukraine, which is suffering from constant Russian attacks.
LNG is most heavily affected by the situation, with gasoline and diesel to a lesser extent, Kachka said, adding that crucial imports from the Baltic were also being affected, not just imports from Poland.
He called it a "before crisis situation.
Kachka reiterated that it was not possible to take away licenses, but said Kyiv was ready to discuss additional rules to improve the work of both Ukrainian and Polish truckers.
Ukraine and Poland held talks on the blockages last week but both sides reported no progress. On Sunday, Ukrainian authorities said that about 3,000, mostly Ukrainian trucks, including those carrying fuel and humanitarian aid, were stuck on the Polish side of the border.
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(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) Japan today noted that there was room for improvement in Sri Lanka on the human rights issue.
The Japanese Government also said that it is important that Sri Lanka continues to take voluntary actions.
“With respect to Sri Lanka, while there is room for improvement in the areas of national reconciliation and human rights, we understand that the Government is taking various measures including investigation by the Commission of Inquiry and payment of compensation. It is important that Sri Lanka continue to take voluntary actions and the international community support Sri Lanka in this effort,” Ambassador Ken OKANIWA from the Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN in Geneva said today.
He expressed these views during the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today. (Colombo Gazette)
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 15
Azerbaijan's Mine Action Agency has released a new report on the results of work in its territories, liberated from Armenian occupation [in the 2020 second Karabakh war], over the past week (November 8-13), Trend reports referring to the agency.
According to the agency, 63.6 hectares of the liberated territories were cleared from mines and unexploded munitions.
In particular, 57 anti-personnel mines and 56 anti-tank mines, as well as 20 unexploded munitions were found in Tartar, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Shusha, Gubadli, Jabrayil and Zangilan districts.
Overall, since November 10, 2020 [when trilateral statement was signed between Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian leaders on ending the war] to October 31, 2021, 10,200 antipersonnel mines, 4,329 anti-tank mines and 12,436 unexploded munitions were detected in the mentioned districts.
As to date, 5,944 hectares of the liberated territories of Azerbaijan have been cleared from mines and unexploded munitions.
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Turkish FM says Iran's attitude may bring 'catastrophe'
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Iran's attitude in Yemen "may bring catastrophe" to the region. During a televised interview Monday, Cavusoglu said that Iran is displaying a "sectarian" attitude toward Yemen, and that Turkey can contribute tremendously to the negotiations.
"Turkey played important roles in preventing conflicts and taking safety measures until now, and like always, we can contribute a lot to the negotiations in Yemen as well," Cavusoglu said. "The situation in Yemen should be solved by paying respect to Yemen's territorial integrity."
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Tehran for high level meetings Tuesday and Cavusoglu will accompany him.
Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition of Arab countries, all of them U.S. allies, to launch airstrikes against Houthi positions for the last two weeks.
Riyadh said the strikes were in response to calls by Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi for military intervention to "save the (Yemeni) people from the Houthi militias."
Fractious Yemen has been in turmoil since last September, when the Shiite militants overran Sanaa, from which they have sought to extend their influence to other parts of the country.
Some Gulf countries accuse Shiite Iran of supporting the Houthi insurgency which forced Hadi to flee the country.
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(MENAFN- Morocco World News) By Karen Duarte Rabat - Morocco will have had to recover quickly from their painful loss against Iran as they prepare to face Portugal and superstar forward Cristiano Ronaldo. Wednesday's match will represent the second time these two teams have met on the international stage. The last match took place at the 1986 World Cup, which..."
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Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday admitted that tough decisions taken by the federal government to get the bailout package by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) caused runaway inflation which the government was unable to control.
However, he said that the opposition gloating that their narrative against the government was gaining popularity in the masses was an incorrect perception.
He said this while addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Saturday.
“An attempt is being made by the opposition to paint their their narrative as popular among the masses,” Sanaullah said, adding, “It is a fact when it was the PTI govt, there was inflation and the government of the time was blamed.”
“We could not control inflation, we do not deny it,” he admitted.
The interior minister said that it was their hope and calculation that as soon as the deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is brokered and the bailout program is put back on track, relief would be given to the people.
On resuming the IMF program, Sanaullah said that there were obstacles.
“Some of it was due to the anti-state policies of Imran Khan and the very wrong deal done with IMF,” he said.


Government says it has instructed Malawi High Commissioners and Ambassadors to have five local staff in Malawi missions abroad as cost cutting measure.
Foreign Affairs minister Francis Katsaira said the government will also trim Malawi staff for each mission to five or six.
“What we are doing now is that we are recalling all our diplomats whose three year term of office has expired. We want to ensure each mission has 10 members of staff as a cost cutting measure as the country faces dwindling resource envelope,” he said.
His comments come at a time when Malawians are expressing worry that the Democratic Progressive Party elite and President Peter Mutharika’s innercircle continue to send their spouses, siblings, relatives and friends in Malawi missions abroad.
But Katsaira said the government will ensure that the number of envoys are reduced from around 400 to less than 80.


(MENAFN) Energy Minister German Galushchenko said the Cabinet of Ministers intends to ensure constant valuation in Ukraine’s electric power market to easily survive the 2021/2022 warming season.
On Friday October 8, the Minister of Energy said in 60 minutes of government inquiries conducted in Parliament: “To pass the heating season smoothly, we will ensure stable prices in the electricity market, which should guarantee an economically balanced operation of energy production companies. . “
He also informed much of a new forum of Public Service Obligations (PSO) ensuring the stabilization of electricity activity.
The Minister added: âTo date, we have introduced a financial model of PSO, which offers great opportunities, especially for [power] generation by the state, and that changed the approach to the market itself.
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Insurance companies are still not passing on savings from reduced awards to their customers, according to Fine Gael Senator Maria Byrne.
On Breakfast Business this morning, Senator Byrne said the average amount awarded by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) has fallen by more than 40% since 2020 – from €24,000 to just over €14,000.
She said the total value of the awards handed out last year was nearly €120m less than it was in 2019.
“I believe that insurance companies need to pass on these reductions and while a lot of them are, there are still areas where a lot of people are still feeling the pinch,” she said.
She said the biggest concern is personal liability insurance – with some businesses seeing their premiums increase even as claims reduce.
“I think it’s really, really important that the Government stay on top of this and ensure that these reductions happen,” she said.
Senator Byrne said companies should be required to send government regular reports, proving they are reducing premiums alongside reducing claims.
“Also, if people are finding that they are being penalised, they need to come out and say it,” she said.
“They need to come forward and let their local TDs know that the premium has gone up rather than down.
“So, there is a lot of work on the Government side but I think it is important for the public to actually inform us if they have concerns that they feel they are still being hit very hard by their insurance.”


Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday said that they arrested a female fraudster in the Chogal area of Handwara in north kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said Tuesday.
An police official told a local news agency, Kashmir News Service (KNS), that a complaint was received by Police Post Chogal wherein the complainant had stated that a person named Fahmeeda Begum, W/o Nisar Ahmad Mir, R/o Yunsoo had taken money from the complainant and instead provided a fabricated order of appointment as SPO, thereby defrauding the complainant.
“Based on this, FIR No.199/22 U/s 420 ,468-IPC was registered at Police Station Handwara, and investigation was initiated,” the official said.
He further said that the accused has been arrested. Further investigation is underway. (KNS)


The arrests have been made in Negombo, Pamunugama, and Dungalpitiya areas, Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana stated.
Police have also seized a small lorry which had been brought down to transport the collected items.
The DIG added that another set of persons are due to be arrested over the incident.
The Police Spokesperson said that the arrests were made after studying the videos received regarding the incident.
He further said that the individuals were also observed to be violating travel restrictions.


Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara said that 163 cases have been filed during the first seven months of this year and tough action will be taken against those accused.
The Deputy Minister said that if any officials have been found to be involved in foreign employment rackets, they will also be dealt with firmly.
He said that most cases filed this year have been against a foreign employment recruitment agency which promised employment in the Seychelles.
The Deputy Minister said that of the 163 cases filed this year, 135 are against the same agency. (Colombo Gazette)


US official: Wednesday announced plans to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine
(MENAFN- Hip Hop-24) A US official revealed, on Tuesday, that President Joe Biden may announce plans to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine on Wednesday.
"It is possible that President Joe Biden will announce plans to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine" as early as Wednesday, the US official told Anadolu Agency, preferring not to be named.
This came in the wake of a press statement by White House spokesman Patrick Ryder, during which he hinted at Washington's indecisiveness in the decision to send the US "Abrams M1" tanks to Ukraine, to help it confront Russian attacks.
"Right now I don't have anything to announce, and of course we'll let you know when we make up our minds," Ryder said.
He added that the Abrams tanks "have high combat capabilities, but they need maintenance and training."
In the context, Ryder stressed that the US forces "will train the Ukrainian military to use Abrams tanks, if the decision is made to supply them."
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Dr B.R. Ambedkar International Centre here and said it would be an important place for research on social and economic issues.
The prime minister also unveiled the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in the lawns and another statue of Dr Ambedkar in the atrium of the Centre in Janpath.
Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of State Ramdas Athawale and Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Vijay Goel and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that the Centre would play a key role in the dissemination of Dr Ambedkar’s teachings and vision. Noting that the Dr Ambedkar International Centre for Socio-Economic Transformation is also part of this project, the Prime Minister said that this will be an important centre for research on social and economic issues. He said the centre would function as a think-tank for inclusive growth, and related socio-economic matters.
PM Modi added that the government had developed five places related to Baba Saheb Ambedkar into pilgrimage spots.
He added that the five pilgrimage spots — in Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Mhow and London — were like homage from the present generation.


An $8.5 million dollar jobs bill has advanced in the Vermont House.
The bill directs how Vermont will spend the remaining money from last year’s federal economic stimulus law.
It calls for more than $3.1 million to be spent on expanding broadband computer access.
Nearly $2.5 million would go to a variety of jobs programs.
And money also would go to help farmers, and to help businesses that were hurt when the Champlain Bridge between Addison and Crown Point, New York closed.


Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi says that Prime Minister Imran Khan informed the people about climate change and how it affects us.
In Multan, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi inaugurated a tree planting campaign in Jinnah Park.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony, he said that tree planting could improve the environment.
He said that he appreciated the efforts of all the concerned institutions participating in the tree planting campaign, adding that unless the people take part in the campaign, it will not get the reception it deserves.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that he was happy that attention was being paid to Jinnah Bagh and the message was being sent that the people’s representatives were standing by the people.
He said that Parks and Horticulture Authority has been recognized and useful to the people now, this credit goes to Imran Khan.
The Foreign Minister said that today there is talk of climate change all over the world, the world agrees on tree planting, the Prime Minister has been invited to the Climate Change Conference in Saudi Arabia in October.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi also said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has been invited as a special guest in the International Conference on Climate Change.


Narendra Modi has changed the atmosphere of the country for the better: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that before 2014 separatism, extremism and terrorism were on the rise and there was mistrust among the people against the government. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the country’s atmosphere for the better, he said. Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters here at the end of Modi’s eight-year rule, Adityanath said the situation changed after 2014 when the BJP-led government came to power. with the slogan “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. “Corruption had become institutional. Separatism, extremism and terrorism were on the rise.
Anarchy was at its height. People did not trust the government before 2014,” he said, adding that the scenario changed after Modi came to power. women and all strata of society without any discrimination. It has changed the lives of 133 million people in the country,” he said. the poor and the last man in line. Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, our governments have worked to achieve our goals,” he said.


New Delhi, Aug. 6 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that the government had taken steps to save the weaker sections of the society from the rising prises.
Addressing the members of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Pranab Mukherjee said that the government was providing subsidy to the people using the Public distribution system.
Mukherjee also said that the government was considering unification of Consumer Price Index to get a clearer picture of the price rise.
He also informed Rajya Sabha that the Central Statistical Organisation has been asked to look into the feasibility of the proposal. (ANI)


Reid Announces Stimulus Agreement
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Wednesday afternoon that congressional leaders have finally agreed on a $789 billion economic stimulus package, pushing the plan to a final House and Senate vote by Friday at the earliest.
Wait, before you go…
Congressional negotiators are closing in on a final version of a sweeping economic recovery package, and the bill could be voted on by both the House and Senate by Friday.
Multiple sources have confirmed that the new plan is budgeted at $789 billion, a figure smaller than in the bill that emerged from the House last month and the one approved by the Senate on Tuesday.
It appears that House Democrats have succeeded in restoring some funds that were stripped out by a group of Senate moderates last week, including $44 billion in aid to struggling state governments and $6 billion for school construction and modernization. Both line items were important to the White House.
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Alex swimmers lose first meet to Brainerd
The season likely did not start as planned for the Alexandria boys swimming and diving team in a 133-55 loss against Brainerd on the road Thursday.
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MYSURU: The CM Siddaramaiah on Saturday asked the farming community not to commit suicide asserting that it is not the way to face the crisis in agriculture sector. He, however, said the farmers suicide are not new as they have committed suicide during the rule by the opposition parties. Farmers should not lose faith and commit suicide. The government is with them and will help them, he said. “Death is not the solution for agri crisis,” he told reporters. When asked about the opposition leaders charge that the Congress government has failed the farmers pushing them to commit suicide, Siddaramaiah hot back saying farmers have committed suicide in the past. “They have committed suicide when the opposition parties were ruling the state,” he said. He said the government has acted tough to recover dues from the sugar factories. The government has seized Rs 6,000 crore worth sugar from the sugar factories, he said when asked about the steps taken by the government to help the sugarcane growers. He said the Union government should extend support and allow export of sugar.


(MENAFN- QNA) Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has re-affirmed keenness on releasing the Kuwaiti detainee held at Guantanamo detention camp, Fayez Al-Kanderi.
Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah, who met the joint committee for follow-up on the detainees' issue in Guantanamo in Washington last night, said in a statement to (KUNA) News Agency that the Emir of Kuwait devotes utmost concern for this case, personally following up on its developments and outcome of talks between Kuwaiti and US authorities in this respect.
Emerging from a meeting of the joint committee for follow-up on the detainees' issue in Guantanamo, the minister said the commission visits the detention camp, roughly every three months, "for close and direct follow-up and as part of intensive efforts for releasing the detainee Al-Kanderi."
Minister Sheikh Mohammad urged the committee, which met with representatives of the US State Department, the Pentagon and the Justice Department, to do its best for freeing the Kuwaiti citizen.
He indicated that the two sides agreed on the warranted terms for tackling the file, adding that a session would be held in July for further follow-up on the issue.
Kuwait has met all the warranted security, medical and logistical terms, he added, expressing hope Al-Kanderi would be freed soon.
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Moody's raises Cyprus outlook, confirms rating
(MENAFN- AFP) The Moody's ratings agency has raised its outlook for Cyprus to positive, while confirming the island's Caa3 credit rating.
The agency said on Friday it was raising the outlook to positive from negative because of a stronger than expected fiscal and economic performance in 2013 and because of the authorities' record of meeting conditions set by international creditors.But the country's middle-range junk bond status was being confirmed because of "the persistent risks that remain to Cyprus's public finances and their sustainability over the medium term as a result of significant uncertainties to the prospects for the macroeconomy and banking sector," Moody's said in a statement.Moody's downgraded Cyprus to Caa3 from B3 in January 2013. In all, it had downgraded Cyprus's rating nine notches in 10 months.After years of prosperity, Cyprus was hit by a financial earthquake more than a year ago, finding itself on the verge of bankruptcy because of the high exposure of its banks to Greek debt.It was granted a 10-billion-euro ($13.8-billion) international bailout in March 2013, almost half of which has now been paid out.
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USD96b lost due to Arab Spring
05 Mar 2012
(MENAFN) The Arab Tourism Organization’s president, Bandar Al-Fuhaid, said that since the beginning of the Arab Spring, countries that were hit by the political unrest have lost USD96 billion, reported Arab News.
Al-Fuhaid added that 18 percent of the losses were in the tourism sector.
On the other hand, he said that the unrest was affecting the decision making process in the organization, as its role has become difficult since tourism is intertwined with security, and the organization can’t promote tourism in countries that are unstable.
It is worth noting that the Arab Tourism Organization is implementing its programs as much as possible, according to Al-Fuhaid, in order to overcome challenges facing the region’s tourism sector.


Sugar mafia cannot escape accountability: Shibli Faraz
Senator Syed Shibli Faraz says that sugar mafia cannot escape accountability even if they belong to PTI.
In a tweet on Wednesday, he said the law will take its way indiscriminately against those who stand in the way of public interest and relief.
He said Imran Khan puts the interest of the people of Pakistan first.
Source: Radio Pakistan


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: More than 5,000 people are receiving COVID-19 booster doses every day, said Dr Samya Ahmad Al Abdulla, Senior Consultant of Family Medicine & Executive Director of Operations at Primary Health Care Corporation.
In a short video posted on Ministry's twitter account, she explained that over 70,000 COVID-19 booster doses have been safely administered in Qatar.
About the side effects, Al Abdulla emphasized that it is mild and are almost similar to the ones associated with the first and second doses of the vaccine.
“These side effects are represented by a slight rise in temperature, headache, fatigue or pain at the injection site,” she said stressing that“they are the same common symptoms that are usually observed with all other vaccines.”
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Wellington, Jan 31 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Canberra next Tuesday for an in-person meeting day trip with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
'The trans-Tasman relationship is New Zealand's closest and most important,' Hipkins said on Tuesday, adding it was crucial that his first overseas trip as Prime Minister was to Australia, Xinhua News Agency reported.
'Prime Minister Albanese was the first international leader I spoke with after becoming Prime Minister, and I look forward to continuing our discussion in person on how we can further work together to secure our economies against the global economic challenges we all face,' he said.
The two are expected to discuss economic issues and shared security priorities, among others, said a government statement.
The New Zealand-Australia relationship will celebrate several milestones, including 40 years of the Closer Economic Relations Agreement, 50 years of the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement, and 80 years since the establishment of the High Commissions on each side, Hipkins said.
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Top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Abdullah Yuni is back in Jammu and Kashmir, according to security forces.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has confirmed spotting Yuni in the Kashmir Valley. He was recently seen in Sopore but managed to evade the security forces.
Yuni is said to be the chief of suicide missions in the Valley. Police said his movements were being monitored.
Kuldip Khoda, DGP of Jammu and Kashmir Police, said around 550 to 600 terrorists were active in the Valley. He said that many more terrorists were being trained across the border and were waiting to sneak into India.


Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that strengthening villages is a priority for the government as then only the panchayat blocks district and state will become strong. Addressing a conclave organized by the Personnel Administrative Reform and Rajbhasha Department for JPSC officials he said that it was their moral responsibility to ensure that development schemes reach the last person in the society. He said that wherever the officials should work they should set an example and also make sure that their work does not hurt others.
The Chief Minister said that the officials are an inseparable part of the government and act as its eyes nose and ear and play an important role in the all-around development of the state. He suggested that by winning the faith of the people the schemes can be successfully implemented on the ground. The Chief Minister said that Jharkhand was different from other states as all five divisions have their own features moreover Jharkhand was a tribal Dalit backward and minorities-dominated state, therefore, there was a need to move forward by strengthening its different geographic conditions language and culture.
He asked the officials to know the local language so that middlemen can not come in between. He further instructed the officials to make sure that all get the benefits of the universal pension schemes as small schemes impact poor workers and farmers therefore ensuring the well-being and prosperity of such communities was their responsibility and also warned them not to make the misuse of their posts. He said that the youth of the state are working to give a new direction to Jharkhand as despite limited resources they have made a name for themselves at the national and international levels.
He said that children from the state have made their name in the games of archery, hockey, and cricket and are even not behind in the area of education as this time 25 students from Jharkhand cleared UPSC which shows that the state was moving ahead in the area of education as compared to other states. He said that the government was trying to link employment generation schemes recruitment sports policy etc. He pointed out that during the pandemic the state government demonstrated the skills to tackle the situation peacefully despite having limited resources.
He said that as the situation will improve more hiring will be done and highlighted that after 32 years agriculture officers and for the first time since the creation of Jharkhand senior scientists have been appointed to state law and science laboratory. The Chief Minister said that there is no reason why the state should fall behind as 42 percent of mineral wealth is located here and apart from natural resources there was honest and hardworking manpower which if used properly can take the state forward.
He said that there is a need to come up with bigger plans for the development of the state and it appears for the first time under this government rules and policies are being framed which are in the interest of the state. Rural Development Minister Aalamgir Aalam, Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajeev Arun Ekka, Principal Secretary Personnel Department Vandana Dadel and Secretary to Chief Minister Vinay Kumar Choubey were present on the occasion.


Jaipur, Mar 31 (PTI) Judicial work was affected in the courts in Rajasthan after lawyers boycotted them and joined nation-wide strike in protest against proposed amendments in the Advocates Act.
"Close to 80,000 lawyers in the state were on the strike today against the proposed amendments to Advocates (Amendments) Bill, which is anti-advocate," Vice President of the Rajasthan Bar Association, Rajendra Singh Raghav said.
He said that the work in all the courts were affected due to the one-day strike called by the Bar Council of India (BCI).
The BCI, the apex body of lawyers, had given a call for the strike across the country, saying the recommendations in the Bill were against their interests. PTI SDA SMJ


The National Recovery Council (MPN) today urged the government to discuss and review the subsidies given so far to ensure that only those who are truly deserving can benefit from them.
MPN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin said nearly 50% of the various subsidies provided by the government were also enjoyed by those in the high-income group.
Speaking at a press conference in Putrajaya after chairing an MPN meeting, he said urgent measures should be taken to ensure that those in the B40 or lower income group also benefit from the subsidies.
"We will also be able to reduce the impact on inflation," he said. "That is one of the things we discussed earlier."
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob previously said in Parliament that the government was forming a targeted subsidy mechanism to ensure that no one in need was overlooked.
However, he said the method of implementation was still under review to ensure that the targets are achieved.
On the situation at hospitals which have been experiencing high utilisation of beds due to the increase in Covid-19 and other emergency cases, Muhyiddin said health ministry representatives had told the MPN that the situation remained under control.
Acknowledging the increase in infections, he nevertheless said that this did not interfere with efforts to keep the pandemic at bay.
"Their experience of more than two years in dealing with Covid-19 has taught them a lot, and we hope that history will no longer repeat itself," he said.


State veterinarian encourages pet owners to vaccinate their animals
The Minnesota Board of Animal Health reminds pet owners to vaccinate their animals against rabies, and to make sure to keep the vaccinations up-to-date as warm weather sets in.
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Nora's work explores the epistemic politics of authority and legitimacy in conflict-affected settings, specifically focusing on the governance of forced displacement in the Middle East.
Her book Hybrid Political Order and the Politics of Uncertainty - Refugee Governance in Lebanon is available with Routledge. Nora has also published in, among other journals, Security Dialogue, Antipode, Political Geography, and Development and Change.
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Israel OKs Gay March
The Israeli attorney general has approved a gay pride march in Jerusalem despite concern from police and condemnation from religious extremists. During last year’s march, an ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed three people.
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Menachem Mazuz said there was no legal justification for banning the march.
Mr Mazuz’s comments came after talks with senior police officers who had sought the ban because of concerns about public safety.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews have been holding angry protests against the parade and have threatened more violence if it goes ahead.
Mr Mazuz said he took the decision to authorise the parade “so that freedom of expression is respected” in Israel.
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Iranian Health Minister Saeid Namaki said that a large shipment of anti-coronavirus will arrive in the country later tonight, adding that another big shipment will be imported next week.
Namaki asserted that as many as 14 million people aged above 60 and people with diseases that are hard to be treated will receive the vaccine by the end of Khordad (June 21).
He noted that those people will receive the vaccine as the first target group because they usually increase the rate of hospitalization in the country and death toll.
The health minister said that the country has successfully left behind the fourth wave of the pandemic, adding that in the last 24 hours, 162,000 people received vaccines.
He added that the rate of vaccination will increase in the coming days.


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President Ranil Wickremesinghe today met some of the troops who defended the Parliament complex during the recent protests.
The Army media unit said that the President, who visited the Army Headquarters today, met some troops who performed their duties when a violent mob attempted to take control of the Parliamentary complex.
The Army said that some soldiers sustained injuries during the incident and had been admitted to hospital.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe made his first formal visit to the Army headquarters as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka, at the invitation of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage.
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, Secretary to Ministry of Defence, General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne, Chief of Staff and National Security Adviser to the President, Sagala Rathnayake, General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Staff of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff and several Senior Officers were also present. (Colombo Gazette)
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A government release quotes the Minister of Education, Nigel Carty, as saying that he was advised by college officials that since the programme has been in place enrollment has increased by approximately 35 percent.
College officials also reveal that there has also been a significant increase in persons taking science, language and mathematics courses.
The new program called REACH, Recognising Everyone’s Ability to Climb Higher, has been a catalyst for some persons leaving secondary school to pursue post-secondary level education and has resulted in a noteworthy increase in the enrollment, said the release.
The minister said that government found that it was important to reduce the kinds of challenges that young people had as they sought to make the important decisions to further their education.
Minister Carty stated, “One of them was the fact that parents or guardians might not have been in the position to give the requisite support to give the student the comfort to move into the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC), the Advanced Vocational Education Centre (AVEC) or the Nevis Sixth Form College. What we have done with the REACH programme is to remove that hurdle by providing the requisite funds to support the child throughout his or her two years at the college of their choice.”
The Minister said that the progress the Federation has made, as an independent nation, is largely due to the country’s advancements in education. As such, there are implications for the future.
The new school year at the CFBC began on 18th August.


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Vice President of PPM, Abdul Raheem Abdulla (Adhurey) has said that the reason for the halt in the airport development project in Faafu Nilandhoo has been the opposition and they should take responsiblity for it.
Speaking at a press conference at the PPM Office today, Adhurey said that the Nilandhoo airport project was never on the state budget but part of the development in Faafu atoll by the Saudi government. And that project has come to a stop due to the opposition.
He said that it was the opposition that said Maldivian land is being sold to another country and brought a halt to the project.
However, the 2017 state budget had MVR 171,544,949 to develop an airport in Faafu Nilandhoo.
Adhurey said that the government is in talks to resume the airport development by highlighting the importance of the airports in the country. He said that projects funded by foreign aid will continue this year as well.
Some media outlets have reported that the MP for Nilandhoo constituency, Abdulla Khaleel is unhappy that the President left out the airport project in his address at the parliament. MP Khaleel was not present at the PPM press event today. However, he was on a political program on Channel 13 last night.
The airport projects mentioned in President's Yameen address at the parliament are Haa Alifu Hoarafushi, Haa Dhaalu Kulhudhuffushi, Noonu Maafaru, Shaviyani Funadhoo and Gaafu Dhaalu Maavaarulu.


By-polls on some of the vacant seats will be held on Oct 14
The PML-N and PPP will field joint candidates in the upcoming by-elections, leaders of both parties said after a meeting in Islamabad Wednesday.
Nayyar Bukhari, the PPP leader, said that the opposition will field joint candidates for provincial and national assembly seats in the by-elections.
He said that the names of candidates would be finalized after the approval of party leaders and both parties will support each other to counter the PTI.
Qamar Zaman Kaira, another PPP leader, said that the PML-N will support his party in the Karachi and Rahimyar Khan by-elections. However, he said that the opposition is yet to reach an agreement over the names of candidates for Faisalabad’s NA-103 and PP-103 candidates.
PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah confirmed the development and said that leaders from both parties will participate in the campaign for by-polls.
The PML-N leader said that his party will run the PPP’s campaign in Sindh.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, the former NA speaker, said that the PTI should understand that it is not in a position to win the by-elections.
By-elections on some of the vacant seats will be held on October 14.


(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Strong wind, poor horizontal visibility and blowing dust are expected Saturday also in Qatar at places during the day, the Met office has said. The offshore forecast is poor visibility, strong wind with high sea until noon and dusty.
The temperature forecast is a minimum in the range of 26-31C and maximum in the 33-41C range.
Qatar experienced strong wind and slight dusty conditions Friday, with minimum temperature in the 27-33C range and maximum in the 33-41C range.
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Pakistan beat England by six runs in the fifth T20 International in Lahore on Wednesday.
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São Paulo – The government of the United Arab Emirates announced it would implement changes to the workweek, which will last four and a half days, from Monday to Friday at noon. The measure will go into effect as of January 1, 2022. Currently, the working week in the country is from Sunday to Thursday.
The announcement was published on the official local news agency, WAM . From Monday to Thursday, working hours will be from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, and on Friday from 7:30 am to 12:00 pm. Friday sermons and prayers will begin at 1:15 pm, after hours. The new working week will better align the UAE with global markets, as most countries work from Monday to Friday
WAM reported the UAE are the first to introduce a workweek shorter than the five-day global one. According to the agency, the long weekend is part of the government's efforts to boost its citizens' work-life balance and improve social well-being.
The country, however, is also working to increase its economic competitiveness. Among other advantages, the government announced implementing an agile work system to allow the UAE to respond quickly to changes and improve workplace well-being.
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar visited the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), took a briefing on tax collection for the current financial year and directed to further increase tax collection.
According to the Ministry of Finance, Chairman FBR told in the briefing that FBR has achieved the tax target for July and August, will also achieve the tax target for the first quarter of the current financial year.
Chairman FBR said that the tax target was achieved despite the decrease in imports and economic activities due to floods, the tax target was achieved despite the absence of sales tax on petroleum products.
According to the Ministry of Finance, Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar directed the FBR to adjust with the change in the economic situation and to further increase the tax collection.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that the tax-to-GDP ratio can be taken up to 15 percent.


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Recently, the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee, Manipur (STDCM) urged the state government to discuss the matter of inclusion of Meitei/Meetei in the Scheduled Tribe list.
The organization appealed government to raise the issue during the ongoing session of the state assembly.
It has further informed the state government authorities to send its recommendations to the union government.
Speaking to media persons at the office of Workers Union Manipur (WUM), Uripok, STDCM General Secretary, K Bhogendrajit said that the committee has been demanding the inclusion since 2012.
Besides, two public rallies and several sit-in protests have also been staged regarding the same.
The organization had further informed that several representations have been submitted to the concerned including the PM and Manipur CM.
Bhogendrajit further said that Biren Singh has also concurred that the demand of STDCM is justified during the Manipur Legislative Assembly session in February of this year.
But even after six months, the state government fails to send its recommendations, stated Bhogendrajit.


The implementation plan is a critical next stage in the Commission of Inquiry process.
Victim survivors and whistle blowers have had the courage to share their experiences to help keep children safe in the future and it’s time now for the government to demonstrate that hasn’t been in vain.
I think it’s fair to say that the state government’s response to the report has so far been lacking.
The victim survivors have done their bit, it’s time now for the government - and all of us - to do ours.
We will be closely scrutinising the implementation plan to ensure that this is the case including at parliamentary hearings next week.
Sarah Lovell MLC
Shadow Minister for Children and Youth


Federal agencies have started to implement a standard framework for monitoring information technology spending,Â FCW reported Tuesday.
Margie Graves, acting federal chief information officer, said that theÂ Technology Business Management framework is intended to help government agencies locate IT costs and understand their business cases.
Graves added that theÂ CIO Council and General Services Administration‘s office of government-wide policy have solicited feedback from private and public entities that have already adopted the TBM taxonomy.
Dominic Sale, GSA deputy associate administrator, said that current efforts to implement the TBM framework are primarily led by CIOs, but leadersÂ “across the c-suite” should also be involved in the process.
Sale noted that the government is implementing TBM through a phased approach and that the process will likely take years to complete.


(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Khimji Ramdas Social Development Arm, Eshraqa, donated ten hi-tech,innovativeBraille Sense machines to the Omar bin al Khattab Institute for the Blind, helping the institution's visually impaired students achieve better learning outcomes with advanced Braille technology.
The donation took place at the exhibition organised by the institute in celebration of the International White Cane Day. The event witnessed the launch of Eshraqa's song that was sung by Noor Alamri from Oman bin al Khattab Institute for the Blind.
Nailesh Khimji, director of Khimji Ramdas, said, 'I am amazed to see such a beautiful institution with a sprawling campus and no dearth of learning tools. We owe great thanks to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for creating such an advanced and well-equipped education institution for the visually impaired. Eshraqa is more than happy to support such a noble cause.'
Mohamed Ben Rashid al Hadidi, advisor at the Ministry of Education, said, 'This is a great example of how private sector contributions can develop the education sector.'
Kathya al Kharusi, institution's manager, said, 'We thank Eshraqa for supporting the institution with the new Braille machines. It will create a better learning experience.'
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Greece expects the European Union’s statistics agency to confirm that last year’s primary budget surplus was larger than projected, the government’s spokeswoman said on Tuesday, an outcome expected to help conclude its crucial bailout review.
“We are in a position to know … that the (Eurostat) report to be released on Thursday will confirm a larger primary budget surplus compared to what had been initially projected,” Olga Gerovasili told reporters.
She said the leftist-led government believes that the positive development will help conclude ongoing talks with the country’s official lenders on a bailout review, which has dragged on for months. Concluding the review is necessary to release a loan payment.
Based on projections in the country’s third bailout deal agreed last summer, the primary budget was expected to show a deficit of 0.25 percent of gross domestic product.
Gerovasili said that additional measures demanded by the lenders to ensure that a 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus is attained would pose an economic but not a political problem for the government, which has a thin parliamentary majority.
But, she said, Athens would be willing to go that route at a later stage if the 2018 target were to look unattainable.
“If the 2018 fiscal targets are not met, of course we would be obliged to take some extra measures to reach them,” she said.


(MENAFN- AzerNews) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday congratulated Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his victory in Sunday's
presidential runoff election, Azernews reports via anadolu agency .
In a phone call, Scholz congratulated Erdogan on his electoral
success and wished the results to be beneficial for the Turkish
people, Türkiye's Communications Directorate said in a
Scholz also expressed hope for progress on common issues.
According to unofficial results, the Turkish incumbent won the
race with 52.16% of the vote, while opposition candidate Kemal
Kilicdaroglu received 47.84%.
On May 14, no candidate won the required 50% in the first round,
triggering the presidential runoff, although Erdogan took the lead
with 49.52%. On that day, Erdogan's electoral alliance also won a
majority of seats in parliament.
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Ontario Government Supports Child and Youth Mental Health in Communities
Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) is pleased to announce the recent investment by the Ontario government in community-based child and youth mental health. The government has allocated $147 million over three years to support children and youth who are struggling with mental health issues.
This investment comes at a crucial time as the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of young people across the province. The funding will help to address the growing demand for mental health services and support the well-being of children and youth.
CMHO believes that investing in community-based mental health programs is essential to ensuring that children and youth have access to the support they need. This funding will help to improve access to high-quality, evidence-based mental health services, and reduce wait times for children and youth seeking help.
The investment will also provide support for families and caregivers, as well as training and resources for mental health professionals. This holistic approach to supporting children’s mental health will help to address the complex needs of young people and ensure that they receive the care and support they need to thrive.
CMHO is grateful for the government’s commitment to children and youth mental health and looks forward to working together to make a positive impact on the lives of young people across the province. The organization is dedicated to ensuring that children and youth have equitable access to mental health services and that their voices are heard and valued in the development of these services.
The funding will also support the expansion of mental health services in schools and communities, providing young people with access to care in familiar and accessible environments. This approach will help to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health and make it easier for children and youth to seek help when they need it.
CMHO is committed to advocating for the mental health needs of children and youth and will continue to work with the government to ensure that the investment in community-based child and youth mental health has a meaningful and lasting impact.
Overall, the investment by the Ontario government in community-based child and youth mental health is a crucial step towards addressing the mental health needs of young people in the province. This funding will help to build a more supportive and inclusive mental health system for children and youth, ensuring that they have the resources and support they need to thrive. Children’s Mental Health Ontario welcomes this investment and looks forward to continuing to work towards the mental well-being of all young people in the province.


The Centre will examine Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's request for financial aid to run its trains, a top official of the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said on October 29.
Facing a financial crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DMRC had written to the Centre and the Delhi government for providing financial assistance to run its trains.
There were also reports that other state Metros were facing financial loss due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have got their (DMRC’s) letter and we have to address that for the whole country. We will consider this. This (DMRC's request) will be examined,” Ministry secretary Durga Shanker Mishra told reporters at a press conference when asked whether the government will help the DMRC.