Alhaji Nasir Ayilara, Niger Resident Electoral Commissioner, said this at the collation of the results of governorship election in the state.
He said that the elections were extended to allow people in the areas to exercise their franchise.
The commissioner said that the areas included Mashegu, Mariga and Wushishi, adding that the elections would end before the end of the day.
Ayilara added that 15 local government areas had already submitted their results while the remaining six were being awaited.(NAN)
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Abu Dhabi, Sep 25 (IANS) Delhi Capitals spinner Ravichandran Ashwin added another feather to his illustrious cap when he dismissed Rajasthan Royals batsman David Miller to grab his 250th wicket in T20 cricket. Ashwin became only the third Indian after Amit Mishra and Piyush Chawla to do so.
The 34-year-old spinner has 140 wickets to his name in the IPL while he bagged 52 wickets for India in 46 T20Is. The rest of his wickets came in the domestic circuit. He is the sixth-highest wicket-taker in the IPL.
Veteran pacer Lasith Malinga leads the chart in IPL with 170 scalps followed by Amit Mishra (160), Piyush Chawla (156), Dwayne Bravo (154), and Harbhajan Singh (150).
Apart from Malinga, all the top five wicket-takers are currently playing in the IPL. Malinga announced his retirement ahead of the start of the 14th edition of the tournament while in the last season he made himself unavailable due to personal reasons.
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Officials said that India’s civil aviation sector has almost reached the pre-Covid level in terms of traffic and will continue to grow further.
They spoke at the curtain raiser event here for Wings India 2022, a key event which is set to be held from March 24 to 27 in Hyderabad city. Wings India 2022 will be Asia’s largest event on civil aviation (commercial, general and business aviation).
Usha Padhee, joint secretary at the Civil Aviation Ministry, said more than 85 percent of pre-pandemic air traffic was back. According to the Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, the overall freight handled by India’s airports during the first two quarters this year recovered to more than 80 percent of the pre-pandemic level.
The Minister added that India expects to have around 220 airports in the next five to seven years. In the last 7 years, the number of airports has been almost doubled to 136 by adding 62 more aerodromes. Earlier, the number was only 74.
Rajiv Bansal, Civil Aviation Secretary, said there was a huge upside for growth in the civil aviation sector. “We will continue to grow faster than we were growing earlier,” he said.


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An space where we can make a living and create opportunities for people. we decided to participate in the TFF to have the opportinity to impact bigger and take our goals to the next level and inspire to more youth people to create and innovate in the aim to live and act better. We are convince that we can make bussines in a way where we can have a positive impact in local economy of local producers and create employment to people that have dreams to acomplish.


According to Expedia.co.uk, the country is one of the most popular locations among tourists who want to visit a place associated with fond memories, TravelMole reports.
Rome and Florence were both highlighted as places that were attracting nostalgic Britons, such as those who were returning to the scene of their honeymoon.
Others were said to be going back because they had enjoyed a memorable holiday there during their childhood, while others had enjoyed a gap year in the country.
Commenting on the findings, Expedia managing director Caroline Cartellieri stated that the nostalgia factor was one of the reasons Italy had remained a popular holiday destination over the years.
She said: "Nostalgia has become a big driver in destination choice."
This comes after Property Week reported that Italy was also a popular choice with overseas property buyers.
Citing research by Knight Frank, it said that Rome and Milan were widely seen as good investment options.


Namibia said Wednesday that it is concerned about the circulation of fake news about the country on social media platforms.
This comes after two damaging articles about the country were posted on social media last week.
In a statement, executive director of Ministry of Information and Communication Technology Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana said the “Fake news” is being created to deliberately mis-inform and deceive the public about government operations on social media platforms
“These messages are packaged in such a manner that they look legitimate and authentic as they include pictures of spokespersons of government institutions and that of the head of state President Hage Geingob,” he said.
He urged the public to be cautious of such messages as they are being created and circulated by individuals whose agenda is to create fear and destabilize peace among the public.
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(MENAFN - Trend News Agency) India is among the guest countries invited to join parts of the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' meeting to be hosted by the UK next month, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said on Tuesday.
The meeting in London will be the first in-person summit of the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, US and UK as well as the European Union (EU) and will be held in what has been dubbed a COVID-secure way between May 3 and 5.
It is also likely to include External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for parts of the summit, with India included among the guest nations from the Indo-Pacific region.
"The Foreign Secretary has also invited India, Australia, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, and the Chair and Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to join parts of this year's G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' meeting as guests,' the FCDO said.
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Cairo, April 17 ,2021, SPA -- Adel bin Abdurrahman Al-Asoumi, Speaker of the Arab Parliament, commended the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts, under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, in Yemen aimed at reaching a political solution that ends the conflict and the bloodshed and ensures regional peace and stability, the latest of which was the Kingdom's initiative to end the conflict in Yemen, which was widely welcomed by the UN Security Council yesterday.
In a statement issued today, Al-Asoumi welcomed the Security Council's call for the Yemeni parties to engage in the implementation of the provisions of the Riyadh Agreement in order to reach a comprehensive settlement and a political solution that achieves security and stability in Yemen, pointing out that it is a step that is in line with the international community's efforts to address regional issues and assume its responsibilities in preserving international stability.
Al-Asoumi affirmed that the Kingdom's commitment to supporting the legitimate government in Yemen and its people against the Iran-funded terrorist Houthi attacks reflects its keenness to achieve security and stability, to end the suffering of the Yemeni people, and to put Yemen's interests above the Iranian ambitions and destructive plans aimed at destabilizing security and stability in the region.
Moreover, Al-Asoumi lauded the Kingdom's recent initiatives, including the Gulf initiative and its support to all consultations to end the Yemeni crisis and reach a comprehensive political solution, as well as the Kingdom's role and efforts to support Yemen's security and stability through providing humanitarian assistance to the Yemeni people.
He stressed that these efforts reflect the Kingdom's good intentions and embody its pioneering role in ensuring the security and stability of the region.
The Speaker of the Arab Parliament called on the international community to adopt and support the Saudi initiative to save Yemen and to end the human suffering of the Yemeni people, and to engage in the peace process based on the three references adopted by the GCC Initiative and the implementation mechanism, the outcomes of the Yemeni national dialogue and the Security Council Resolution no. 2216.
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Delegation led by Israeli ambassador visits Azerbaijan's Aghdam (PHOTO)
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 25
The delegation led by Ambassador of Israel to Azerbaijan George Deek paid a visit to Azerbaijan's Aghdam district on Nov. 25, special representative of the Azerbaijani President in the liberated part of Aghdam district Emin Huseynov wrote on Twitter, Trend reports.
“During the visit, the guests were shown the destroyed monuments and were informed in detail about the reconstruction plan of the city,” Huseynov tweeted.
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(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Riyadh:Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is free to leave Riyadh "when he pleases," the Saudi foreign minister said on Thursday, rejecting accusations from Beirut that the kingdom was "detaining" him.
Hariri, who announced his shock resignation from Saudi Arabia on November 4, is living in the kingdom "of his own free will" and free to leave "when he pleases", Adel al-Jubeir told a press conference in Riyadh.
"These are false allegations. The accusation that Saudi Arabia is detaining a prime minister, and particularly a political figure who is an ally... is untrue," Jubeir said.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun had accused Saudi Arabia on Wednesday of detaining Hariri after what he said was his failure to return home for 12 days.
But on Thursday, Aoun said the announcement that Hariri would travel to France for talks with President Emmanuel Macron could be "the start of a solution".
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DOHA: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has organised the first induction meeting for students studying abroad, with the aim of strengthening social ties and introducing them to ministry officials.
In his speech during the meeting, H E the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi said after the siege, Qatar has proved that it is a strong country thanks to the steadfastness of its people, the wisdom of its leader and the strength of its economy.
The Secretary-General urged the students to persevere and strive to contribute to the development of the country, stressing importance given to them to continue studying and join work later. He called on the Ministry's Human Resources Department to organize the meeting twice a year to listen to the students and introduce them to the ministry officials.
Head of training and management development Iman Mohammed Sulaiman Al Hail said that this meeting is the first of its kind for students who are studying inside and outside the country.
Its aim was to further bridge cooperation and communication with them and ensure their participation in religious and national holidays and events, she said.
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Libyan PM Zeidan Dismissed as Oil Tanker 'Breaks Blockade'
(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Libya's parliament has dismissed Prime Minister Ali Zeidan after a tanker laden with oil from a rebel-held port reportedly broke through a naval blockade. MPs called a vote of confidence in Zeidan after they were told the North Korean-flagged ship had escaped to sea. Defence Minister Abdullah al-Thinni was named interim prime minister, reported the BBC. Earlier, Libyan officials had said they had "complete control" of the tanker as it tried to leave the port of Sidra. But the rebels rejected the assertion. Separatist militants have occupied three major eastern ports since August. They are seeking a greater share of the country's oil revenues, as well as autonomy for the historic eastern region of Cyrenaica.
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(MENAFN- IANS) Gurugram, May 30 (IANS) A team of the Manesar Cyber Police Station has busted a Nigerian gang for allegedly cheating at least 20 women of crores of rupees by befriending them on Instagram.
The accused have been identified as Ebuka Felixi and Chukwaka Ivar, who were arrested from Delhi's Nilothi on Monday, the police said.
During police interrogation, the accused revealed that five people were involved in their gang and all of them used to target women through Instagram.
Police have recovered six chequebooks, 16 passbooks, 25 ATM cards, seven SIM cards, one laptop, seven mobile phones and Rs 10,000 in cash from the accused.
In connection with the matter, a woman filed a complaint on April 10 at the Manesar Cyber Police Station that she was cheated of Rs 1.80 crore by her Instagram friend.
She told the police that the man described himself as a resident of the UK and said that he is a pilot in a Britain-based airline company.
After this, he cheated Rs 1.80 crore from the woman in the name of sending expensive gifts and other items.
"During the probe, we nabbed two Nigerian nationals who disclosed that three women are also involved in their gang. All three are from Mizoram. The women after committing the crime used to return to Mizoram. We have intensified their search," Manesar Cyber Station SHO Inspector Naresh Kumar said.
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Kochi: Amidst Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressing confidence on getting the centre’s nod for the K-Rail project, the Railway Minister has raised concerns on the project.
Addressing a press conference at New Delhi, Pinarayi said his parleys with the Prime Minister on getting the center’s nod for the controversial K-Rail project was encouraging.
The state is expecting speedy clearance from the centre.
The Prime Minister said that he would discuss the matter with the Railway Minister on the matter, Pinarayi said.
Pinarayi said he had an informal meeting with the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav who on
the other hand said that the project had some problems like it was not interoperable.
There were ecological and environmental issues in implementing the project and there were public protests against it, Vaishnav said.
The Railways would take a fair decision on the matter that would be in favour of the state, Vaishnav said.
Meanwhile, reports of BJP youth wing Yuv Morcha entering the Chief Minister’s official residence of Cliff House at Thiruvananthapuram have been dismissed by the police.
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Marshall Islands will continue to foster diplomatic ties and enhance bilateral relations with Fiji, says its President Christopher Loeak.
Loeak who was in the country for a three day visit shared this with Fijian Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama and praised his leadership in the Pacific on many areas including climate change.
"Marshall Islands will continue to rely on Fiji’s leadership regionally on many important issues such as climate change”, he said.
“We are also throwing in our support for the bid by Fiji to host the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) meeting here in Fiji,” he said.
Loeak made these remarks as he handed over a cheque of USD $5000 to Prime Minister Bainimarama for the Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund that will go towards assisting those who were affected during the two periods of flooding in the Western division earlier this year.
“As part of the framework that was signed last year between Fiji and the Marshall Islands we have recently recruited teachers and will look at recruiting more professionals from Fiji to work in the Marshalls,” he said.
The head of state for the Marshall Islands also informed the Prime Minister that his people would continue to come to Fiji for their studies.
Another area that was discussed also looked pursuing the options of having direct flights between both countries.
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QUETTA: Balochistan Finance Minister Zahoor Ahmed Buledi has said that the provincial government has set aside Rs765 million for providing assistance to the families affected by the lockdown imposed to stop coronavirus from spreading in the province.
Speaking at a ration distribution ceremony, the minister said the government was taking steps to lessen effects of coronavirus and providing maximum funds from its own resources to help the families affected by the lockdown.
He said arrangements for distribution of ration among poor families continued in all 33 districts of Balochistan.
District Nazims, leaders of political parties, public representatives and local government officials were also involved in the process, he said, adding that essential food items were being distributed without any discrimination or political affiliation.
Mr Buledi said that Rs12,000 per family were being provided to the deserving under the Ehsaas Cash Programme of the federal government in the province.
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China's official Xinhua news agency is shining a spotlight on channels being used to trade cryptocurrencies, as Chinese authorities continue their efforts to put the kibosh on the activity.
The reported the ease with which Chinese traders can engage in over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading, as well as overseas initial coin offerings (ICO).
After China banned domestic trading platforms and ICOs last year, trading shifted to OTC channels hosted outside of China.
Xinhua reporters were able to register on exchanges such as Huobi Pro and buy bitcoin using domestic Chinese pay clients like AliPay.
The report cited findings from China's Internet Finance Security Commission that more than 20 OTC exchanges have remained active through overseas domains.
Amid fears of government regulatory crackdowns in China and across the globe, bitcoin fell in January to less than half of its all-time high of nearly US$20,000 reached in mid-December of last year. It has been hovering above US$8,000, with analysts divided over whether this is a new floor or a brief respite before the plunge continues.
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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Nov 22 (KUNA) -- Spain put Costa Rica to the sword in a 7-0 drubbing, with striker Ferran Torres getting on the scoresheet twice, while Belgium edged Canada in a hard fought 1-0 win as each side made their FIFA 2022 World Cup debuts in Qatar on Wednesday.
One-time champions, Spain, now top Group E with three points with Japan trailing only by goal difference after a shock 2-1 victory over Germany earlier in the day.
The Belgians survived an onslaught by Canada in Group F, who qualified to the illustrious global footballing event for the first time ever.
The Canadians ran riot with a total of 22 shots on goal compared with the Red Devils' nine but both teams were matched in terms of shots on target - three.
The result puts Belgium at the top of their group, which witnessed an earlier 0-0 draw between Morocco and Croatia. (end)
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SRINAGAR: Bandipora police organized a Police Public meeting which was held at Police Station Sumbal. The meeting was chaired by SDPO Sumbal besides SHO Sumbal was also present.
Respectable citizens including traders and youth of Nahidikha Sumbal and Banyari Sharki areas participated in the meeting.
Speaking on the occasion, SHO Sumbal said that such meetings are conducted to solicit the suggestions and support for better policing.
The participants highlighted issues during the meeting. The chairing officer assured the participants that issues pertaining to police will be redressed shortly and issues pertaining to other departments will be taken up with the concerned authorities for their immediate redressal.


Union minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday hailed the invitation extended by India to Pakistan prime minister-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif, saying that such initiatives would help the two countries come together and resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir
"The invitiation extended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Sharif is a welcome and bold step. Such confidence-building measures will bring the two countries together and hold the key to resolution of issues between the two (neighbours)," the Union minister for new and renewable energy minister said in a statement in Srinagar.
He congratulated the people of Pakistan for exercising their democratic rights and rejecting gun culture. Abdullah, also the president of the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, said that his party "will continue to play as a bridge between India and Pakistan".


Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has set up a panel to investigate the explosion which claimed several lives and properties on Sunday in Abule Ado, Amuwo Odofin local government area of the state.
He disclosed this on Monday while fielding questions from State House reporters in Abuja after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the incident.
Governor Sanwo-Olu said the panel led by the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat and the state’s Commissioner for Special Duties had less than two weeks to submit its full report.
The governor, who said President Buhari also looked forward to receiving the outcome of committee’s task, said the government had already established a N2billion emergency relief funds to support the victims of the explosion.
He said the reports that the community was close to pipeline and that a gas plant was also situated in the affected area were “speculative”.
He said the panel was necessary because the state has never experienced such level of destruction, stressing the need to build more roads that will bypass the pipeline’s right of way.
He said: “We will be fair but we will also be firm. What is popular might not be what is right but we will do the right thing. That is what I can assure you.”
Sanwo-Olu added that the government, which had demolished 20 buildings in less than a year, would continue the exercise to check uncontrolled building and development across the state.


Iran’s Fars news agency struck by cyberattack
(MENAFN) Iran’s state media agency Fars was struck by a cyberattack, the agency made an announcement on Saturday.
The incident seems to be part of a larger operation against discrediting the agency, which is managed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and announcing sensitive administration data.
Fars declared that its website had been disrupted late on Friday by a “complex hacking and cyberattack operation.”
“Removing possible bugs may cause problems for some agency services for a few days,” it stated in a declaration shared on its Telegram channel.
“Cyberattacks against Fars news agency are carried out almost daily from different countries, including the occupied territories (Israel),” it further announced.
Fars has been heavily condemned for what critics say is its slanted reporting of latest demonstrations that have swept Iran since the passing of Mahsa Amini in mid-September.
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The UNP has convened a media briefing at the parliament complex today as the parliament was adjourned after it failed to meet the quorum.
The party said that today’s adjournment was announced after claiming that the quorum was not met.
It said that the adjourning parliament during an adjournment debate was however against the standing orders.
It also said that time had been allocated to speakers before the decision was taken to adjourn parliament.
Chief Organizer of the Opposition and UNP MP John Amaratunga said that his party would complain this to the UN Human Rights Commissioner and the Human Rights Commission as well.


State health officials announced Thursday that they will start mass COVID-19 testing of some of the state’s most vulnerable population. State Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon said that starting next week, mass testing will be done on residents and staff at nursing homes and assisted living facilities across the state.
Malsam-Rysdon said that doing this aggressive testing is important in trying to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The state health secretary said that the first week of testing will focus on nursing homes and assisted living facilities in counties where there has been substantial community spread of COVID-19. Malsam-Rysdon said they will then move to facilities in other counties in the state, followed by additional separate assisted living and other congregate care facilities. She said that staff at the facilities will collect the specimens for testing and the state will cover the cost of processing them.
Malsam-Rysdon said another area where the state will do mass testing is in tribal communities, and then also in some essential and critical infrastructure within the state.


Supported By Ksrelief, Aarsal Medical Center Offers Services To 5,926 Refugees In May
(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Aarsal, June 29, 2022, SPA -- Medical Center of Aarsal in the Lebanese Beqaa Governorate has offered its medical services to Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon as part of the third phase of a project to enhance health services.
Clinics in May received 5,926 patients who received 12,439 free medical services in various specialist clinics, laboratories, nursing services and social and psychological health programs.
This is part of keenness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), to offer relief assistance to Syrian refugees in all fields to alleviate their suffering as a result of the humanitarian crisis they are going through.
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New Delhi: Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu has asserted that land is an important component for growth and that the government is willing to compromise on the amendments to the Land Acquisition bill.
"Land is an important component for growth and the government is looking to create awareness on the issue," said Naidu.
Naidu asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' with farmers was a step to create awareness amongst farmers.
The minister also stated that last year, 28 states had opined that the land bill needs changes, which led to the NDA government proposing the same.
He further added that the opposition must understand the mandate received in the Lok Sabha and respect it.


At least four people were killed after a major fire broke out at a hotel in Lucknow’s Charbagh city on Tuesday.
The police said that more than 50 people have been rescued from the hotel and shifted to the hospital.
“Four people have died and more than 50 people were rescued from the building. Cause of fire still to be ascertained,” Lucknow Inspector General (I.G.) of Police, S Pandey told media here
He further said that an investigation has been initiated in the incident, and that strict action will be taken against the people at fault.
“If we find any lapse on hotel’s part during our investigation, we will take strict action against the people concerned,” he added.
Currently, the situation is under control.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 21. Trade turnover
between Azerbaijan and SPECA (Special Program for the Economies of
Central Asia) countries is growing, Azerbaijan's Minister of
Economy Mikayil Jabbarov said at the SPECA 2023 Economic Forum in
Baku, Trend reports.
"The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and the SPECA countries
increased approximately 3.6 times and amounted to $1.3 billion in
2022. In the first nine months of this year, the trade turnover
reached $1.2 billion, representing a growth of about 16 percent
compared to the same period last year," he emphasized.
The minister noted that the increase in trade turnover is
another evidence of the potential for future cooperation.
"As we continue to deepen our trade relations with the
respective countries, we must also acknowledge the need to expand
connections and develop infrastructure. This includes simplifying
customs procedures, reducing trade barriers, demining, cross-border
transportation, and standardizing political procedures," he
The UN SPECA program was established on March 26, 1998.
At present, the SPECA member states are Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and
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Punjab Health Minister BS Sidhu, said on Monday that the state has requested the Centre to release Rs 150 crore for building isolations wards and other buildings necessary to treat coronavirus patients.
"As we have so many NRIs in Punjab and 90,000 people have come here in the last three-four months, we have asked for Rs 150 crore from the Centre to help us build infrastructure as well as for isolation wards and other things if there are more cases," said Sidhu.
He also said that five MPs met Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister, regarding the matter.
According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the number of COVID-19 cases has now climbed to 467, including foreign nationals.
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A Westminster report into the costs of independence is expected to warn of a “pensions timebomb” in Scotland when it is published this week.
The publication of the report will follow yesterday’s announcement of significant financial backing for the Better Together campaign from some of Scotland’s senior business figures.
The Better Together campaign said that more than £2 million had either been donated or pledged to its cause. It had expected to be outfinanced by the Nationalists, who had more than £2 million before the campaign started from just two donations. Unionist leaders will also be hoping that the publication of a House of Lords report into the economics of independence will bring more voters to their cause.
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reject Hindutva in the country and called for greater respect for the sacred Hinduism.
Modi, who was in India to attend the opening ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, said India’s political system and institutions have been shaped by Hinduism, which is sacred to millions of people around the world.
“There are a lot of people who have no religion and they are being persecuted.
I hope that Prime Minister Singh and the Indian people will not succumb to the Hindutvadis ideology, that’s what they are,” Modi said.”
When the prime minister of India has said he will not tolerate any form of HindutVadis, I think that the government will do everything to prevent it,” he added.
In his speech, Modi called on the nation to take the Hindustan Vikas Swami Sagar (Swami Sankaracharya) as the symbol of Hinduism and said he would “not tolerate” any form that he sees as Hindutvanism.
The PM said that his government will work to create a Hindu state in the world that has equal rights for everyone.
He also called for an end to casteism and caste-based violence and said that the next president of India should be an all-Hindu.
He said that he wanted to address the nation about the need for India to have a stronger economy and also on how we can take our economy to the next level.
He expressed hope that India will have a new wave of youth in the next two years and that the nation would not have to look for jobs because of caste.
The Modi government has been in power for the last seven years.


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Mexican President Felipe Calderon released his plans Wednesday to give greater autonomy to the country’s nationalized oil monopoly PEMEX, a move criticized as privatizing the industry that constitutes 40 percent of federal income. With domestic oil production falling for the past six years, Calderon has had to negotiate his pro-business politics amid steadfast public opinion against denationalization.
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called on the country’s Congress to approve an energy reform bill to overhaul state oil giant Pemex.
Mr Calderon said the plan would give Pemex more freedom to manage its budget and contract out work, so boosting both oil production and exploration.
Mexico’s known oil reserves are running out and production has been falling.
Mr Calderon stressed the bill would not privatise Pemex, a national symbol that has been in state hands since 1938.
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) As a result of Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia on March 31, 82 houses were damaged, four of them were significantly damaged.
Anatoliy Kurtiev, secretary of the Zaporizhzhia City Council, said this in a Telegram post , Ukrinform reports.
"Municipal services and volunteers are working around the clock, eliminating the aftermath of yesterday's missile attack. To date, it is known about 82 damaged houses of the private sector. Four of them have significant destruction, windows, doors and roofs were damaged in the others," he wrote.
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It is noted that specialists of the city emergency rescue service have been working at the scene since morning, dismantling the damaged structures.
Social workers and psychologists are also working at the scene, Kurtiev added.
As reported, as of the evening of March 31, more than 50 houses were damaged as a result of a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia.
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The leaders of nine countries, as well as the European Union and NATO, have discussed their efforts in support of Ukraine as it continues to resist Russian aggression.
The relevant statement was made by the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada , an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
In a call convened by United States President Joseph Biden, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau spoke with the leaders of Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, the Secretary General of NATO, and the heads of the European Commission and the European Council.
“The leaders reiterated their unwavering solidarity with the people of Ukraine and discussed their ongoing efforts to support the Ukrainian people as they continue to resist Russia's brutal and unjustifiable aggression,” the report states.
In addition, the global leaders welcomed progress between Ukraine and its partners on multilateral and bilateral long-term security assurances for Ukraine, in line with the July 2023 G7 Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine.
“They also expressed their support for President Zelenskyy's ongoing diplomatic efforts toward a just peace and welcomed continued efforts to address the global impacts of Russia's war – including on food insecurity threatening those most vulnerable,” the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada noted.
Prime Minister Trudeau reaffirmed Canada's determination to support Ukraine with military, humanitarian, financial, and other assistance for as long as it takes.
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(MENAFN) FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is going to present the nation’s organization to the whole world and is going to put Qatar on the worldwide map to become the epicenter of tourism as well as the business center, as stated by a representative throughout an online event, lately.
Commercial Bank in partnership with Euromoney organized a virtual event with the title: ‘Qatar: Outlook and Opportunities Before and After FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022’ which highlighted Qatar’s macro-viewpoint – gas, tourism, finance, investment; what FIFA World Cup 2022 is going to signify for Qatar – economy, image, investment; in addition to the legacy of World Cup 2022 – before the tournament plan and opportunity.
Dr Leonie Lethbridge, EGM, head Operating Officer at Commercial Bank stated that “In terms of the World Cup it is a culmination of 12 years of activity since the bid was won in 2010 and more than $200bn has been spent on the infrastructure. The independent assessments would say that the infrastructure is world class that has created huge benefits for the economy in terms of ability to diversify and in underpinning long term sustainable growth.”
Adding that “Also, this year there has been immediate hike in terms of benefits across many sectors such as financial services, real estate, and tourism. I think the multiplier effect across multiple sectors of the economy is very powerful.
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KABUL: The former president Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the consecutive blasts in the west of Kabul, in which at least five people were killed and more than 20 wounded.
Karzai said such actions are being taken by elements who are against education and development of Afghanistan.
On Tuesday morning three-back-to back rocked the western area of Dasht-e-Barchi of Kabul. Early reports suggested that at least six people were killed and 11 others were wounded, the security officials said.
However, the Ministry of Public health said the hospitals active under its leadership reported six dead and 22 wounded.
But the witnesses said that the number of casualties was high.


President Mnangagwa has lamented the state of local hospitals saying that patients from other countries used to come in for treatment.
He was responding to a listener’s question on who had expressed concern over the state of local hospitals. Speaking during a Capitalk 100.4 radio programme dubbed “Catching Up With ED” Mnangagwa said that there are plans to revive the health sector.
He said that he recently met with doctors who narrated their grievances to him. He also said that the cost of medical equipment and drug supplies in some traditional suppliers was exacerbating the crises.
The president said that the government has since started looking for other suppliers of medical needs and India is one of the potential partners.
The Zimbabwean health sector is currently in a sorry state. Workers have also lamented over the working conditions which they say put their lives in danger. Ironically, the government has not been prioritising that sector when budget allocations are made.


(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Members of Qatar Chamber have elected a new board of directors for the seventh council (2023-2028) during the chamber's General Assembly Meeting (GAM) held recently.
Qatar Chamber chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani presided over the GAM, which was held in the presence of Qatar Chamber board members, the general manager, the chamber's members, and businessmen attending the event.
All insurance, banking, services, tourism, and agriculture candidates for the elections won by acclamation. They are Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani, representing the insurance sector; Rashid bin Nasser al-Kaabi (banking); Ibtihaj al-Ahmadani (services); Sheikh Hamad bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Ahmed al-Thani (tourism); and Mohamed bin Towar al-Kuwari (agriculture).
Qatar Chamber members elected a new board representing the trade, contracting, and industry sectors. Mohamed bin Hassan al-Malki, the chairperson of the Supervisory Committee for the Qatar Chamber Elections, announced the winners.
The candidates who won in the elections for the trade sector are Mohamed Mahdi Ajian al-Ahbabi, Rashid Hamad Hazaa Hamad al-Athba, Khalid Klefeekh Khalid al-Hajri, Mohamed Jawhar Saeed Mohamed al-Mohamed, and Abdulrahman Abduljalil Abdulghani al-Abdulghani.
The winners in the industry sector elections are Abdullah Mohamed Abdul Rahim al-Emadi, Abdulrahman Abdullah Ibrahim al-Ansari, and Fahd Mohamed Fahd Buzwair, while Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ali al-Obaidli, Nasser Sulaiman Haidar al-Haidar, Shaheen Mohamed Lahdan al-Mohannadi, and Ali Abdullatif al-Misnad won the elections in the contracting sector.
The new board of directors will hold a meeting soon to elect the chairman and vice-chairmen. The meeting's agenda reviewed the board of directors' report on the chamber's activities and financial status for 2022.
It also discussed and approved the auditor's report on the chamber's budget, final accounts, and the statement of revenues and expenses for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
It also included discharging members of the board of directors and approving the estimated budget for the fiscal year 2023, in addition to appointing a new auditor for the fiscal year 2023.
The number of attendees reached 17,622 members, including 5,349 in person, and 12,273 members by proxy, representing 24.1% of the total number of members, totalling 73,148 members.
Addressing the meeting, Sheikh Khalifa said the chamber continued its efforts last year to support and develop Qatar's business sector and to encourage investment and facilitate its growth, in addition to promoting the national economy and the state's investment climate.
He also reviewed the accomplishments made by the board of directors during the sixth council 2018-2023, noting that the chamber continued to play its leading role in protecting and representing the interests of the private sector and enabling it to play its hopeful role in economic activity.
Despite the significant challenges faced by the economy during that period, including the blockade, Covid-19, and the impact of the war in Ukraine, Sheikh Khalifa said the Qatari economy continued to grow, benefiting from several factors, such as domestic legislation, higher energy prices, the growing contribution of non-oil sectors to GDP, expansion in foreign investments, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Johnson Controls’ Energy Efficiency Indicator revealed great interest in energy efficiency investment, according to the company.
Responses from more than 1,200 facility and energy management executives in United States, Brazil, China, Germany and India revealed what the company called an all time high in investment in energy efficiency.
Half of respondents said that their organizations are paying more attention to energy efficiency than a year ago. Seventy-two percent said that they anticipate increased investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy during the next year. That it far more than in 2013 — the comparison offered in the press release — when 37 percent said they were paying more attention to energy efficiency and 42 percent planned to increase investment, the press release said.


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Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said they are now training 200 more validators to speed up the distribution of the Pasig supplemental SAP (social amelioration plan).
In a Facebook post Wednesday, Sotto announced that the new batch of validators are undergoing training this week.
Sotto in previous posts had signified the local government’s intention to bring in more help to distribute the Pasig supplemental SAP.
In his post, the Pasig Mayor said they have distributed the aid to 30,000 families.
Also, the local chief executive said that the validators are important to ensure that those who have already received the aid will no longer benefit from it again, so that the others who haven’t will have a chance to do so.
Unfortunately, Sotto said there are still those who are attempting to claim supplemental SAP even though they have already received theirs.


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Kulgam: Two unidentified militants have been killed in an encounter that started at Chimmer village of Noorabad hamlet of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said Wednesday.
An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that earlier, a joint team of Police, army’s 09 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on a specific information about the presence of militants in the area.
He said that as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them which was retaliated triggering an encounter.
The official said that in the ensuing encounter two u identified militants have been killed, while the operation was going on.
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BANGKOK, 7 February 2017 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has insisted that Thailand’s financial situation remains strong, given the government’s current reserves of 74 billion baht.
The Prime Minister had been responding to criticism against the government’s financial status. He assured that every government project is being carried out according to regulation and for public benefit. Gen Prayut further stated that the government needs to spend the money to attract foreign investment and to carry out the reform process.
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No Ravena will be playing in Wednesday’s 2021-22 B.League slate.
Thirdy Ravena and San-En’s game against Hiroshima has been postponed due to health and safety protocols.
The Dragonflies announced that one of its players tested positive in the RT-PCR test conducted by the team last Monday.
Nine other members of the team were close contacts.
This resulted in the game being scrapped.
Earlier, Shiga also announced that Thirdy’s brother Kiefer has been fined and suspended for their game against Osaka because of two unsportsmanlike fouls he was assessed last Sunday against Kyoto.
The NeoPhoenix are 8-31 in the standings while the Dragonflies are 21-21.


UK electricity supply is in danger
(MENAFN) According to Terje Aasland, Oslo's petroleum and energy minister, Norway may cut back on electricity exports to the United Kingdom because low water levels are endangering local hydroelectric power production.
Aasland reportedly informed the Norwegian parliament on Monday that Norway should prioritize filling water dams above electricity generation and exports since water levels in the nation's reservoirs were falling below the seasonal normal as a result of the dry weather.
According to Aasland, production of energy in southern Norway has already decreased by 18 percent from last year, and last week's output in the southwest was the lowest thus far the current year.
He was cited as having declaring. However, supply disruptions are anticipated for next April or May, the minister claimed, adding that rationing this winter is unlikely, “this results in historically high electricity prices and a situation where, for the first time in many years, we cannot completely rule out a period of electricity rationing in the spring.”
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DUBAI, 28th March, 2023 (WAM) -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is launching its Ramadan campaign to mobilise much-needed financial support to address the growing needs of people forcibly displaced worldwide.
This is in response to the increasing number and intensity of humanitarian emergencies, according to a UNHCR press release issued today.
Last year, over 100 million people had been forcibly displaced from their homes due to war, violence, persecution and human rights abuses. Many have been struggling to survive for years as many crises remain unresolved.
The devastating earthquakes which recently hit Türkiye and Syria have added another layer of trauma and burden for millions of vulnerable Syrians as they try to protect and provide for their families.
In Türkiye, the earthquakes impacted a region of 15 million people including among them many refugees from Syria. In Syria, 8.8 million people live in affected areas, including families that were already displaced from their homes by the country's long-running crisis, and already dealing with pre-existing large-scale humanitarian needs.
UNHCR is appealing for US$201.3 million to respond to the urgent needs of families impacted by the earthquakes in Syria and Türkiye.
In Bangladesh, the decrease in funding adds to the challenges Rohingya refugees face in terms of nutrition, shelter, sanitation, and livelihoods. With the dire situation entering its sixth year, efforts need to be redoubled to provide sustained financial support and solutions to the 978,000 Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi host communities. There is an urgent need for continued robust support for a response that is only funded in 10 percent.
“UNHCR is urgently calling for support to address the growing humanitarian needs of displaced people observing Ramadan facing increasing challenges across the world,” said Khaled Khalifa, Senior Advisor to the High Commissioner and UNHCR's Representative to Gulf Cooperation Council countries.“We are working tirelessly to ensure that those affected by war and displacement are provided with immediate and long-term relief.”
Since its inception in 2017, UNHCR's Refugee Zakat Fund has impacted the lives of more than six million beneficiaries in 26 countries, with Zakat and Sadaqah contributions.
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ATLANTA (Pajhwok): Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is using Afghanistan's soil for their attacks.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday, Sanaullah said it was a matter of concern that the TTP had taken responsibility for a suicide attack in Quetta.
The yesterday's attack in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, left four people dead and 20 others injured. The TTP has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sanaullah also claimed that TTP leaders and 5000 to 6000 members of the group were hiding in Afghanistan and using the country's soil against Pakistan.
“For Afghanistan, it should also be a matter of concern that the TTP is taking responsibility for recent attacks,” the minister said, adding that the caretaker government of Afghanistan had promised the international community that they would allow no one to stage attacks from Afghanistan in other countries.“But now this is happening”.
He said if Kabul desired positive interaction with the world, it should fulfill its promises.
Sanaullah is not the only Pakistani official to make such a claim. Previously Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made similar claims in the United Nations and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also said that international terrorists were hiding in Afghanistan.
The caretaker government of Afghanistan has not yet reacted to Sanaullah's statements, but earlier it had strongly rejected Shehbaz's and Bilawal's claims.
The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly said that Afghanistan's soil would not be allowed against any other country and there are no terrorist groups in the country.
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General Dynamics wins new Iraq Defense Contract
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General Dynamics Land Systems Inc ., Sterling Heights, Michigan, has been awarded a $15,249,189 modification (P00003) to contract W56HZV-21-C-0072 for logistics support services for M1A1SA Abrams tanks and M88A1/A2 recovery vehicles.
Work will be performed at Camp Taji, Iraq, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2022.
(Source: US Dept of Defense)
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SRINAGAR: J&K BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta while speaking to media persons said they told the Prime Minister that the time has come, for beginning a political process in Jammu and Kashmir post-August 5.
“Assembly election will be held after the delimitation process.”
Further, the former deputy CM added, “The process will come into effect about which people are hoping that they’ll get a representative government. Article 370 has been abrogated. It should not even be thought that it will ever come back.”
Former deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh added that: “Almost all political parties came to a consensus that there should be peace in J&K & a government should come through a democratic process. PM appealed to all the leaders that there would be peace only when everyone works together”.
“Delimitation will be done and after this, the further process will be undertaken. Delimitation Commission will hold discussions with everyone, after that things will move forward”, Singh added.
Meanwhile, J&K BJP Chief Ravinder Raina, said that the Prime Minister said that all steps will be taken for the development of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“All leaders of Jammu and Kashmir have been assured by PM Narendra Modi that all will work together for the future and betterment of J&K. PM Modi heard everyone and said that all steps will be taken for the development of the people of J&K”, said the J&K BJP chief while talking to reporters.
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BHUBANESWAR: The controversial Polavaram dam issue continued to rock the Assembly on Tuesday with the Congress and the BJP members criticising the state government for the lack of information on the project and demanded a white paper on it.
The people of the state are completely in the dark as to how the Polavaram project will affect Odisha, Leader of Opposition Narsingh Mishra said and asked the state government to issue a white paper with details on how much land and how many villages will be submerged.
Criticising the BJD for raising the issue for political gains, Mishra said that the Congress will support the ruling party on issues relating to state’s interest. He demanded that a discussion should be held in the house on the issue.
State BJP president K V Singhdeo also announced that his party would stand by the state government if Polavaram project would have any adverse impact on the tribals of Malkangiri district. But let the state government first place facts and data on the project in the house, he said.
Singhdeo said that the state government should let the MLAs know details about the discussion between a ministerial team from the state which visited Hyderabad in 2002 and the Andhra Pradesh Government on the project.
The issue was raised in the Assembly during zero hour when members cutting across party lines expressed their concern over the passage of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill which paved way for the construction of the Polavaram project over Godavari river despite Odisha’s Opposition.
Amar Prasad Satpathy (BJD) alleged that height of the proposed dam was increased arbitrarily.


The coronavirus pandemic, which sparked in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019, has already claimed more than 850,000 deaths among the 24.48 million people affected by Johns Hopkins University across the 188 countries and territories affected.
A total of 25,485,985 people became infected with the virus – about 260,000 more on the last day – of which more than half live in the three hardest hit countries – the US, Brazil and India – that have already seen 850,544 deaths, around 4,000 more than on Monday.
There are already 16.82 million people who have managed to overcome the disease. Brazil tops the list with just over 3.2 million patients cured, followed by India with more than 2.8 million and the United States with just over 2.1 million.
This last country remains the most affected by the pandemic in the world. On the last day, it caused more than 6 million infections and recorded more than 183,500 deaths, which also puts it at the top of this section.


Location of SDH changed in 2016 when police station was burnt down
Anantnag: Twelve years after it was sanctioned, the Sub-District Hospital (SDH) in Damhal Hanjipora (DH Pora) area of Kulgam district remains far from completion. Sources say that “political meddling” led to a change of location for the hospital when most of the construction had been completed already.
The SDH was sanctioned during the National Conference (NC)-Congress regime in the year 2008. Rs 16 crore was earmarked for the hospital and the construction was handed over to the Police Housing Board Corporation.
“A major chunk of construction was completed during the NC-Congress regime but a couple of years after the government changed in 2014, when the PDP took over the reins of the state, it was said that the hospital was unapproachable for the general public,” sources in the Health department told Kashmir Reader.
They said that the construction was left midway and a new spot was chosen for the hospital building. “The police station that was burnt down by protestors during the unrest of 2016 was chosen as the new location for the hospital, while the old hospital building was marked to be the new police station,” the sources said.
Locals allege that the decision had political connotations and there was no truth to the excuse that the building was unapproachable for the general public. “We have been suffering without a proper hospital building for decades now and we were happy when the new hospital was sanctioned. But I guess we might have to wait for another decade before the new building is completed now,” the residents lamented.
Local sources said that the work on the new building has been dismal, to say the least.
“Only columns have been erected and the work has been moving ever so slowly. If the same pace continues, we do not think the work will ever be completed,” the residents said.
Highly placed sources in the Health department acknowledged that the work has been going on slowly. They said that despite repeated nudges, the executing agency has been moving at its own pace.
“We have been sending them constant reminders but to no avail,” the sources in the Health department said.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam Showkat Ahmad said that he has visited the spot a couple of times and has taken stock of the ongoing work. “They have laid the concrete for the first floor as well. The work has been going on smoothly,” the DC said.
He said that bad weather has meant that the work has been suspended but it will be started soon as the weather gets better. “I will ensure its timely completion soon after the weather gets better,” he said.


UN launches $459m Pakistan floods appeal
Aid agencies in Pakistan have warned that many more people will die as floods inundate southern areas unless more international help comes.
The United Nations launched a fresh $459m appeal on Wednesday to help 14 million people affected by the deluge.
It says that so far about 1,600 people have been killed.
John Holmes, UN under-secretary general said the disaster was "one of the most challenging that any country has faced in recent years".


NAMSAI, 24 Sep: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has announced that power will be devolved to the panchayati raj institutions (PRI) by the end of this month.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, the CM said that the committee comprising senior officers which was formed to frame the rules has submitted its report.
“It will be tabled in the state cabinet. By this month, power will be devolved to the panchayat bodies,” said Khandu.
He acknowledged that the panchayats have not been fully empowered by successive governments. “But now we will empower them,” he said.


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Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) has said that the government’s sole focus should be on achieving double-digit economic growth in the next decade.
The NCC delegation led by its President Rajesh Kazi Shrestha met Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today and handed over an 18-point suggestion to him urging the government to declare the coming decade as ‘Decade of double-digit economic growth’.
Moreover, NCC made a commitment that the country’s private sector will join hands with the government to realise the set economic growth target.
The suggestion note incorporates numerous plans that the government and private sector should jointly initiate targeting various sectors including agriculture, energy, tourism and infrastructure, to achieve the desired economic growth.
Similarly, NCC has also suggested the government to adopt different measures to reduce the cost of doing business in the country, provide assurance of rule of law, improve industrial environment and to attract investment in different sectors.
“The private sector is optimistic that the new government will highly prioritise improving the business climate in the coming days and will focus on economic agenda over others,” Shrestha said, adding that country is bound to see accelerated economic growth following collaboration between the government and the private sector to identify the existing hurdles in the economy and solving them gradually.
Similarly, Shrestha also drew the government’s attention to the problem of double taxation being levied on goods that traders and manufacturers have been facing in the new federal system.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Oli said that the government has set a target to achieve double-digit economic growth within the first quarter of fiscal 2018-19 and vowed that the government will closely work with the private sector to achieve this target.
Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada, who was present at the meeting, also expressed commitment that the government would do the needful to implement all logical suggestions of NCC.


Explosive offense to key Lady Hornets
Scoring should not be a problem for the Frazee girls' basketball team, after returning a host of players who can put the ball in the bucket.
But the one Lady Hornet who brings in one of the most complete games in the area will be senior guard/post Alexis Tappe, who averaged 16 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game last year -- and she will be doing all that potentially from every position.
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Illinois Is One Signature Away From Ending the Death Penalty
If Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signs off on the legislation, Illinois will become the 16th state to eliminate the death penalty. The state has not executed anyone since 1999, after it was discovered that innocent convicts had been put to death.
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Governor Quinn’s spokeswoman, Annie Thompson, said the governor plans to review the legislation once it arrives at his desk. Quinn has said he supports the death penalty for the worst crimes. He has also said it is important that innocent people are not executed and that he would keep the moratorium in place.
State Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg, a Democrat who supported the ban, said he believes Quinn will “likely sign” the ban.
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The Oyo State House of Assembly has urged the state government to involve the public in the drafting of the annual budget.
In a motion yesterday, the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation Bills and Budgeting, Olusegun Olaleye, said in 100 surveys carried out by the International Budget Partnership (IBP) this year, the average score for public participation in the budget process was 19 out of 100.
He said only Lagos and Ekiti states have involved the public in the process.
Olaleye said public participation will help the government to be more responsive to the people’s needs, improve the public’s perception of the government and guarantee effective budget implementation.
He said: “Experience has shown that participatory budgeting will improve the government’s performance by providing better understanding of what the public expects from it.”
Other lawmakers supported the motion and the House resolved that the executive, through the Ministry of Economic Planning and Budgeting, should involve the public in the preparation of the 2014 budget through Town Hall meetings across the 33 local government areas.
It said input from civil society organisations should be welcome, adding that the Assembly would organise a public hearing during the consideration of the 2014 budget draft.


New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asked party workers from across the country, barring Punjab and Haryana, to come to Delhi to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.
In a tweet in Hindi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief also said that the party has to defeat the BJP in the capital.
“I request all the workers to take off from their job till elections. Barring Punjab and Haryana, workers from across the country should come to Delhi,” he said.
Delhi will vote on May 12 to elect seven members to the Lok Sabha.


Cong protests against auction of Kisaan Bhawan
The Congress on Wednesday protested against the state government decision to auction farmer rest house (Kisaan Bhawan) on the Ferozepur Road. The auction will take place on Thursday.Updated: Jan 14, 2015 23:23 IST
The Congress on Wednesday protested against the state government decision to auction farmer rest house (Kisaan Bhawan) on the Ferozepur Road. The auction will take place on Thursday.
Congress leaders, including member of Parliament Ravneet Singh Bittu, former minister Malkit Singh Dakha, senior leader KK Bawa and others, took part in the protest and demanded that the auction should not take place.
Even the Bharatiya Janata Party had recently staged a protest against the auction of the prime land of Kisaan Bhawan.
Bittu said the state of financial coffers of the government was evident from the desperation of the SAD-BJP government to auction various properties across Punjab through which they want to raise their income.
"Salaries of government employees have been blocked for past many months and now the government has come out with the way to sell prime lands to raise funds," alleged Bittu.
He said the BJP was also dramatising the situation by only protesting against the auction. "If they are serious about the issue, they could have come out of the alliance government immediately," said Bittu.
Senior Congress leader KK Bawa said the SAD-lead state government had failed miserably on every front.
He added that the industrial growth of the state had also declined and unemployment had increased. "Now the government wants to sell every land to raise funds," said Bawa.
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Korsmo elected vice president of NDSBA
Angela Korsmo has been elected vice president of the North Dakota School Boards Association. Korsmo, who has been a member of the West Fargo School Board since 1977, will serve on both boards concurrently, serving as an advocate for excellence in public education.
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Enugu to improve immunisation outcomes in local government areas of state
Enugu state commissioner for Health Fintan Ekochin has expressed state government’s concern to take necessary measures that will check the noticeable lapses to improve immunisation outcomes in all the local government areas of the state.
He pointed out that the state government was worried over prevailing decline in immunisation coverage in most local government areas of state.
According to the commissioner “Enugu State has the infrastructure and manpower resources to improve primary health care.”
Ekochin while speaking on the theme ‘Declining Immunisation upstate; threat to National Security and Development’, during the opening ceremony of the 2017 Physician’s Week organised by the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) promised the state’s readiness to collaborate with experts to create awareness and improve on the excise.
The commissioner said that Enugu was among the 19 states in the country with very worrisome immunisation feedback.
He said that the situation was so pathetic that 10 out of the 17 local government areas of the state were found wanting. He said that of the 10 affected councils, immunisation coverage in two were at zero level, those he said are Igboeze South and Aninri Local Government Areas, adding that women in the areas had refused to present their children for immunisation.
The commissioner said that the people needed the right information that would enable them participate in health programmes that were beneficial to them.
Ekochin said that the state government would soon enrol the services of specialists to render their services in primary health institutions.
In a remark, the Chairman of the occasion, Anthony Ugochukwu, said it was sad that some diseases which were hitherto preventable had resurfaced. Ugochukwu said that the situation could be attributed to non-participation of prospective beneficiaries in the immunisation exercises.
He said that health practitioners need to do more “as immunisation is at the core of our profession”. He said that the exercise was very important, adding that all stakeholders needed to find better means to make it penetrate the rural people that do not understand what immunisation means.
Ugochukwu said that the government needed to make immunisation attractive and something that the target audience would participate in.
The Chairman of the NMA in the state, Cajetan Onyedum, said that the event was organised to raise awareness on the declining immunisation update and other topical issues. Onyedum said that the state chapter of the NMA was ready to partner with the state government to ensure that the void in immunisation feedback was filled.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman announced today that the state of New Mexico has been awarded more than $1.7 million from the federal government to help low-income residents make their homes more energy efficient and resistant to extreme heating and cooling costs.
“Weatherizing is a great way to cut energy costs. But many families don’t have the resources to make such improvements,” Bingaman said. “This funding will help ensure more New Mexicans can be weatherized and help them save on heating and cooling costs.”
The funds announced today were provided through the U.S. Department of Energy and can be used for various measures that will improve the energy efficiency of homes. Those measures include adding insulation, reducing air filtration, servicing heating and cooling systems, and providing health and safety diagnostic services.


Army has always put the country on track: Musharraf
DUBAI (92 News) – Former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf has on Thursday said that it was the need of the circumstances whenever the martial law was imposed in the country.
In an interview with British Broadcasting Company, he said that the army has always put the country back on track but the civilians have taken the country of the track whenever they came in power.
The former president said that the people do not care whether its democracy, dictatorship or a kingdom. They just want jobs, prosperity and security and security, he added.
Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf said that there has always been a dictator behind all the developments in Asia, adding that Pakistan has always been put on track by the dictators.
He said that former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was guilty of breaking Pakistan not the army. “Former President Zia-ul-Haq’s Afghan policies were right,” he said.
“I took over the government of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on October 12,1999 on the insistence of the people,” the former president said. People always come to the army for rescue, he added.


Govt. has taken steps to ensure independence of legal system - Ravinath
June 13, 2017 09:26 am
Sri Lanka’s legal representative in Geneva, Ravinath Ariyasinghe stated that the government has taken many measures to ensure independence of the Judiciary and the Legislative systems.
He further added that many measures have been taken by the government that was elected into power in 2015 to ensure independence of the legal system, during the 35th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Furthermore, a report compiled by Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Monica Pinto was also presented at the session, on the Judicial and Legislative systems in the country.
Ariyasinghe stated that the report compiled by Pinto reflects how the country has adopted many positive rebuilding mechanisms towards protecting the independence of the legal system, and that the 19th amendment made to the constitution gives it predominance over other matters.
He added that many senior judges, along with members of the Legal and Judiciary committees in the country have been appointed independently.
Moreover, he stated that although the report compiled by Pinto stated that Court Judges were being influenced and pressured by the government, no such claims have arisen against the new government and that the government has taken steps to ensure the judges security and had given them more power.


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A teacher was attacked by the father of one of his students at a public school in Irbid on Monday, November 12.
Waleed al-Jallad, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, said that the ministry is closely following up on the incident that took place at Al Humma School in the Bani Kinanah District.
Jallad told Petra news agency that the teacher was taken to Al Yarmouk Governmental Hospital, without disclosing the severity of his health condition.
The official further condemned the parent’s actions and stressed that the ministry rejects such behaviour and any form of school violence, no matter the reasoning behind it.
Jallad confirmed that the ministry has instructed the Department of Legal Affairs to proceed with the necessary legal action against the aggressor.
Jordan has seen a rise in teacher-parent violence over the past several months.
In September, dozens of students violently attacked their school in Madaba, but that wasn’t the only unfortunate school-related incident to take place that week.
In Zarqa, it was parents who took their anger out on a school in the city of Dhlail.
Parents marched to their local Prince Abdullah School, broke in and assaulted the headmistress and teachers, as well as vandalized school property and forced the students to leave their classrooms.
At the time, the parents said that they attacked the school because they were “too upset that the school administrator had ignored their ongoing complaints until this day.”


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LAHORE: Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) Punjab Commissioner Afzaal Bhatti said that the commission had received more than 2,800 complaints from overseas Pakistanis so far, out of which 51 per cent had been redressed.
Speaking to a gathering of overseas Pakistanis living in Madina Munawwara (Saudi Arabia), he said that the OPC Punjab had developed a modern and effective system where all complaints are referred to the departments concerned and monitored electronically, says a handout released here.
OPC Vice Chairman Capt (R) Shaheen Butt said that overseas Pakistanis were playing a key role in strengthening the national economy. He said that Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif had constituted the OPC Punjab for resolving the problems of overseas Pakistanis on priority basis.
He further said that the government had great respect for those who were enhancing the image of the country through their hard work abroad. He said that overseas Pakistanis could contact the OPC Punjab for redress of their complaints.
President PML (N) Saudi Arabia Mirza Altaf and representatives of other political parties besides Additional Director General/ DIG Ahmed Mobin were also present on the occasion. APP