STAFF are celebrating after their teaching was given the thumbs-up at a pre-school.
Inspectors said the preschool had improved since its previous rating, which was satisfactory in 2009.
They praised good quality teaching, which encouraged children to learn, and the good relationships between the staff and pupils. Ofsted also said parents were fully involved with the pre-school and were well informed about their progress.
Management and staff were praised for monitoring the nursery well and carrying out thorough evaluations and inspectors also said children were safe.
In order to improve further staff have been told to focus on putting forward more opportunities for children to investigate and explore.
The pre school was inspected in May, with the findings published yesterday.


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Germany's business outlook brightened further as the recession many had feared after Russia attacked Ukraine looks increasingly likely to be avoided.
A gauge of expectations by the Ifo institute rose to 86.4 in January from 83.2 the previous month. That's the fourth consecutive improvement and a bigger increase than economists had anticipated. A measure of current conditions slipped, however.
'The German economy is starting the new year with more confidence,” Ifo President Clemens Fuest said Wednesday in a statement.
The survey is the latest evidence signaling a better near-term outlook for the euro area's largest economy. Natural gas prices have fallen from record levels amid mild winter weather and well-filled storages, raising hope that the hottest inflation in decades may ease sooner than previously anticipated.
The government in Berlin now sees gross domestic product growing 0.2% this year, rather than the 0.4% contraction predicted in October, according to people familiar with projections to be presented later Wednesday.
The Bundesbank has also said output more or less stagnated, rather than shrank, in the final three months of 2022. Fourth-quarter figures are due Jan. 31.
Surveys of purchasing managers by S&P Global also revealed that the service sector returned to expansion in January for the first time since June, while inflation pressure eased. Manufacturing, however, continued to endure falling demand.
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A majority of Americans say that the Senate should vote to convict and remove President Trump, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
The survey, which was released on Monday, a day before the Senate impeachment trial convenes, found that 51 percent of Americans are in support of the Senate voting to convict and remove Trump. Forty-five percent of respondents said the Senate should vote against conviction and 4 percent said they had no opinion.
Opinions on Senate removal divide strongly along party lines, with 89 percent of Democrats endorsing conviction and removal and 89 percent of Republicans saying they oppose it. Forty-eight percent of independent respondents said the Senate should vote to convict Trump, while 46 percent said they should not.
Meanwhile, 69 percent of respondents said that the impeachment trial should include testimony from witnesses who did not testify amid the House impeachment inquiry. Just 26 percent of respondents said that the trial should not include new witnesses. Republicans were divided on the issue with 48 percent saying the trial should include new witnesses.


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It’s often been said — but certainly bears repeating — that Brainerd Community Education serves the entire Brainerd Public Schools community from babies to senior citizens. During the 2010-2011 school year alone, Community Education served more than 10,800 students and adults. 10,800!
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With the state of New York picking up the tab for the federal workers, it was announced that Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty would be open for visitors on Monday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo made the said announcement on Sunday afternoon.
The said sites have been closed because of the shutdown of the federal government of the United States.
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The Democratic Cuomo says that the said sites are important to the tourism industry of the state, so the state will spend around $65,000 per day for the federal employees who are operating the sites. He says that the revenue that will be gained will more than offset the costs.
He says that the state will shoulder the operating expenses for the duration of the shutdown, and the said sites will be open every day.
During the last government shutdown in 2013, New York had the same arrangement.


President Hassan Rouhani’s Chief of Staff Mohammad Nahavandian said on Monday that one of the main measures taken by the government to improve business conditions was shattering arbitrary sanctions on the country.
‘Anti-Iran sanctions prevented Iranian merchants from properly engaging in economic activities, but we would witnessing their more active participation in global markets in the future,’ Nahavandian said addressing a conference in Tehran on improving business conditions.
He said that the strategy of Iranian economy in the upcoming years is ‘Economy of Resistance’ which has its roots in its popular foundations.
Underlining the need to pay due attention to the private sector, Nahavandian said that the government is determined to support small and medium-range businesses.
However, he noted that major companies will also need to receive support from the government in urgent cases.


Transpersonal counselling courses can cost up to $1,000 each, according to a new report.
The new research, released by the National Mental Health Commission (NMHC), found that most counselling services offered by mental health agencies were unaffordable for people with low incomes.
The NMHC’s report found that just 3 per cent of the mental health services in NSW were provided by non-government organisations, while about 12 per cent were provided from within government-run organisations.
The organisation said the figures were “particularly concerning” because mental health patients were more likely to be struggling financially than those who were not, particularly when it came to rent and utilities.
But NMHCC director of public affairs and public affairs Paul O’Connell said it was important to remember that most mental health problems were complex and were not fixed by the state.
“A lot of the services we provide are not aimed at helping people who are financially disadvantaged,” he said.
“It’s not for people who don’t have the means or the ability to pay.”
The report said many services were not available to people who were currently living in poverty and could be more effective in reducing their financial burden.
For example, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which provides financial support to people living in disadvantage, did not provide financial counselling services for people living on less than $25,000 per year.
Mr O’Connor said mental health professionals needed to be better trained to make mental health treatment accessible to people on less income.
“The vast majority of people who go to mental health have a low income,” he explained.
“People who have a lower income tend to be people with mental health issues, and often the mental illness itself is causing some of the problems.”‘
We need a different approach’The NMAI said it had seen a decline in the number of people living with mental illness, particularly those with mental illnesses that were untreated.
The group said that the majority of those people were likely to have suffered a mental health problem themselves.
“We need to recognise that mental health and mental illness can have impacts on every single person, and it is important that we work together to make sure we are addressing all of those issues so that we don’t continue to put people in harm’s way,” Ms Pate said.
She said that while the NMAE did not have a particular focus on mental health, it would continue to focus on making mental health a priority for all Australians.
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According to reports, a police mobile was on routine patrol when it was targeted in Batatal area of the provincial capital.
Heavy contingent of police and rescue workers rushed to the area and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital. Sources said that two of them were in critical condition.
Police told that nature of the blast was yet to be ascertained. They said that the incident took place in a market adjacent to tribal area where security always remained strict.


Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari at Transport Bhavan, New Delhi on Monday and discussed with him various issues pertaining to highways and dry port.
Ministers Tummala Nageshwar Rao, K. Tarakarama Rao and party MPs accompanied the Chief Minister.
Speaking to media persons after the meeting, R&B Minister Tummala said that the Chief Minister had requested the Union Minister to assure in principle the works to be taken up for laying four-lane national highways and other projects.
He said that the State Government has submitted detailed project reports (DPRs)to the Centre for various projects and is awaiting the Centre’s aid for taking up these projects.
He said that the CM has also taken up the issue of dry port with the Union Minister.
Nageshwar Rao said that the Chief Minister has urged the Union Minister to take up the issue of land acquisition with Defence ministry for road widening from Paradise Circle to Bowenpally in Secundrabad.
The CM also urged the Centre to take up road laying works in naxal hit areas in the Centre at the earliest.
The R&B minister said that the state government has urged the Centre to felicitate the land acquisition for various road works like road widening for highways passing through rural areas.
The minister said that Union Minister Gadkari had assured the state of all help and promised to take up the pending projects at the earliest.
In a related development a delegation led by KTR met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and sought Centre’s help for various projects in the state.
Sources said that the minister has sought funds for the road works to be taken up in Hyderabad. Tummala, MP Vinod Kumar and others accompanied KTR. (INN)


Recently, Gailani at a meeting in Islamabad said that the Afghan government provides the context for India to interfere in Pakistan using Afghanistan soil.
In reaction, the Directorate of National Security (NDS) declared Gailani’s remarks had been against the national interests and that the matter should be referred to judicial institutions.
According to Afghanistan’s constitution, any of the citizens who take measures against the national interests will be prosecuted.
Afghan analysts stress that the government should prevent such remarks against the national interest; otherwise the foreign countries will intensify their interventions.
Earlier, Afghan senators also urged the government to take legal action against Gailani’s claims that the government provides context for India to interfere in Pakistan using Afghan soil.


Speaking at a rally, Deputy National Campaign Director for the DPP Samuel Philimoni said the party has proven that it can deliver and the trust that people have built makes it the only eligible party to continue ruling the country for next five years.
Philimoni said the party will continue to mobilize support during this campaign period and remind people of the developmental activities that the DPP led government has implemented saying the party will continue to drive the country in to the right direction is as far as development is concerned.
“This is the right time for us as a nation to look into the achievements that we have made and look forward to more achievements. As a party, we pledge to continue giving you life changing development such as good road networks that will improve the socio-economic development of the people,” said Philimoni.
One of the members of the National Governing Council in the DPP Dean Josiah Banda said President Professor Peter Mutharika deserves to be given a chance as he is the only one who can continue to take Malawi to another level.
“We can bear testimony to the many achievements that government under President Mutharika has achieved. We have seen a tremendous transformation of the nation during the 5 years that DPP has been in power. The President will continue to give us such developments as we continue to rule the country after 21st May 2019,” said Josiah Banda.
During the rally, Gray Kapute was unveiled as the shadow MP for Lilongwe South West who will represent the ruling DPP in the forth coming tripartite elections and said time has come for the area to develop to its full potential as the opposition has failed to bring development to the people.
Such kinds of rallies are initiatives organized by the Democratic Progressive Party as a way of bringing the party to the people and appreciate the grassroots structure of the party.


Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay takes a dig at CM KCR over rise in corona cases
Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay lashed out at the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao over the rise in the coronavirus cases in the state.
"The government is trying to manipulate the people by stating that the cases have been increased due to the Ganesh immersion processions," the BJP leader said speaking to media persons on Sunday. He also said that the government joined hands with the corporate hospitals which are charging excessive medical bills on the coronavirus patients.
He continued that the government has taken action only on two private hospitals but there are still some hospitals which are overcharging the patients.
Sanjay also took a jibe at the Chief Minister for not supporting the farmers who lost their crops due to the floods. He also lamented that the government had ignored the teachers and the employees and demanded the government to implement the Pay Revision Commission's (PRC) recommendations for government employees.


Dan DiDio has said that social media makes DC Comics look more chaotic.
Speaking at the DC Retailer Roadshow in New York, the co-publisher said that creative changes are always happening in comics, reports Read Comic Books.
He said that the dissemination of information through social media simply makes these changes more apparent.
DC has struggled through numerous creative changes since its New 52 relaunch in 2011, including incidents where creators announced for titles have left before they have began their run.
It was also revealed that DC will be losing money on its September Villain Month issues due to the printing costs of its lenticular covers.


Nasr to continue efforts to lure more investors
Sunday، 19 February 2017 - 01:31 PM
Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr said on Saturday 18/2/2017 that she will continue efforts to finalize the investment law and measures aiming to facilitate business for investors.
In a press release after her meeting with Prime Minister Sherif Ismail at the Cabinet headquarters, the minister said the investment law will be activated and efforts will be intensified to pump more investments on the Egyptian market.
She also underlined that she will discuss with investors all obstacles facing them and visit foreign countries to promote investment to Egypt.
She asserted that the government will continue to implement the economic reform program for enhancing investment climate and cooperation with investors.


EPIDEMIOLOGIST Dr Avery Hinds said that adults who were positive with covid19 spread the virus to students.
He was speaking Monday at the virtual covid19 briefing.
He said there were a couple of school exposures that were related to adults and they exposed school-age children which then led to closure of schools.
"It is the responsibility of adults to protect their families, including the younger ones, from exposure and potential spread of covid19."
He said that the settings where transmission has occurred were shared household spaces, workplaces, social settings, bars and other settings where people gathered. He stressed that health officials were asking and "begging" for people to follow the recommendations including mask wearing, hand washing and sanitising.
"Any place where you don't have adherence to these practices (you may have transmission)."
Hinds reported that social settings have been found as a link between local covid19 cases that were initially thought not to be linked. He said that health officials will continue with contact tracing, swabbing, quarantine and sanitising.


(MENAFN- Promotions Redefined) Gujarat's very own premium Gujarati content streaming platform, 'OHO GUJARATI,' recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. It kept us entertained throughout the year with various shows consisting of all different genres that were accepted and liked by people of various ages.
After one year of the release of VitthalTeedi, Director Abhishek Jain comes out with his next big directorial Missing which is currently shooting.
“Missing” a series starring Yash Soni and Deeksha Joshi, will be a suspense thriller that addresses social issues and the drama surrounding kidnapping incidents. The actors' performances are also stunning, and we will see them in an entirely different persona than the ones they have portrayed previously, as the teaser suggests. The issues that the story appears to touch on are essential to discuss, and we are delighted that these daring, adventurous, and dynamic cinematic pieces are now being produced in Gujarati.
This series is set to release in August 2022.
Abhisekh Jain shares his thoughts about the show 'Missing' -
"A script that spoke to me and left everyone awestruck during the narrations is, “missing”. Missing is not based on a real story but is inspired by many real stories. Until now, we've created relatable, heart-warming, and amusing stories that society would accept, but now it's time to see our reflection as a part of society. Missing will reveal the unpleasant reality."
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KATHMANDU, Aug 15: Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has urged its members to support containment measures and other health protocols introduced by all three tiers of the government to combat COVID-19.
Issuing a statement on Friday, FNCCI—the umbrella organization of businesses and industries—has also said that the private sector should also work to fulfill its own responsibility during the pandemic. It also asked its members to support the government for the successful implementation of all programs, plans and announcements.
“The federal, provincial and local governments are continuously working actively to control coronavirus infection for the health safety of the public,” read the statement. “We would like to express our commitment as well as assure that the FNCCI will provide the support on all initiatives taken by all three levels of the government in this regard,” the FNCCI said in the statement.
The statement of the FNCCI comes in the wake of a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, prompting governments to reimpose a number of containment measures.
While the federal government has not imposed complete nation-wide lockdown as in the past, sub-national governments have been introducing measures including closure of various businesses in the areas that have witnessed huge numbers of COVID-19 cases.
The FNCCI has asked its members to support the government in the implementation of those containment measures citing that the health safety was undoubtedly the first priority during the pandemic.
The FNCCI has also expressed its commitment to mobilize its nation-wide network in all the programs of the federal, provincial and local governments to combat the spread of coronavirus. It also urged its members to not rely only on the government during this sensitive time and take necessary measures to prevent infection and slow the transmission rate.


(MENAFN) On Saturday, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will be stationing tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, marking the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow will have based such arms outside the country. President Alexander Lukashenko has long raised the issue of putting tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which borders Poland. Putin stated that such a move would not violate nuclear non-proliferation agreements, as the US had stationed nuclear weapons on the territory of European allies.
Putin emphasized that the agreement would not violate international obligations on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Russia will not be transferring control of the arms to Minsk, he added. Russia will have completed the construction of a storage facility for the weapons in Belarus by July 1.
The development is significant, as Russia had until now been boasting that unlike the US, it did not deploy nuclear weapons outside its borders. Experts say that the move is part of Putin's game to try to intimidate NATO, as Belarus has borders with three NATO members - Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia.
Hans Kristensen, director of the nuclear information project at the Federation of American Scientists, stated that there is no military utility from doing this in Belarus as Russia has so many of these weapons and forces inside Russia.
The move to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus has raised concerns among neighboring countries and international organizations. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that the alliance would closely monitor the situation and called on Russia to be transparent about its military activities.
The deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is a significant development that could have far-reaching consequences for international security. It is important for all parties involved to exercise caution and engage in dialogue to prevent an escalation of tensions in the region.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Advisor to the Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui on Thursday said that India seemed perplexed and firing on the Line of Control (LoC) was result of its confusion.
He stated this during a meeting with Speaker Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Assembly Ghulam Qadir here at National History and Literary Heritage Division.
Advisor to the Prime Minister said that Indian leadership had lost its senses as India had been exposed before the world.
He said that Pakistan was fully capable to give an effective response to the irresponsible and aggressive stance.
He said that the whole nation was united and prepared for the defence of the country.
Irfan Siddiqui said that every brave soldier and officer of Pakistan Army was committed to the defence of their country.
He said that the people of Occupied Kashmir had firm determination for getting freedom from the Indian occupation.
The Indian atrocities could not stop struggle for freedom, he added.
Speaker AJK Assembly Shah Ghulam Qadir said that Pakistan and Kashmiri children were also ready to fight India, adding that firing on Line of Control had exposed India.
He said that Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif strongly presented the issue of Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly which was commendable. Kashmiris, he added, thanked him for support extended by the government of Pakistan.


Citizens in Canada have been advised by their government to avoid foreign travel over the Christmas holidays, saying the Omicron variant of Covid “makes us fear the worst,” including soaring infections and travel disruptions.
If the cases keep rising, public health restrictions will be imposed soon, while the travel advisory will be re-evaluated in four weeks. Covid testing of travellers at Canadian airports will be increased. Last year during the year-end holiday season, all arriving travellers to Canada were required to quarantine for 14 days.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told a news conference that now is not the time to travel because the rapid spread of the Covid variant on the global scale is making the government apprehensive. Mr Duclos also said that the information currently available suggests a significant resurgence of infections, even without taking into account the new Omicron variant.
Earlier at an emergency meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had proposed closing the border, but the measure was roundly rejected by provincial leaders.
The World Health Organization has also warned countries about the rapid spread of the variant, asking them to try to impose measures to slow its spread.


Putin: World approaching "global catastrophe" over North Korea
05 Sep 2017
Speaking at the closure of the BRICS summit in Beijing, which hosted the leaders of Brazil, India, China, and South Africa, Russian leader Vladimir Putin condemned North Korea's nuclear tests and warned the world of an approaching "global catastrophe".
In light of Pyongyang's latest nuclear tests, he cautioned against "military hysteria", and said that the only way to avoid crisis is through diplomacy.
Military hysteria would not be the way to go
"We know that North Korea has nukes, we also know that North Korea has long-range artillery...So we think that this military hysteria will not lead to good results. It could lead to global catastrophe with lots of victims," said the Russian leader.
UN sanctions won't work, says Putin
Putin said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had realized that the only way to ensure the continuity of his regime was through the development of nuclear weapons.
The Russian leader also holds an opinion that UN sanctions against North Korea would be "useless and ineffective" owing to the North Korean dictator's bullish outlook.
Kim would starve his people than see regime overthrown
"They will eat grass but they will not turn away from the path that will provide for their security," added Putin, saying that the North Korean leader would rather starve his people than see his regime overthrown.
Pyongyang claims to have detonated a hydrogen bomb
On Sunday, North Korea claimed to have carried its sixth nuclear test with a hydrogen bomb.
Although its claims have not been independently confirmed, seismological data indicated that a powerful bomb had indeed been detonated - the most powerful one yet by Pyongyang.
North Korea also claims that it now has the capability to mount thermonuclear warheads on long-range ICBMs to strike the US.
Tensions escalate in the Korean peninsula following nuclear test
Following Pyonyang's nuclear test, the US ambassador to the United Nations said that Kim Jong-un was "begging for war".
Meanwhile, the South Korean navy conducted live-fire drills today to check its "immediate operational readiness". The South Korean airforce and army also conducted joint drills.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in also spoke to Donald Trump about the payload weight of South Korea's ballistic missiles.
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Bhubaneswar, Mar 24: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation(BMC) and Commissionerate Police have expedited the drive to penalise people not wearing masks.
The decision to expedite the drive was taken after a surge in number of Covid-19 cases across the State.
“Being concerned over the surging of Covid-19 cases in the city and around,the BMC has intensified awareness campaign on use of mask. It is going to ensure strict implementation of Covid-19 protocol across Bhubaneswar, said Deputy Commissioner, BMC Subhendu Sahu. He also said that mass testing will be conducted at hostels in the state capital.
Besides, the Commissionerate Police has started its special drive to detect violation of Covid-19 guidelines. Newly joined Police Commissioner Saumendra Kumar Priyadarshi took the lead in the drive near Master Canteen area on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Umashankar Dash said that the drive will be intensified in busy market areas.


Thousands rally against stricter gun control in US
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gun advocates — some with rifles slung across shoulders or pistols holstered at the hip — have rallied peacefully in state capitals nationwide against President Barack Obama's sweeping federal gun-control proposals.
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QUETTA: The judicial tribunal on the Kharotabad incident has found Col Faisal Shahzad of Frontier Corps, former Quetta police chief Daud Junejo and other FC and police personnel guilty of killing five foreigners and recommended legal action against them.
The tribunal submitted its report to Chief Minister Aslam Raisani who has ordered that the report be made public and its recommendations implemented.
Although the provincial government has not yet made the report public, sources said the tribunal observed that former capital city police officer Daud Junejo, Col Faisal Shahzad, SHO of Airport Police Station Fazlur Rehman and ASI Raza Khan were directly responsible for firing on the foreigners and suggested action against them.
The report said that FC and police exceeded their powers in taking action against the four Russian and one Tajik nationals. The tribunal, however, said that the foreigners were well-trained terrorists and had entered Pakistan illegally.
Videos presented before the tribunal confirmed that the foreigners had received terrorism training. But, the report said the five foreigners were unarmed, had no suicide jackets and had no plan to attack police and Frontier Corps when they were killed. They could have been arrested, the report said.
It said the firing by security personnel was unjustified.
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Turkish plane makes emergency landing in Sudan after bomb threat
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KHARTOUM, Nov 30 (KUNA) -- A Turkish Airlines plane has made an emergency landing Thursday, after a British passenger onboard reportedly received an email containing a bomb threat.
The aircraft, which was carrying about 107 passengers, was bound to Cairo from Nairobi, landed at Khartoum airport after receiving the threat while over Sudan's airspace, spokesman of the Sudanese civil aviation Abdulhafeth Aduraheem told KUNA.
All of the passengers have been evacuated; the process of examining the aircraft and the investigation is still ongoing. (end) mmm.ss
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ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Monday said that the provisional government is committed to make every citizen of the province computer literate.
With the connection of ‘World Computer Literacy Day’, he said in a statement that information technology is need of the hour and it is not possible to move forward without attaining computer literacy.
He emphasized the importance of E-Literacy and the changing pattern of communication and technology and its various effects in the fields of education, employment and health, Private channel/ Radio Pakistan reported.
Chief Minister said that the provincial government by digitizing land record authority has succeeded in getting rid of ‘patwari culture’ and it will expand the scope of e-libraries across Punjab gradually.
Usman Buzdar has said that the present government has made all-out efforts to put the country of the right direction.
CM Usman Buzdar said that the conspiracies to destabilize the country will be failed. He added that the country is heading towards sustainable developments under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan.


Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman has confirmed 2,979 new cases of COVID-19 infection and 81 new fatalities in 24 hours, reporting the highest figures in weeks.
Kianoush Jahanpour said on Monday that the new cases of infection increase the total number of infections to 154,445.
He said the new fatalities also raise the overall death toll to 7,878.
According to the spokesman, 121,004 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19, but 2,578 are in severe conditions of the disease.
He said so far 955,865 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country.


Syrian film wins best Arab film award
(MENAFN) The Syrian short narrative film "On the Roof of Damascus" was awarded as the Best Arab Film Award at Int'l Forum of Cinema against Terrorism in Erbil, Iraq.
The film was written by scenarist Samer Mohammad Ismail, produced by the General Establishment for Cinema and directed by al-Mohannad Kalthoum.
The film talks about people who live a virtual life as they can't achieve their dreams in the real life which evolved to the worse since the beginning of the war on Syria, yet they decide to keep living in the country despite all types of destruction and death around them.
Director Kaltkoum expressed happiness over several consecutive successes which indicate the development of film-making industry in Syria despite war and terrorism, according to SANA.
46 Arab and foreign films participated in the three-day festival in its third edition.
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Ukraine's agricultural exports up 31 percent
(MENAFN) Ukraine's agriculture exports surged 32 percent in the last six months, attributed to the sound development of the agricultural industry, Xinhua reported.
During the period, Ukraine has considerably boosted its supplies of grain, meat and sunflower oil abroad, especially to the European Union and some Asian countries.
The agricultural sector has seen a 16 percent increase in the output since the beginning of the year, significantly boosting the exports, according to Ukraine's Prime Minister.
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Mizoram launches mobile app for farmers
Aizawl, July 10 (PTI): The Mizoram government has launched a mobile application for farmers to give them the latest agricultural related information, an official said.
Agriculture minister C Lalrinsanga, who launched the App on Thursday, said that the state government has been making massive efforts to alleviate the difficulties faced by farmers, who have been greatly affected by the coronavirus induced lockdown.
He expressed hope that the new mobile application will be of great help to the farmers.
Lalrinsanga said that the ‘farmers helpline’, which was launched in April, has greatly benefitted the farmers.
He said that technological and mechanical innovations are highly important to augment farmers income.
The agriculture minister said that technology and mechanisation will ease and help the farmers in different ways.
He said that maize cultivation is being practised in a massive way for the first time in the state under the states flagship programme – Socio-Economic Development Policy (SEDP).
The newly launched mobile application will have various features, including information on cultivation of various crops, maximum requirement for seeds and estimated total production in first cultivation, and protection of crops from pest infestation.
The application is available in google playstore.


Aero India will be gateway to invest in defence sector: Rajnath
Bengaluru: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that the 13th Aero India would help India rank among the top five countries of the world in defence and aerospace industries with active participation of the public and private sectors.
Speaking at the round table virtual conference on Aero India here, Singh said the country needs to strengthen the defence system for peace.
“Aero India 2021 aims to make India self-reliant in defence production as the country houses one of the largest defence manufacturing sectors. Due to the latest defence policies, we have enabled aerospace industries from design to production,” he explained.
He further added that Aero India is one of the major exhibitions for aerospace and defence industries.
The Defence Minister said that the country has a large pool of technically qualified human resources for developing defence manufacturing hubs.
“With Aero India 2021, the Central government intends to make India one of the five leading countries in the aircraft and spacecraft industry. Besides, the Aero India show can also be utilised for government-to-government discussions,” Singh said.
Apart from this, the defence industry and research organisations can also exploit the opportunities by participating in the event, he said.
Singh claimed that numerous government reform measures such as increasing FDI to 74 per cent through automatic routes in the defence sector could prove to be a step forward in achieving the goals.


Three persons have been arrested for allegedly gangraping a 15-year-old minor in Assam’s Goalpara district, police said on Tuesday.
The accused have been identified as Mamud Alam, Akkas Ali and Azibul Hoque, police said.
According to police, the incident happened on October 1, while the family lodged a complaint on October 3.
The incident took place in the Agia area which falls under the Agia police station in the Goalpara district.
“Yesterday we received a complaint about the incident and we immediately started investigation. Today, we have arrested all the three accused,” said Anurag Sarma, Deputy Superintendent of Police of Goalpara district.
He also said that the victim girl was gang-raped by the accused while she was returning from school. The police informed that the victim’s friend was beaten and the victim was gang-raped.
The police have registered the case at the Agia police station.
Further investigation on the matter is on. (ANI)


Patriots' season ends at regionals
The West Fargo Patriots legion baseball team saw its season come to an end on Friday after two tough losses to Nebraska teams in the regional tournament in Fargo.
The Pats started the tournament on Thursday against Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.), but struggled on defense, gave up 14 runs in the first two innings and lost 15-4 after seven innings.
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BizTimes: Female-owned businesses on the rise in Wisconsin
Women-owned businesses have increased eight percent in five years
The number of women-owned businesses in Wisconsin is on the rise, according to an annual report from American Express.
Our partners at the BizTimes report that businesses owned by women have increased more than 8 percent since 2007, and up 17 percent since 2002.
The state’s 121,800 women-owned businesses have 155,400 employees and is expected to have total sales of $23.09 million this year.


Karnataka Police Constable Recruitment: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Saturday that 16000 policemen will be recruited in the state during the next three years.
During the inauguration of the new police housing complex here, Mr. Bommai said that six thousand vacancies have already been filled this year and 16 thousand vacancies will be filled for the next three years which will further strengthen the police force. Apart from this, recruitment will be done in a transparent manner.
He said on the conclusion of the ‘Dark Web’ case that the police department has been able to get success about the international drug mafia in the state and is the first in the country.
He said that four FSL state of the art investigation centers in Belagavi, Mysuru, Mangaluru and Kalaburagi would be launched and would help in detecting cyber crime cases. He also directed the officials to pay serious attention to those involved in communal violence.


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Doha: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) H E Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi received separately yesterday a copy of the credentials of H E Satoshi Maeda as Ambassador of Japan to Qatar, H E Safraz Ahmed Shaddoud as Ambassador of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to Qatar, H E Armen Sarkissian as Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Qatar and H E Marcelo Gilardoni as Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to Qatar. The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wished the new ambassadors success in performing their duties, assuring them of providing all support to advance bilateral relations to closer cooperation in various fields.
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President Nasheed has said that the government was committed to increase its income and reduce expenditure. The President made this statement while speaking to the people of Hirilandhoo this morning.
Speaking to the people, the President said that the objective of this visit was to inform the people on the benefits of government policies and shared with the people details of the developmental projects planned for Hirilandhoo. He noted that the repair of the island jetty would begin within the next two to three months. He also said that construction of 30 flats would commence this year in Hirilandhoo, under the project to provide housing on instalment basis.
The President also said that the government has undertaken regionalization process where the administration of atoll would eventually be decentralized. In this regard, he said that the atolls have now been divided in to seven provinces and he would appoint a State Minister to the South Central Province in the coming week.
During his visit, the President was also presented a plaque by the people of Hirilandhoo. The plaque was presented to the President by the Island Councillor Mr Mohamed Shakeeb.


Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has advised the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) to rethink its alliance with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.
While talking to the media Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the federal government is not solving the problems of Karachi and “making the lives of Karachi’s residents difficult.”
PTI government is committing economic murder of the people of the Province, he added.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the agricultural policy has not yet been introduced by the government. Pakistan was also importing wheat during the Musharraf era.
He further said that PTI government rigged the elections so the government would have to go home.
the government had taken a serious approach in building the economic team, people were brought in from outside the FBR.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said how would the tax be collected if the FBR is sent to holidays?
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken U-turn from various public welfare commitments, including jobs and houses, and hope that the issue of IG Sindh will be resolved mutually by Prime Minister and the Chief Minister.


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BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphanvanh will play in a “Friendship Golf Competition” on March 28 in Vietnam, said Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce of Cambodia.
The Minister Cham Prasidh said Prime Minister Hun Sen initiated the “Friendship Golf Competition” with support from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphanvanh.
“This is the first time that the golf competition between three countries will be organized to take place in Vietnam,” he said. “The main objective of the competition is raise for funds in order to help the poor people and vulnerable groups by providing the eye treatment for poor people and heart operations for poor children as well as helping homeless people, orphaned children, the elderly and other people who have suffered from natural disasters in the three countries.”
Prasidh said Prime Minister Hun Sen, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphanvanh and other high-ranking officials from three countries will attend the competition. He added that the competition will be aired live on state-run television in all three countries.
According to estimation, more 200 golfers from the three countries will participate in the first-ever competition, Prasidh said. It will take place at the Long Thanh Gulf Club in Hanoi.
“This event will also provide opportunity for at least 50 to 70 professional golf players from each of the three countries as well as their sponsors to participate in the competition. It will also to strengthen the solidarity and friendship among the three countries,” Prasidh said.
Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, said that golf competition will promote local and international tourism within Cambodia, Vietnam and Lao PDR. He also agreed with Prasidh that the competition will strengthen diplomatic relations and increase the bond of friendship that exists among the countries.


OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Health officials plan to impose a new mask mandate in Omaha to slow the spread of COVID-19 as surging virus cases continue to strain hospital capacity in the state.
Douglas County Health Director Lindsay Huse said Tuesday that the new mandate will take effect Wednesday.
Huse said she hopes the measure will help give hospitals the “breathing room they need.”
The state said the number of people hospitalized with the virus continues to grow this week and hit 635 on Monday.
Hospital officials have said they worry that number will soar in the next couple weeks because of the rapid spread of the highly contagious omicron variant of the virus.


Kerala records 97 new Covid-19 positive cases on Thursday, taking the state’s tally to 1,358, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The immediate hike in Kerala has observed due to a large number of expatriates returned to their homeland.
Vijayan said this rise was expected as people are coming back from abroad and within the country in good numbers.
“So far 2,79,687 from abroad and within the country have come and more will be coming. It has been decided to train more people in the health sector and it would include those retired from health services, those who are qualified and unemployed and even final year students would be drafted to augment the present system,” he said.
Vijayan also said that in view of a large number of the diaspora waiting to return, the state government will take up with the various airlines and also the Centre and the embassies to see that tests are conducted before the people boards the aircraft.
“We will provide these kits to the various countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. In UAE and Qatar, there are already facilities for testing those who are flying back,” he added.
On Thursday, a 28-year-old state government employee – a driver in the state Excise Department at Kannur – who had tested Covid positive last week, died, taking the total toll to 21 in the state.
Vijayan also that at present 1,26,829 people are in isolation at homes, corona care centres and 1,967 of them in various hospitals.
He also said 4,817 samples were sent for testing, taking the total samples that have been tested to 1,69,035.


Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 390 new confirmed cases of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in the Kingdom.
Official Spokesman of the Ministry of Health Dr. Mohammed Al-Abdulaali said that the daily reported number brings the total number of confirmed cases to 380,572, including 2,695 active cases receiving necessary medical care.
“There are 515 critical cases, while the health condition of the rest is stable,” the spokesman added.
Dr. Al-Abdulaali also said that 306 new recoveries have been recorded, bringing the total recoveries to 371,338 cases.
“Five new deaths have been reported, bringing the death tally to 6,539,” the report added.
The number of people who received the COVID-19 vaccine in the Kingdom reached 1,514,501, Dr. Al-Abdulaali concluded.


KOLKATA: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra
on Saturday said that offers worth Rs 31,000 crore in the state were nearing completion.
Speaking at the annual regional meeting of CII
here, he said that the state was among the top in terms of MSME
investments and a major job provider.
He said that a MoU had been signed between the West Bengal government and state-owned GAIL
in a city gas project where the former would have 26% equity.
Informing the investing community, he said that West Bengal had the second largest deposit in coal at Deocha-Pachami in the country.
Mitra said that state plan expenditure had increased manifold since the Trinamool
government assumed office as well as capital expenditure.
There is a 40% CAGR
in physical infrastructure and 49% growth in state plan size, he said.


It has been revealed that the riot at the Mahara Prison was initiated by an inmate named ‘Bossa’ who was imprisoned in connection with a double murder. According to sources investigators are now looking at his actions on the day which they believe led to the unrest in the prison.
Investigations have revealed that the inmate, nicknamed ‘Bossa’, had come with another group and had apprehended two workers who were working at the hospital’s pharmacy at the time, had presented a list of drugs and had taken the drugs by force.
The Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched an investigation into the incident. It has been revealed that after taking the drugs, they had gone to the Superintendent of Prisons’ office and found two old swords which were artifacts and started a brawl.Police sources further told Lankasara that further investigations are being carried out into the drugs taken by the detainees
It has also been revealed that they had protested asking for treatment of those infected with the Covid 19 virus and the need for PCR tests.


An aspiring hunter is going to need to be prepared to go into the bush to hunt and a bit more.
Key points:The NSW Premier says it will take a while for the economy to recover from the bushfiresThe NSW Government has already allocated $100m to help people affected by the bushfire crisisMore than 4,200 homes were destroyed in the bush fires of 2014-15The NSW Coalition is currently in the midst of a bushfires recovery plan that will see some of the most significant infrastructure investments made by the state made to rebuild the state and its rural communities.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state’s bushfire recovery plan would be one of the largest in the country.
“We are investing in the recovery of the NSW economy and we are going to take some time to work through this process,” she said.
“There will be a lot of people out there in the Hunter’s Reserve that have been affected by bushfires that will have to work with the Government to find out what’s been done to help them get back to work.”
It will take some work, but the State Government will be able to provide that work.
“She said the Government would also consider creating a new job category to help those affected by fire and the bush.”
I have talked to the Governor about this and I have put forward a plan to create a new Job Search Jobs category for NSW,” she told reporters.”
So we will be looking at the Government’s response to those areas.
“We will be talking to the private sector to see how they can work with us to get people back to jobs and help them back to their homes.”
Ms Berejklon said the Hunter job hunt was expected to be one the biggest in the state for many years to come.
“In some ways, the Hunter and the Hunter reserve are the worlds best bushfire disaster preparedness, so it’s not going to be something that comes overnight,” she explained.
“But the Hunter program will be one area of work where we are looking at what we can do to help our community recover.”
Ms Berenich said the State government would also work with private sector organisations to help the unemployed get back into work.
She said while there was still work to be done, the Government was working hard to get the job hunt started.
“Our priority is that we have a strong job market and we want to give people the opportunity to get a job,” she stated.
“The Hunter program is one of many opportunities for people to get back in work.”
Ms Bourke said the NSW Government was committed to creating jobs in the long term.
“This Government is committed to a strong economic recovery for the state, its people and the communities that are impacted by the fires of the past year,” she confirmed.
“With that in mind, we are working hard on rebuilding the Hunter Reserve and we will continue to support the recovery efforts to be undertaken by local and state government and industry.”


ISLAMABAD, Sep 21 (APP): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill on Tuesday said those who stormed the Supreme Court now have become spokesperson of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
In response to the statement of Ahsan Iqbal, he said those who attacked the national institutions were political hypocrites.
He said a person was talking about the dignity of the country who being a sitting federal minister worked as plumber abroad as per his visa permit.
Gill said that the people of Narowal were well aware of Ahsan Iqbal and Narowal Sports Complex project mega corruption.
He said pictures of fugitive leaders in Panama papers and Daily Mail earned bad name to the country.


By Isaiah Eka
UYO – Mr Effiong Essien, Head of Civil Service in Akwa Ibom, said the state government had started payment of many years of pension and gratuity of retired primary school teachers.
Essien told newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday that the next of kin of deceased teachers would also be paid.
He said that the payment started on April 19 as promised and condemned the protest staged by a section of the affected retired workers.
Essien said that the payment would be carried out in batches, saying that the concerned retired teachers had started receiving alerts.
According to him, the process will continue throughout the week.
He noted that the government might stage a public show of the payment to convince ‘doubting Thomases’ that it was sincere with its promises.
Essien said that the payment which covered almost 40 years showed that the government of Gov. Udom Emmanuel was workers’ friendly.
“It was published widely that the payment of backlog of gratuities left by previous governments and administration in the state will start on Monday.
“Everything has been put in place for the payment to start but they went to the street as if they didn’t hear the news or publication of the payment.
“Actually, the payment started on Monday and it continues today. Many of those who have been selected for payment have received alert.
“If everything is put together before the week is over, we will put up a public show of the payment,’’ he said.
Essien noted that the administration of Gov. Emmanuel was very sensitive to the needs of the people of the state especially the workers.
“The governor is workers-friendly and ensures salaries are paid as and when due.
“Last year, he even paid when workers were at home during the COVID-19. He paid pensioners and also paid salary.
“The backlog has been there for decades. From 1976 to 1986 is one decade; 1986 -1996, two decades; 1996-2006, three decades; almost getting to four decades.
“Every time the protesters come out, we keep assuring them that we are putting things in place. The protesters are not even the workers that government employed but their next of kin,’’ he said.
Essien said that if the government was consistent in payment, it would go far in clearing the backlog.
He said, “His Excellency cleared 10 years backlog of pensions since he came into office and is ready to do something like that with the gratuities.’’
He, however, debunked the rumour in social media that the state government was doing secret recruitment in the public service. (NAN)


Ukraine stops supplying EU with Russian oil
(MENAFN) According to RIA Novosti on Wednesday, quoting Russian oil exporter Transneft, Ukraine has halted the operation of a portion of the southern branch of the "Druzhba" (Friendship) oil pipeline that passes through its territory. The transfer of oil has reportedly been put on hold indefinitely.
Igor Demin, a senior advisor to Transneft's president claimed, “in Ukraine, the section [of Druzhba] has been stopped, from Brod to the Carpathians.” He continued by claiming that deliveries were still being made through the pipeline's Belarusian section.
Last week, Kiev halted oil exports to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline, quoting a Russian airstrike that allegedly hit a transformer station close to the Belarusian border as the reason for the suspension. It declared that a "drop in voltage" was to blame for the service's suspension.
Following Russian air and missile attacks on the nation's energy infrastructure, Kiev later announced plans to increase transit fees for Russian oil flowing through the pipeline to the European Union.
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Some 10 million people in the United States saw politically divisive ads on Facebook that the company said were purchased in Russia in the months before and after last year’s US presidential election, Facebook said on Monday.
Facebook, which had not previously given such an estimate, said in a statement that it used modelling to estimate how many people saw at least one of the 3,000 ads. It also said that 44 percent of the ads were seen before the November 2016 election and 56 percent were seen afterward.
The ads have sparked anger towards Facebook and, within the United States, towards Russia since the world’s largest social network disclosed their existence last month. Moscow has denied involvement with the ads. Facebook has faced calls for increased US regulation from US authorities. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has outlined steps that the company plans to take to deter governments from abusing the social media network.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 1. The 19th meetingof the secretaries of the Security Councils of the ShanghaiCooperation Organization (SCO) member states will be held in theKazakh capital Astana, the spokesperson for the Kazakh ForeignMinistry Aibek Smadiyarov said during the briefing, Trend reports.
"The 19th meeting of the secretaries of the Security Councils ofthe SCO member states will be held in Astana on April 2-3, 2024 upcoming event will be chaired by Kazakhstan. For the firsttime, Iran will attend as a full-fledged SCO member state. The SCOobserver states Mongolia and Belarus are invited as guests,"Smadiyarov said.
According to him, within the framework of this meeting, it isplanned to exchange views on topical international issues of theSCO area of responsibility, including joint counteraction to the"forces of three evils" (terrorism, separatism, and extremism),illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances,transnational organized crime, and cooperation on internationalinformation security, as well as further cooperation within suchmultilateral organizations as the UN, CICA, and CSTO.
"Following the event, it is planned to sign the Protocol of theMeeting of Secretaries of Security Councils of the SCO memberstates, which will reflect the common approaches of the memberstates to the further development of multilateral partnership onregional and international security issues," Smadiyarov noted.
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JHANG, Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that our political opponents cannot compete us in elections as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will defeat them with people’s support.
While addressing the inaugural ceremony of 760 megawatt first unit of Haveli Bahadur Shah near Jhang on Friday, the prime minister said that those who conspiring against the government have been defeated repeatedly by the PML-N in elections.
The prime minister said that these elements want to come to the power through backdoors by hurling accusations and hatching conspiracies but the people of Pakistan will foil their nefarious designs. He said that our foes are disturbed over unbelievable development the Country is making.
Talking about the PML-N’s role in Country’s development, the prime minister said that his government introduced a new tradition in the County by completing power projects in record time.
Nawaz Sharif said that power generation capacity is being increased at fast track and these projects will help industrial growth, agriculture development and enhancement of trade in the Country.
The prime minister said that completion of this power project in 21 months is unbelievable and power projects are now being inaugurated every month. He said that the government believes in provision of affordable and sufficient electricity.
Sharif said that industry is booming, agriculture is growing, road networks are being established, and tourism is thriving in the Country due to effective and untiring efforts of the government to overcome energy shortage.
Moreover, he said that the people of Pakistan should question those responsible for loadshedding in the Country. He said that the government will continue its drive to establish power projects in the Country.
The prime minister said that no force can deter us to serve the nation and the Country.


UP to $15 million has been paid by the government as compensation to residents and companies with property along the main Kukum Highway, to pave way for the new highway project to roll.
The road project funded by the Japanese Government was expected to kick-off last year but was delayed.
Infrastructure Permanent Secretary, Henry Murray said the payment was made under the government’s obligation apart from the funded money meant for the project.
Mr Murray said the payment allowed the completion of formalities for the project to start.
“Delay to the project is mainly due to this issue but now that this is settled, we expect to commence the project soon,” he said.
He said the whole road project itself cost almost up to $200 million; whilst the compensation cost is paid for by the national government.
Mr Murray said amongst those paid are companies including Solomon Water that has its office building encroached into the proposed road expansion area.
He said the road project begins at the Honiara City Council roundabout up to the Kukum SDA, east of Honiara.
By BRADFORD THEONOMI


Does today’s report from the Department of Health and Human Services actuaries, estimating that total national spending on health care will rise by 0.9 percent in the first decade under the new health reform law, mean that the law will not control health costs or will cause the deficit to explode? Not at all.
As we and others have noted, health reform will increase national health spending at first because it greatly expands coverage and insured people use more health services than uninsured ones. The new report estimates that the law will reduce the number of uninsured Americans by 34 million.
But health reform will also slow the growth rate of health costs, generating savings that will grow over time. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that by the decade after 2019, the federal government will spend less on health care than it would have without the new law. (The actuaries’ report doesn’t provide spending estimates past 2019.)
As for the deficit, the actuaries’ report doesn’t address the issue; it covers the law’s impact on spending but doesn’t include many of the provisions that will raise revenues. But CBO estimates that the law will reduce deficits by $143 billion over the first decade and by about $1.3 trillion in the second decade.


Sam Glover, who is part of the choir, said the musical cantata will take place Sunday, Dec. 18, at 8 p.m., in Brazil Nazarene Church, which is located at 1002 E. National Ave.
According to Glover, the cantata will be directed by Charlotte Pickett, with Marilyn Burdsall serving as the accompanist.
Glover said the performance will benefit the community food bank.
"An offering will be taken for the community food bank," Glover said, "and people can also bring non-perishable food items."
Glover said admission is free and the cantata will last about an hour, with the main goal being to give back to the community.
"We want to raise money (and supplies) for the food bank, which is a way for the theatre people to give back to the community," Glover said.


Chennai: Even as the Covid-19 numbers are stabilising, the State police are in no mood to be lenient towards those violating the curfew.
Tamilnadu police have been on their toes enforcing the lockdown for the past five months. Till now, they have arrested as many as 9,62,171 persons for defying the lockdown.
Since 24 March, in order to curb the spread of Covid-19 and to enforce social distancing, the State police have been arresting those who ventured out during curfew.
Nearly 8,71,248 violations have been recorded by the police in various districts and FIRs have been registered against them, a press release from DGP’s office said. As many as 6,78,961 vehicles were seized from these persons.
However, the vehicles are being returned to their owners in a phased manner.A total amount of Rs 20,34,90,858 has been collected from violators as fine.


ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Sunday dispelled the impression that the peace dialogue between the government and Taliban militants had suffered a stalemate.
Addressing a press conference here, Nisar said the government and army were jointly taking the dialogue process forward and warned that internal and external forces were present to sabotage the peace talks.
He said the government had only released non-combatant people linked to the Taliban and termed freeing the combatants completely out of the question.
In connection with the ongoing investigation into the Islamabad fruit and vegetable market bomb attack, he said he was himself getting updates from the concerned police officials on details of the progress into the probe.
He said the intelligence gathered so far points towards unsuspected links and that the location from where the explosives-laden crate of guava was dispatched had also been identified.
Chaudhry Nisar said the investigation will gain further momentum in the days ahead.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) Tehran, Iran, May 21
By Kamyar Eghbalnejad - Trend:
Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Timur Suleymanov described Iran as the most economical route for his country's exports.
"The geographical position of Iran and Kazakhstan's lack of access to the high seas have turned Iran to the most economical route for Kazakhstan's exports," Suleymanov said on May 19 during a meeting with Iran's Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari in Astana.
Iran has a long record in the fields of science and research, he added, stressing that the two nations could boost their cooperation in the sectors of science and education, Fars news agency reported.
The Iranian minister, for his part, stressed the need for enhanced ties between the two sides in the various fields, particularly banking and economic industries.
Shariatmadari has travelled to Astana to participate in the Astana Economic Forum, Eurasia's leading conference on economic matters, underway in the Kazakh capital.
The eleventh Astana Economic Forum kicked off in the Kazakh capital on May 17, welcoming 5,000 participants from 111 countries and more than 500 speakers, including former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former French President Francois Hollande and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Organized in Astana since 2008, this year's event focuses on global trends and challenges.
The event will come to an end on May 19.
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TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 94 militants, including several commanders, affiliated to the ISIL terrorist group offshoot were killed during the ongoing military operations in Eastern Afghanistan.
The provincial government in a statement said at least four key leaders of the group were also among those killed, Khaama press reported.
The statement further added that the operations were conducted in the vicinity of Achin district where a major airstrike was carried out by the US forces on Thursday.
An important hideout of the terror group and large cache of weapons, ammunition, and explosives were also destroyed during the operations, Khaama press said, adding that the ISIL leaders killed during the operations have been identified as Hamza Abu Bakar, Mohammad Ibrani, Hamid Kunari, and Walkin the brother of Hafiz Saeed are among those killed during the operations.
The agency also added that the local residents and the security forces have not suffered any casualties during the operations being conducted rigorously since Thursday.
Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in Eastern Afghanistan but the anti-government militant groups have recently increased their insurgency activities in some parts of the province during the recent years.
This comes as the Afghan forces conducted counter-terrorism operations in the restive districts of Nangarhar under the Hamza operations launched nearly two weeks ago.


Lagos and Osun might go on a total lockdown if guidelines continue to be flouted
Lagos and Osun have threatened to go on a total lockdown again due to the increasing COVID-19 cases.
On Friday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 684 fresh cases, which brings the total number of confirmed cases to 23,298.
Lagos had the highest number of infections and the state government have threatened to go on a total lockdown once again if residents continued to flout the lockdown guidelines such as the wearing of nose masks, social distancing and the likes.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi said at a media briefing that although the State has been able to balance the economy of the state with the health status of the public, it still would not hesitate to go on another lockdown if the residents continue to flout the orders.
Similarly, the Osun State Government has threatened to place another lockdown on the public as the cases continue to increase by the day.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu has said that they also, will not hesitate to lock down the state again as they recorded 22 new cases on Frida after the 17 recorded on Thursday.
The increasing number of cases, the government said has not reached its peak yet and the cases might continue to rise in the next one to two months.


4 mln children to be vaccinated against polio in Yemen
(MENAFN) A national immunization campaign for much more than 4 million children in the north of the war-torn country was initiated by Yemen's health officials on Saturday.
The World Health Organization, UNICEF and other international aid organizations are supporting the three-day campaign, the local health departments said in a comment.
Door-to-door vaccination is directed at children below the age of five.
Since late 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthi group took over control of many northern provinces and obligated the globally renowned government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour out of the capital of Sanaa, Yemen has been entangled in civil war.
The tensions managed to bring starvation to the underprivileged Arab nation and caused repetitive flare ups of fatal pandemics such as cholera and polio.
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(MENAFN- IANS) Moscow, Sep 29 (IANS) The death toll from a fuel depot explosion in the conflict-hit Nagorno-Karabakh region which was seized by Azerbaijan last week, has increased to 170, Russian media reported on Friday citing local emergency services.
A total of 170 bodies and remains have been found and transferred to the forensics bureau, Xinhua news agency quoted the RIA Novosti report as saying
The remains will be transported to Armenia for DNA identification, said the report, adding the rescue operation remains ongoing.
The cause of the blast on Monday remains unknown.
The tragic incident occurred as hundreds of thousands of ethnic Armenians have crossed into Armenia from the disputed region since the seizure.
Nagorno-Karabakh -- a mountainous region in the South Caucasus -- is recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan, but has been controlled by ethnic Armenians for three decades.
The enclave has been supported by Armenia and also by their ally, Russia, which has had hundreds of soldiers there for years.
Five Russian peacekeepers were killed - alongside at least 200 ethnic Armenians and dozens of Azerbaijani soldiers - as Azerbaijan's army swept in last week.
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Mankayan Mayor Frenzel Ayong said the municipal government has enough isolation facilities in case of another spike in coronavirus disease (COVID19) cases in the town.
The Benguet politiko made the remark during an interview with Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar.
Ayong said the municipal government have learned from its experience when COVID19 cases surged in the Lepanto mine camp last December.
He said Mankayan had around 500 cases last December.
But Ayong said the town can handle around 600 cases.


Zomba Police said it will continue engaging the public to report Gender Based Violence (GBV) to the law enforcers as the district registered an increase in the violence per a quarterly comparative statistics of the year 2020 and 2021.
Zomba Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Sub Inspector, Patricia Sipiliano said in an interview on Sunday that the district has registered 274 GBV cases from January to April, 2021 showing an increase from the last yearâ€™s 200 cases.
She said despite an increase in GBV per the quarterly report, police would continue engaging the public through awareness on GBV.
The PRO added that the public should see the benefit of reporting the GBV cases, a move she believe would contribute to reduction of the GBV cases before the year ends.
Sipilano attributed the increase to various social ills which the police and other sectors would deal with in collaboration with community level structure and leadership.
â€śDue to the awareness campaign by the community policing sector people are now more aware of where to report if theyâ€™re victims of GBV,â€ť she said, expressing hope that cases in GBV would drop due to continued police public engagement.
Sipilano observed that people in the district are fully aware of their rights and the benefits of reporting on GBV to relevant authorities rather than remaining silent.
â€śWhat is more impressing is that men are now coming forward to report violence they face in their homes than was the case in the past where they could suffer in silence,â€ť she added.
The PRO observed that it was tough to get information about GBV from women because most of them were afraid to report their husbands for fear of losing the familyâ€™s only breadwinner.
â€śHusbands too were shy to report their wives and sometimes they fail to report because they did not know they were being victimized,â€™â€™ she added while calling for collaboration amongÂ sectors to address the GBV she said has physical and psychological effects on victims.
Zomba District Council, Gender Officer, Ruperth Kansendelo said the council has planned number of activities including public awareness on the need to prevent and report GBV cases to law enforcing agencies and sectors that look into peopleâ€™s welfare.
â€śPeople should be aware on how to prevent GBV and where to report such cases.â€ť she said, hopping that public awareness has chances to reduce GBV cases.
Some of the violence that people face every day includes physical assaults, sexual related abuses such as rape, defilement, incest, forced marriage, child negligence.
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The government has chosen Karawang, West Java, as the location for a new airport, an official from the Transportation Ministry has announced.
“At the moment we are still studying it. By early next year we will know how much money will be needed. But the location has been chosen, which is Karawang,” ministry director general for air transportation Herry Bhakti said on Sunday as quoted by tribunnews.com.
He said that the government planned to build a new airport in response to complaints about services at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Cengkareng due to overcapacity.
“Soekarno-Hatta Airport there are two runways, the Karawang airport will provide a third runway,” he said.
Herry was unsure when construction of the new airport would begin, but said that the need for a new airport would become urgent by 2015.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 21. The opening
ceremony of the new Almaty (Kazakhstan) - Ankara (Türkiye) route
was held on November 20, 2022 by the Turkish AnadoluJet budget
airline, which is a subsidiary of the Turkish Airlines, took place,
trend reports via
the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural
Development of Kazakhstan.
The event was held with the participation of Chairman of the
Civil Aviation Committee of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Industry and
Infrastructural Development Talgat Lastayev, Deputy General
Director of AnadoluJet Majit Boyar and President of Almaty
International Airport JSC Alp Er Tunga Ersoy.
Flights will be operated on Boeing-737 aircraft with a frequency
of twice a week by the AnadoluJet airline. The opening of this
flight will have a positive impact on the development of trade,
tourism, and business between Kazakhstan and Türkiye.
The AnadoluJet aircraft fleet consists of 59 Boeing-737
aircraft. The company operates flights on 134 routes (69 domestic
and 65 international) to 89 cities in Türkiye, Europe and the
Middle East (41 domestic and 48 international).
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Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram hits out against India at the UN
NEW YORK - In an article published in news portal of world body, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to United Nations Munir Akram has said India’s actions clearly pose a danger to international peace and security.
Munir Akram said the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is one of the oldest unresolved issues on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). He also said under international law, the people of Jammu and Kashmir have the right to restore their right to self-determination by any means at their disposal, including armed struggle.
The UN envoy said to justify its oppression, India has sought to portray the legitimate Kashmiri freedom struggle as terrorism.
"Pakistani envoy said the UN and the international community have a responsibility to help resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute," he added.


(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) For his part the Minister of Transport stressed the importance of meetings of the Jordanian-Saudi Committee in the development of relations ties and investments between the two countries noting that economic exchange reflects the success of the relations between the two countries.
He also stressed the importance of the railway link project between the two countries pointing out that this project will be presented to the Saudi private sector.
16:02 LOCAL TIME 13:02 GMT
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi has said that ten people were killed in Russia's missile attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, November 23.
He said this in a post on facebook , Ukrinform reports.
'Russia continues to launch massive missile strikes on the civilian population of Ukraine. Today we have three hits on apartment blocks. Unfortunately, ten people were killed. Between October 10 and November 23 alone, the Russians carried out almost 600 missile attacks on our territory,' Monastyrskyi wrote.
He noted that Russia had carried out a planned attack on a maternity hospital in the Zaporizhzhia region, where there were only women in labor, babies and medical personnel.
'This is not just a war crime. The Russians deliberately sent S-300 missiles to the place where life is born. A newborn boy was just two days old when the Russians took his life,' Monastyrskyi said.
'It is impossible to imagine the pain of the mother from the loss. But it is possible to understand the righteous anger that all Ukrainians feel. Perpetrators will be held accountable. According to the law and justice,' the minister said.
During Wednesday's attack, the enemy launched 67 Kh-101/555 and Kalibr cruise missiles on targets across Ukraine. Ukrainian defense forces destroyed 51 cruise missiles, as well as five Lancet kamikaze drones.
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Porvorim: Goa government on Tuesday said that they will have their own Coastal Zone Management plan which will be given to the centre, without depending on union government appointed agency to do the work.
State Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral told the House during ongoing assembly session that State government will prepare its own Coastal Zone Management Plan, which will be presented before the centre for their approval.
Cabral said that the plan prepared by Chennai-based National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) was “erroneous”, which was rejected by the State government as it was away from the reality.
The minister said that his department has already started a consultative process to prepare the plan, and banking on the feedback from the people, the State Environment department will prepare its own plan.
“When we go to the centre with the plan, we will ask them to have Goa specific changes in the Coastal Zone Management Plan,” he said.
Raising the issue on the floor of the House through Calling Attention motion, Sopte said that the plan prepared by NCSCM was faulty and would affect the livelihood of the people living in the coastal belt.


Ranchi: State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash on Thursday demanded the state government to provide the details of the patients who have died due to lack of oxygen while battling Coronavirus in Jharkhand. He said the Chief Minister should tell the number of the people who have died due to lack of oxygen and should not indulge in mere making statements to mislead the people.
Mr Prakash said the statement given by the Union Minister in the Parliament was based on the reports which were submitted by the separate state governments and even such states where Congress is in power they too have not accepted deaths due to lack of oxygen.
Mr Prakash said that health is a matter of state subject therefore on the basis of the reports given by the state governments the reply was given in the parliament. He demanded the state government to make its report public which it had sent to the center. Mr Prakash said the mismanagement by the state government is open from day one.
He said despite all possible help extended by New Delhi the state government did not pay any attention towards proper management of the resources which was evident from the fact the ventilators were dumped in trash and despite approval for oxygen plants which were sanctioned one year earlier no work was done. He alleged that rumours were also spread over vaccination and deliberately wastage of Coronavirus vaccines was done and the state government instead of serving the people remained busy blaming the centre. Mr Prakash said only those people are giving statement over oxygen deaths who were waving green flags to the oxygen express trains which were sent by the centre.
( Anant Kumar Tiwari)


YouTube to stop removing content making false claims on past elections
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Friday that the platform would stop removing content that might have spread false claims related to U.S. presidential elections in 2020 and before.
The new set of updates is part of YouTube’s elections misinformation policy that will go into effect immediately.
“In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech,” YouTube said in a blog post.
The platform also said the rest of its policies against hate speech, harassment and incitement to violence would continue to apply to all user content, including elections.
The proliferation of disinformation has raised questions about how social media platforms enforce their policies against misleading content about elections.
Other social media platforms like Twitter and Meta Platforms Inc’s (META.O) Facebook have also seen a spike in disinformation related to elections.


New Year, Old Problems for Journalists in Mexico
As we move into January, rights groups are reporting that between three and four journalists were killed last year and as many media workers. Although those numbers are an improvement on 2006 year, when seven journalists were murdered in Mexico and the country was reported to be the second most dangerous to work in the world as a journalist after Iraq, the nature of attacks against journalists are worsening.
The Committee to Protect Journalists reported last week that reporters of harassment, disappearances and intimidation continued at disturbingly high levels throughout the year. Mexicoâ€™s National Human Rights Commission says that attacks against journalists are now more violent than they were in the past.
The NDHR added to the doom and gloom, saying that it has not witnessed an increase in the past year in the willingness on the part of the Mexican government to investigate attacks against journalists.
Reporting that four reporters were killed last year, the national rights body reported that 84 investigations were opened last year into complaints of attacks against journalists who were carrying out their duties that 88 additional cases were documented by the media. Homicide, injury and forced disappearance were some of the offences carried out and there have been attacks on newspaper offices as well as individuals and their private homes.
A rather grim picture with which to start the year.


Pattan, June 22: Incessant rains over the past two days in the Kashmir valley has created flood like situation in several villages of Baramulla district, reports said here in Wednesday.
Reports said that several villages including Gundbal, KP Payeen, Khasipora, Khore and Hanjiwara Trikolbal in Pattan area have been partially submerged due to flood like situation in these areas.
They said that the flood like situation has created panic among the residents as many residential houses are at the brink of getting submerged as flood waters have breached Ferozpora Nallah in the area.
They added that the water level is continuously increasing in Ferozpora Nallah, which has created flood like situation in the area and many villages have also been partially submerged.
Reports said that people in Gundal, Hanjiwera and Trikolbal have left their houses and have moved to safer places as water started entering their houses.
Meanwhile, SDM Pattan Syed Faheem said that they have reached to the spot and the water level in Ferozpora Nallah is increasing alarmingly.
He said that police, flood control and revenue department are keeping a close eye on the situation.
Faheem added that the rescue operation has been launched and their first priority is to save human lives, while men and machinery have also been pressed into service.kns


Finance digital advisors help investors in MENA
(MENAFN) The arrival of robo-advisers in MENA area has made people save more, made entrepreneur decisions better, democratized investing as well as encouraged economic inclusion, as pros talking at a personal economic webinar.
Michele Ferrario, co-owner and CEO of StashAway digital, said that the Robo Advisers as well as Mass Affluent Savings in MENA web talk, which was prepared by FinTech Robos, “Ten years from now, people will spend less time with human financial advisers.” Adding, “Robo-advisory tools enable people with less financial literacy to get access to professionally managed investment platforms.”
To talk briefly about Robo-advisers, they are digital investment platforms that give an investor’s risk tolerance depending on multiple of questions. Utilizing computerized algorithms, they then allocate investors an individualized investment portfolio of exchange-traded funds or index funds. They usually take less fees in comparison to the usual economic advisers and wealth managers.
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KSA, Google sign deal for Innovation Hub centers
(MENAFN) The Saudi Federation for Cyber Security and Programming has agreed with Google for the establishment of five Innovation Hub centers in various areas in Saudi Arabia.
The agreement was explained by local media reports to be targeting the incorporation of local skills in creating prototypes, mobile applications and artificial intelligence.
Adviser at the Royal Court Saud Al-Qahtani was said to have signed the deal with president of Google for Europe and MENA Matt Prater right after the trip Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman embarked on to the US.
The Saudi adviser has also assured the move to push for Saudi students all across the kingdom to use their pioneering talents.
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