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Players Yasmine Lamrabet and Salma Amani left the preparatory gathering for the women’s national football team.
According to what was confirmed by the official website of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the two players left the camp, which was part of the Lionesses’ preparation for the two friendly matches that they will play against the Zambian national team on September 22 and 26, 2023, due to injury.
It is worth noting that the match that will bring together the national team today, Friday, between the national team and its Zambian counterpart, which will be hosted by Father Djiko Stadium in Casablanca, will start at seven in the evening.
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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (KUNA) -- Saudi Arabia's first ambassador "only" to the European Union (EU) , Saad Al-Arify, presented his credentials to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, Friday afternoon.
"The importance of the EU and the role they play globally is visible and this is one of the reasons that Saudi Arabia has decided to open this mission exclusively for the EU," Al-Arify told KUNA in an interview, after the presentation of his credenitals.
He pointed out that the EU and Saudi Arabia have enjoyed good relations for more than fifty years, since it was known then as the European Economic Community.
This new Saudi mission will enhance and deepen bilateral relations and cooperation in all sectors; political, economic, culture, education, humanitarian aid, he said.
The two sides are cooperating to push forward the Middle East Peace Process and to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as well as on climate change to prevent global warming, he added. Al-Arify referred to the growing cooperation between the EU and Saudi Arabia in fighting terrorism, saying that Saudi Arabia recently established the center "Etidal" to combat extremist ideology.
Al-Arify said EU-Saudi trade exchange has been growing fast with 53 billion euro (USD 64 billion) of trade exchanges in 2016 making Riyadh the 15th largest trading partner of the EU.
He said around 30,000 Saudi students are studying in EU countries hence Saudi Arabia is keen to develop its cooperation in the education sector with Europe.
Moreover, Saudi Arabia and the EU are important global players in humanitarian and development aid, he said pointing to the activities of the Saudi Fund for Development and King Salman Centre for humanitarian aid .
Saudi Arabia is the first Arabian Gulf country, and the second Arab country after Morocco, to have two embassies in Brussels, one for Belgium and the other for the EU only.
"The opening of the new Saudi mission reflects the desire of both Brussels and Riyadh to strengthen their already good relations," he said.
The EU has already had a mission in Riyadh for a long time.
The EU mission was officially opened in Riyadh in 2004 representing the bloc to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat.
He told KUNA that the EU and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) hold an annual ministerial meeting since 1988 and he is looking forward to develop the ties between the two regional blocs. (end) nk.msa
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Syed Akbaruddin, New Delhi’s permanent representative at the United Nations has said that India will soar high if Pakistan ‘stoops low’ taking the Kashmir dispute at the United Nations General Assembly session.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he will raise the Kashmir matter at the General Assembly session in New York City on 27th September. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also scheduled to address the session.
Addressing a press conference, Akbaruddin has said that it was up to each country to determine its own trajectory on how to approach global platforms. The tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated after India’s decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status on 5th August. Pakistan has responded by downgrading diplomatic ties and suspending bilateral trade
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Kent holding town hall meeting on Saturday
Sen. Susan Kent, DFL-Woodbury, will hold a town hall-style meeting Saturday at Woodbury City Hall.
The event, which runs 10-11:30 a.m., will be held in the council chambers.
According to a news release, the meeting is an opportunity for constituents to ask questions about the ongoing legislative session and voice concerns.
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) On Thursday, September 22, Russian troops struck Slovyansk, Donetsk region.
'Yesterday evening the town came under fire again. S-300 [missiles were fired]. The area of the meat processing plant was hit. Private houses on Michurina Street were damaged,' Vadym Liakh, Head of the Slovyansk Town Military-Civilian Administration, posted on Facebook .
No casualties were reported.
On September 22, Russian aggressors killed seven residents of Donetsk region and injured 17 more.
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As a result, we are seeing increasing cases such as measles in communities in the U.S. and throughout the world.
The situation has reached such a health level that the World Health Organization said parents who choose to not vaccinate their children are now one of the 10 biggest threats to global health.
WHO said consistent vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways to avoid disease, and it prevents 2 to 3 million deaths per year.
According to WHO, it is important to educate people about the need for the vaccines and to show so-called anti-vaxxers that there is evidence to support the need for vaccines.


PM Oli blames ‘emptied state coffers’ for lack of instant impactPrime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the incumbent government has not been able work properly so as to show the immediate impact as the erstwhile government had emptied the state coffers.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the incumbent government has not been able work properly so as to show the immediate impact as the erstwhile government had emptied the state coffers.
He acknowledged that the incumbent government could not give instant results as the country’s economy was intatters when he took the reins of the government.The Prime Minister, however, claimed that his has already taken the country on the path to improve tattered economy.
PM Oli, who is also the Co-Chairman of Nepal Communist Party, said so while exchanging greetings on the occasion of Dashain, Tihar and Chaath at a programme organised in Birtamod, Jhapa on Thursday.
Addressing the programme, PM Oli said he is committed to make the country prosperous and the people happy notwithstanding the opposition parties’ accusation that the government has not been able to perform well.
“Rest assured, I won’t let you down. I will not break the trust and you have put on me,” PM Oli said, adding, “I am working to make the slogan of prosperous Nepal and happy Nepali successful.”
He said the government won’t be toppled easily though some people are conspiring to make the government unsuccessful. He added that the incumbent government has maintained balanced relationship with India and China.
“The government has put an end to the situation whereby Nepal could not see eye-to-eye with India,” he said. “We have made the environment conducive to bring assistance from China in various sectors,” PM Oli added.
He said the Nepal’s ship will travel to the ocean via Koshi and Gandaki soon despite protest from different quarters.
Oliclarified that the incumbent government could not increase allowances for senior citizens as the erstwhile government had emptied the state coffers.
He expressed his commitment that the social security allowances will be increased next yearbecause the economic condition of the country is getting better.
“We have started providing allowances to senior citizens. The allowance which started from Rs 100 has been increased to Rs 2, 000,” PM Oli said, adding, “We have said that the allowance will be increased this time also. We cannot increase the allowance this year as the previous government had emptied the state coffers. Rest assured the allowances will be increased next year.”


As the number of people being infected with the coronavirus has been on the decline for the past few days the government is planning to gradually ease the prohibitory order that has been imposed to curb the spread of the second wave of COVID-19.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that it has been keeping track of the effect of the prohibitory orders that have been imposed across the country and also the infection rate and based on the findings the government will take further decisions. Spokesperson of the Home Ministry Janak Raj Dahal, who is also a joint secretary, informed that the ministry is collecting reports from the districts.
Dahal mentioned that till date there was a ‘lockdown’ but now the government is planning for a ‘loosedown’ based on the reports submitted from across the country. He stated that there will now definitely be some easing in the prohibitory order. He further added that since the recovery rate at the moment is double that of those being infected and since the number of deaths has also been declining the government is planning to ease the prohibitory order.
Since the authority to either impose or loosen the prohibitory order has been assigned to the chief district officers all further steps will be taken in coordination and supervision of the Home Ministry, Dahal said.
Spokesperson Dahal also mentioned that the situation the country is facing right now is because the lockdown imposed during the first wave was lifted at once. He said that the government will not repeat that mistake and decisions will be taken in a gradual manner. Dahal mentioned that the government will ease the prohibitory order based on the situation and need.
However, he mentioned that activities or businesses which see big gatherings like meetings, conferences, seminars and cinema halls will still be restricted for the time being. Similarly, dance bars, party palaces, shopping malls, swimming pools and beauty parlours, among others will also not be allowed to open immediately.
Dahal said that since it is the agricultural season now the agriculture sector will be opened up gradually. He also said that the government will loosen the order for developmental work too. However, he added that necessary health safety protocols will have to be strictly adhered to.


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Seven more Covid related fatalities take country's death-tally to 1,832
KATHMANDU: The nationwide coronavirus death-toll has advanced to 1,832 with seven more fatalities reported on Monday.
Globally, 1.7 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while over 80 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus.
Today, 659 new infections have surfaced after which Nepal’s total cases of infection have reached 258,840.
On Sunday, there were six additional fatalities which took the country-wide toll to 1,825.


There are many different groups that have their civil rights and human rights violated against on a regular basis. This is a huge problem even in developing countries and something that people need to make sure that they are aware of so that they can help their fellow citizens.
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As they have grown their foundation, they have been able to help more people with their opportunities. It is something that the men have always wanted to do and something that has made it easy for them to try and help other people. Learn more about Jim Larkin and Michael Lacey: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/blogs/az-aclu-honors-new-times-founders-jim-larkin-and-mike-lacey-as-civil-libertarians-of-the-year-6500737 and http://www.laceyandlarkinfronterafund.org/5-smart-ways-people-and-places-are-resisting-trumps-immigration-policies/
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Not only did Larkin and Lacey start their careers with the foundation but they have always worked hard to make sure that they are doing things with people and their civil rights. Before they were foundation owners, they worked as journalists and they published information on the different civil rights issues in the United States. Read more: Michael Larcey | Facebook
Despite the fact that they now run the foundation, they still do what they can to make sure that they are publishing information and that they are helping people get everything that they need from civil rights cases and from the problems that come along with the civil rights cases.
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They are hoping that their efforts can bring more awareness to the different situations and that they will be able to help people get exactly what they need from the immigrant rights cases that they are a part of and have to deal with.


PPP Vice President, Senator Sherry Rehman, while expressing concern over the power and gas crisis, said that the government should state who is responsible for the 16-hour unannounced load shedding.
Sherry Rehman in a statement criticized the federal government and said that the power shortfall has exceeded 5000 MW, at present all the power plants are generating less than their capacity, who is responsible for this? ?
Sherry Rehman has said that standing on the container, she used to say that previous governments have installed more power plants than necessary, now due to their own mismanagement and incompetence, load shedding has returned to the country.
He further said that the government has also stopped the supply of gas to the CNG and industrial sectors, you cannot be acquitted just by making an inquiry report.


Speaking at the weekend, the Deputy Minister for Agriculture Omary Mgumba said the current production level is still not satisfactory compared to opportunities in the sisal sector.
Mgumba said the government’s aim is to ensure sisal production reaches 120,000 by 2025.
He said the government now focuses in discussions and finding solutions to various challenges facing the country’s sisal crop for profitable production, increase employment, drive up the industrial sector as well as increase income of both farmers and the nation in general.
He said in addition to these challenges the government is also dealing with various issues including increasing production by establishing sisal seedbeds in all districts that grow the crop.
He said the Mlingano Centre of Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI-Mlingano) has started ample production of better seeds for the sisal crop.
He also said the government was still verifying the statuses of sisal farms that were privatised for them to start production as had been agreed in the privatisation contract agreements.
Deputy Minister Mgumba said the government has also increased the budget for the sisal sector to enable TARI-Mlingano to do research on various sisal seeds.
He said the outcomes of other government strategies need the participation of all stakeholders in the sisal sector.


(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The Dubai Executive Council (DEC), on Monday, discussed the proposal of funding the health services in Dubai.
Chaired by Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council (DEC), in the presence of Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and First Deputy Chairman of the DEC; Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation Authority and CEO of Emirates Group; Abdulla Al Shaibani, Secretary-General of the DEC; and the council members, the meeting aimed at boosting cooperation between the government agencies and private corporations to provide the health services and ensure efficiency in accordance with the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015.
The Health Funding System will ease access of limited income categories to the health services, promote quality of dispensed health services and upgrade the health system. The DEC also discussed the initial results of survey on the uses of social communication network in Dubai and how to spread awareness on exemplary uses of such networks at the public institutions.
The council members also reviewed the recommendation of the Economic Development Commission on the decision to stop increasing the fees of government services, and decided to extend the implementation of the resolution and work on the periodic study in this respect.
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(MENAFN- The Conversation) Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Wayne State University Profile Articles Activity
Julie Lesnik is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She received a PhD in anthropology and a MS in kinesiology from the University of Michigan in 2011.
Her primary interest is in the evolution of the human diet, specifically in regards to entomophagy, or eating insects. Her current projects include an upcoming book, 'Edible Insects and Human Evolution,' which includes perspectives on why insects that were important in Native American diets are strongly stigmatized in the United States today.
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Woman charged in cigarette scam competent to stand trial
HARRISONBURG — A Winchester woman who was arrested last year in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to sell contraband cigarettes has been deemed competent to stand trial.
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President Maithripala Sirisena today said that he will take legal action on officials who failed to carry out their duties resulting in the Easter Sunday attacks.
Speaking in Ampara, the President said that a committee appointed by him to investigate incidents related to the bombings has already submitted two interim reports to him.
He said that a third report is expected to be handed over to him next week.
The President said that based on the reports he will take legal action on officials accused of failing to prevent the attacks.
He also said that he will not resign over the attacks and will ensure terrorism is defeated.
The President said that when terrorists attacked the US on 9/11 and when other countries were also attacked there were never calls for the President to step down.
He said that despite having sophisticated technology even the US could not prevent terrorist attacks on their soil.
Sirisena said that Sri Lanka is today a divided country and steps must be taken to unite the communities. (Colombo Gazette)


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Doha: Angers player and Moroccan forward who shone at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sofiane Boufal would soon be moving to Qatar from France.
The French Ligue 1 club Angers announced that it had reached an agreement-in-principle with Al Rayyan SC of the Qatar Stars League.
The French club announced through an official media statement that it was allowing Boufal to leave Tuesday to Qatar for his medical.
Boufal was part of Morocco's FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 squad which made history as the first Arab and first African nation to ever make it to the competition's semi-finals.
He has thus become the second Moroccan player from the 2022 World Cup squadron to leave Angers, with the other being Azzedine Ounahi, who left for local rivals Marseille during this winter transfer market.
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Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali on Sunday said that the TRS Government was committed towards the welfare of minority communities in Telangana State.
Addressing an election meeting in Siddipet, the Deputy CM appealed to the voters to elect TRS candidates in the municipal elections. Stating that the people of Siddipet have played a major role in statehood movement, he said that the victory of TRS was compulsory to ensure development of Siddipet. He also promised to construct a Haj House in Siddipet.
The meeting was also addressed by Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao, MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, MLC Mohammed Saleem and other leaders. (INN)


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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal in a cattle smuggling case after a marathon interrogation at Asansol Correctional Home where he has been lodged, the agency officials said.
He was earlier apprehended by the CBI in the same case in August and is in judicial custody.
The CBI is investigating the criminal aspect of the cattle smuggling case, while the ED is probing the money laundering angle.
ED sources said the agency will now seek custody of Mondal.
The central agency interrogated Mondal in the correctional home after his daughter Sukanya Mondal during interrogation had said“his father was aware of all the financial accounts and transactions”.
The ED had already interrogated Sukanya at its office in Delhi in connection with the cattle smuggling scam.
The CBI had earlier arrested Mondal's former bodyguard Sehgal Hossain and also named him as a prime accused in a chargesheet filed by it. Subsequently, the ED had taken Hossain into its custody.
With inputs from News18
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By Laman Ismayilova
A book 'Pearls of Azerbaijani music' has been published at the
initiative and funding of the Azerbaijani Diaspora Support Fund,
Azernews reports, citing Azertac .
The book provides insight into Azerbaijani folk and national
songs and outstanding composers. It includes the lyrics of 50 folk
songs and 32 composers' songs.
The book was published in Azerbaijani and English with a
foreword by the rector of the Baku Music Academy, People's Artist
The publication of the book is relevant in terms of studying and
promoting Azerbaijani music
The book 'Pearls of Azerbaijani Music' will be a valuable visual
resource for Azerbaijanis living abroad, diaspora organizations
operating in different countries, as well as libraries of higher
education institutions that provide music education in those
The book is a part of the ongoing activity to promote
Azerbaijani culture internationally.
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Norway strike might decrease gas trades by 13pct
(MENAFN) A prearranged strike by Norway's oil and gas sector employees is poised to have a considerable effect on gas trades, with decreases of more than 13 percent of the nation’s day-to-day gas exports, the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOG) declared on Monday.
NOG stated that the Lederne union had previously given sign that it is going to take 74 members out on strike on Equinor's Gudrun, Oseberg South as well as Oseberg East offshore stages and that processes would blackout as an outcome of the strike.
The organization also declared that an additional delay of the strike had been informed for July 6, when 117 members of the Heidrun, Aasta Hansteen as well as Kristin offshore fields is going to go on stoppage.
NOG stated that "The result will be a daily loss of oil output totaling 130,000 barrels, while gas production will fall by 292,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day or 13 percent of the total for the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)."
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“The immigration issue energizes the Republican base. It has for the past decade and will continue to do so. It makes total sense that they’re going after Biden over this,” veteran Republican pollster and GOP presidential campaign veteran Neil Newhouse told Fox News. “It’s going to have legs into 2022 because the issues facing the country at the border are simply not easy to solve.”
Read more about how immigration could change the upcoming mid-terms for Republicans here.


(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)
Zarqa, Oct. 3 (Petra)-- Minister of Interior Mazen Faraya said that granting visas to investors and traders of nationalities that require prior approval to enter Jordan and the necessary residency aims at facilitating the exploration of investment opportunities in the Kingdom.
Speaking in a meeting at the Jordan Free Zones Investors Commission (JFZIC) in Zarqa, Faraya stressed the importance of creating a suitable environment and easy and appropriate conditions for investors, taking care of existing investments across the Kingdom and developing them to turn Jordan into a model in attracting investment, which will positively reflect on achieving comprehensive and sustainable development.
He underlined the importance of expanding the free zone licensing center and the technical station to accommodate the increasing volume of work.
Faraya called for enhancing coordination and continuous cooperation, through holding periodic meetings between executive bodies and stakeholders, to solve all problems and challenges and focus on comprehensive solutions, away from individual solutions. He also called for following up on those coordination meetings outcomes to ensure their implementation.
The meeting was attended by the Governor of Zarqa, Hassan Jbour, JFZIC Chairman, Mohammad Bustanji and board members, the Jordan Free Development Zones Group (JFDZ) Director General Abdulhamid Gharaibeh, and heads of security bodies and customs department officials in the free zone.
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Govt contained retail inflation at 6.2 pc despite biggest contraction in economy: FM Sitharaman
New Delhi, Feb 11: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government has been able to contain retail inflation at 6.2 per cent despite the Indian economy suffering the biggest contraction due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Replying to a general discussion on the Union Budget in Rajya Sabha, she said, the Budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, stands for continuity, brings stability to the economy along with predictability of taxation. She claimed that the budget aims to bring stability and sustainable recovery to the economy.
She highlighted that retail inflation during the UPA government was 9.1 per cent during the financial crisis of 2008-09, while it is at 6.2 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic that has a bigger impact on the economy.
The minister said that the Indian economy suffered the biggest contraction because of the pandemic.
She explained that the Indian economy suffered Rs 9.57 lakh crore loss due to the pandemic, compared to a loss of Rs 2.12 lakh cr during the global meltdown in 2008-09.
She also told the House that capital spending gives much more multiplier than revenue route and therefore the government has increased public capital spending to boost the economy.
The FM also stated that the Centre also was encouraging startups which resulted in the creation of many unicorns during the pandemic.


Ajimobi called on the institute to partner the state government on employment generation, adding that there were so many unemployed youths in the state.
The governor made the call when a delegation of the CIIN paid him a courtesy visit in his office on Friday in Ibadan.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CIIN delegation was led by its President, Mrs Funmi Babington-Ashaye, the 48th President of the institute.
Ajimobi said: “It is very essential for your Institute to champion the cause of the institute further by making your services more relevant to the current situation in the country.
“You should do more in insuring the people on their jobs. There are job loss and those involved expect that something needs to be done to mitigate the negative effect of such,’’ Ajimobi said.
The governor, who was represented by Alhaji Olalekan Alli, Secretary to the State Government, said that it was essential for the institute to make its services more affordable and relevant.
He called on the institute to partner the state government on employment generation, adding that there were so many unemployed youths in the state.
Ajimobi said that the administration was more willing and committed to partnering professional associations to create conducive atmosphere for businesses to thrive.
Babington-Ashaye lauded the achievements of the governor since his assumption of office in spite of the lean resources of the state.
The CIIN president said that the visit was aimed at opening new frontiers and to strengthen relationship between the state government and the institute.
She said that the role of the Institute was to determine the standard and skills required for ethical and professional delivery of insurance services in Nigeria.
Babington-Ashaye said the institute had embarked on the promotion of insurance education and creation of awareness as part of its strategic effort to unlock the huge potential of the industry.
“We will continue to take deliberate steps to enlighten the public about the invaluable benefits of insurance, introduce initiatives aimed at repositioning the industry as well as contribute to the nation’s GDP.
“To achieve this, we are desirous of partnering with the state government and corporate entities,’’ she said.


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While President Barack Obama was forced to acknowledge that the national health care exchange web site has been barely functional since launch, New York’s state-run web site appears to have moved beyond some early troubles.
According to a report by the New York Daily News, the state said about 150,000 people have applied for health insurance through the state site and were determined eligible to buy health insurance on the exchange. That’s about 30 percent of all Americans the federal government said have successfully gone through the application process, according to the report.
The Albany Times Union noted that those applicants’ information was verified and then transferred to insurers last week.
Here and Now interviewed a contractor who has worked with insurance companies on implementing their means of connecting to the New York exchange, and he expressed optimism that the federal system can be fixed in time to actually operate as intended. He also pointed out that the sheer complexity of creating a new form of health care software means states that committed to building their own exchanges early in the process have an advantage over those that waited until after the last election.


Assam DGP Kuladhar Saikia on Saturday said that there might be more police officials involved in the sensational case, where three Guwahati policemen looted Rs. 20 lakh from a Mizo woman. Saikia also said that Assam Police would take strict actions against those, who were involved in the case.
Meanwhile, the Police have initiated the procedure to suspend the trio, who conned a Mizo businesswoman by posing as Crime Branch officials.
"We have already initiated the departmentalproceedings against them," said DGP Kuladhar Saikia. Earlier, Pranjal Bora(SI), Hiranya Pathari (SI) and Bipul Hazarika (Home Guard) were arrested by thepolice in connection with the case.


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Minnesota Supreme Court sides with Duluth over retiree health benefits
In a decision that will save the City of Duluth millions of dollars, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that city retirees are guaranteed "the same health insurance benefits that the City provides to current employees."
A group of retirees had argued that the city should provide them the health benefits it provided to them at the date of their retirements.
The Supreme Court released its decision this morning.
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The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on Friday, said that the infiltration of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir is under control, and the situation is improving this year as compared to the previous year.
The Union Home Minister was speaking to the media during a press conference, which was held onboard newly commissioned Indian Coast Guard vessel Sarathi at the yard of Goa Shipyard Ltd, Vasco on Friday morning.
Singh, who was accompanied by the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, the Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza, the director general of Indian Coast Guard Rajendra Singh and the chairman and managing director of Goa Shipyard Ltd Rear Admiral (retired) Shekhar Mital said that there has been a change in perception of the people of Jammu and Kashmir due to all-party delegation that visited the state and called on the administration recently.
He informed that the central government has given stress on recruitment of the defence personnel and even provided attention to the development of the various regions. He said that the security and paramilitary forces have eliminated a good number of terrorists in the Kashmir region this year.
When asked as to why the Home Ministry has given priority for the deployment of the army in Jammu and Kashmir rather than paramilitary forces, Singh said,“The deployment of the army has been done in Jammu and Kashmir considering the serious crisis. The district administration was also expecting the central government (Home Ministry) to deploy the army in the terrorists infiltrated areas.”
Stating that the central government has adopted concrete measures in the state, Singh said,“ The central government is trying to bring peace in Jammu and Kashmir and the recent visit of the all party delegation has brought a change in the perception of the people there.”
Speaking further, the Union Home Minister said that “the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is under control, and the government wants the all party delegation to take appropriate steps in bringing violence in Jammu and Kashmir under control.”


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On September 29, the Tokyo High Court overturned the ruling which demanded that the government release the documents related to the payments Japan made to America for the reversion of Okinawa. Apparently, the court decided that the government didn’t have to release those documents because the court wasn’t sure the government had them anymore.
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Srinagar: The inhabitants of Chattabal are out on roads on Thursday night to protest against the arrest spree in their area.
The residents said police raided their neighborhood to arrest youth who are protesting against the civilian killings. But people came out on roads forcing police to flee from the spot, a resident said.
The residents later appealed people through Masjid loudspeakers to come out on streets against the “terror” unleaded by police and paramilitary forces.
Reports said protests are also going on in Noorbagh where raids were conducted tonight.


Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party have said they will continue to force government to account for the rest of their supporters who were arrested by security forces and have not been seen again by their families.
Daily Monitor has established that only 71 people appear on both the government list of 177, which was tabled in Parliament by the Internal Affairs minister, Gen Jeje Odongo, and on the NUP list of 680 that was also presented in the House last week.
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This means that 106 people on the government list were not known to NUP before the minister tabled them in Parliament. It also means that 609 people on the list that NUP tabled in the House remain unaccounted for.
Gen Odongo told Parliament that government was continuing with the investigations and the list was not final. He said the list could increase if families report more relatives who have disappeared.
Mr Joel Ssenyonyi, the NUP spokesperson, said the struggle to push for unconditional release of those in jail and accountability for others whose whereabouts have not been established still continues.
“They finally yielded to pressure from different stakeholders in and around the world but as that is done, the main objective is not for them to come and tell us that we have these people; we want them released unconditionally,” Mr Ssenyonyi said in an interview last evening.
During the Interparty Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) summit on Friday, President Museveni said he was going to unconditionally release at least 51 people being held by security agencies.
Mr Ssenyonyi yesterday said: “President Museveni has made himself the law and he determines who should be arrested and who should not. He releases the detainees at his leisure. This is unfortunate because the people who have been killed or detained are innocent.”


SHAH ALAM – Selangor Barisan Nasional (BN) will form a special social media team to counter lies levelled against the coalition and federal government.
Its chairman Tan Sri Noh Omar said the team would ensure that the people received accurate information and not be influenced by misleading claims particularly as the 14th general election drew near.
“We will launch the team very soon.. at the moment we have 16 people who monitor every news and issues written about the party and government,” he said at a gathering with Selangor Farmers Organisation Authority (LPP) leaders here last night.
Also present at the event were LPP chairman Tan Sri Zainal Dahlan and former Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Muhammad Muhamad Taib.
Meanwhile, Noh, who is also Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister also reminded community leaders to be alert against false information circulated through social media.
He said community leaders had a role to play in giving the correct version to the grassroots they served, of any news or information that had been twisted or manipulated by certain quarters to mislead and confuse the people.
“Fake and disparaging news being hurled against the government and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak are becoming rampant and we want to prevent this,” he added. – BERNAMA


SALINAS, Calif. -- Police said several cars were engulfed in flames at R&R Towing in Salinas. It happened Tuesday just before midnight at 320 Commission St.
Salinas Fire Department was on scene and put out the fire. Police said a total of ten cars were damaged, including two that were completely destroyed.
Police said the cause of the fire has not been determined and the fire department will be doing an arson investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Salinas police.


Attacking the Congress-led UPA government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said people would settle scores with the central coalition for depriving the state financially.
Banerjee said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had promised before the 2011 assembly polls that the centre would help the state if the Congress-Trinamool Congress government came to power.
"He had said that loans will be restructured. (About) three years have passed. Nothing has happened," she told media persons after presiding over the first meeting of the state cabinet at "Uttarkanya", the newly-constructed mini secretariat in northern part of the state.
Pointing at a collusion between the Congress-led central government and the erstwhile Left Front government in the state, Banerjee said while the latter went on a loan spree to ruin the state financially, the central government turned a blind eye.
"However, this (central) government term is only for another 15 days. The earlier they depart, the more will be the benefits for the people. The people of Bengal will settle scores with the centre for depriving the state," she said.


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Nawaz Sharif has 1-2 days to resign: Khurshid Shah
KARACHI (92 News) – Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has 1-2 days to resign.
Talking to the media on Sunday, he said that he was seeing an end to the Panama case in a week.
He said that the government will have to accept the court verdict.
“Mian Sahib can only be removed by breaking the chair,” he added.


NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Addressing a press meet via video conferencing, two Maharashtra ministers Ashok Chavan and Balasahab Thoraton Wednesday blamed the railways for the assembling of the migrants and said that action will be taken against those responsible for this fiasco. They alleged there is a political conspiracy going in in the state to destabilize the government.
Ashok Chavan said, “A railway circular issued by Secundrabad Railway from Deputy Chief Commercial Manager, said that Jansadharan Express will run. This led to confusion in the migrants and they assembled at Bandra station. Action will be taken against those responsible for this confusion as it could have led to a major accident.”
“The incident has been used to destabilize the Maharashtra government and people are writing to impose President’s rule in the state. Who is patronizing this type of theory,” questioned Chavan. While Balasahab Thorat said that the railways was booking tickets till 2 p.m. on Wednesday. At whose behest it was done, asked Thorat adding that “in the crowd people of all sects and regions were present and its incorrect that only people from one community were there and everybody wanted to go home even as the state has imposed restrictions on the movement.”
The ministers alleged that the state is coordinating with the Centre but the union government is not cooperating with the state in taking any crucial decision.
The Congress leaders seemed upset with the series of events in the state and said that only when the party local MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui pacified the crowd the people dispersed. However, Chavan said that the government will investigate the whole issue including the laxity of police that how people came to the place and why the police used force against them. (IANS)


Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today slammed the media saying some had reported a ‘fake list’ claiming they were nominated for Ministry portfolios but had not been approved by President Maithripala Sirisena.
He said that some media had claimed that Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) member Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa was in the list of MPs nominated for Ministerial posts.
The Prime Minister however insisted that Zoysa was not on the list.
Wickremesinghe said that some media were attempting to mislead the public and action must be taken against them.
He called for a debate next month on media which were reporting false information.
The Prime Minister also said that while there were some differences of opinion with the President on the Ministerial appointments, he was confident the issues will be resolved. (Colombo Gazette)


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Ed Davey said it was "right to pursue climate change policies" and told Andrew Neil that prices of onshore, offshore and solar renewable sources were "coming down fast".
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QUETTA: President Supreme Court Bar Association Ali Ahmed Kurd has said that all roads of Pakistan have been sealed, hostels have been vacated and the government has paralyzed the life all over the country. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, he said that a change has come in the country due to lawyers and civil society.
Ali Ahmed Kurd said that we are still present on roads for supremacy of the constitution and the law and will remain at the sit-in until Iftikhar Chaudhry is not restored. He said that there was no road on which heavy contingents of police were not deployed. Our companions have been arrested from all parts of the country and the lawyers were off-loaded from planes. Kurd said that the protest would not be ended by sealing the cities. Those who have become the rulers because of the lawyers are taking undemocratic steps. He said the lawyers are peaceful despite the provocative actions by the government. He stressed that a peaceful protest is our legal right and we are being deprived of this right.-SANA


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An Air India plane en route to Vancouver returned to Delhi shortly after take-off on Friday (may 26) due to a technical issue, according to the airline.
The Boeing 777 aircraft operating flight AI185 landed back safely in the national capital.
"Air India flight AI185 Delhi to Vancouver dated May 26, operated by B777 aircraft has air returned to Delhi following a technical issue shortly after take-off," it said in a statement.
The airline said it is making alternative arrangements for the passengers while providing all support.
Details about the number of passengers on board the plane could not be immediately ascertained.
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“We felicitate the government and the political parties of Nepal on this achievement. Pakistan is confident that the new
constitution will further cement the foundations of democracy in Nepal,” said a Foreign Office statement.
The President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan have congratulated their Nepalese counterparts on this historic achievement.
Pakistan also wished peace and prosperity to the people of Nepal, it said. – SAMAA


At least 1.4 million people have been confirmed fully vaccinated against COVID-19 since the start of vaccination last year.
Sacha Bootsman, the COVID-19 Incident Manager for the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Sunday during the weekly press briefing in Juba.
“We are now approaching 1,400,000 people to be fully vaccinated and we have surpassed the 10 percent of the total population fully vaccinated for covid-19,” Bootsman said.
South Sudan since March 2021, received 2.1 million doses of both AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson vaccines.
John Rumunu, the COVID-19 Incident Manager at the National Ministry of Health, said that they are aiming to increase vaccine uptake across the country.
“There are efforts to do more sensitization, we have strategy of stepping up vaccination that will improve the demand and uptake in Jonglei state,” Rumunu said.
The total cumulative number of COVID-19 cases confirmed since the first case on April 5, 2020 stands now at 17, 779, the cumulative recoveries are 16,536 and the cumulative deaths are 138.


The number of Queenslanders who have died from influenza in the first half of 2019 has climbed to 66, marking a 65 per cent increase on the number of fatalities in 2018.
A record 28,896 laboratory-confirmed cases of the flu have been diagnosed across the state since the start of the year.
That figure is more than three times higher than the record flu season of 2017.
Health and Ambulance Services Minister Steven Miles said the 2019 rates were also five times higher than the average number of influenza cases across Queensland over the past five years.
"Too many Queenslanders are already dead, the season is yet to peak so we have to do more," he said in a statement on Wednesday.
"All year we've been vocal about the need for Queenslanders to be taking precautions, including getting the flu shot, but we're also doing a lot in our hospitals to protect the public."
Mr Miles said the state government was investing another $1.95 million to help combat the record flu epidemic.
It will be used to fund an additional blood culture testing instrument at Pathology Queensland, conduct genomic sequencing to characterise flu strains and increase the number of nurses available to take calls on 13HEALTH during peak periods.
Of the people diagnosed across Queensland in 2019 so far, more than 25,000 contracted influenza A.
About 1680 of those cases required hospitalisation, including 165 who needed treatment in intensive care.


(MENAFN) British attorneys involved in criminal prosecutions staged a walkout to seek more pay, as the country braces for further union strikes amid a mounting cost of living problem that has seen inflation reach 9.1 percent, a 40-year high.
According to the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), barristers voted for action earlier this month, with more than 80 percent of its 2,055 members supporting walkouts.
Real wages in criminal court proceedings have dropped 28 percent since 2006, with rookie barristers receiving a median salary of only 12,200 pounds ($15,030) in their first three years, pushing many to leave the profession.
They are asking for a 15% raise in their salaries for doing so-called legal aid work, which is paid by the government.
As part of the protest, leading criminal attorneys would fail to admit new cases or cover for colleagues on five days over the following four weeks.
The strikes, according to the lawyers, were necessary to keep the already creaking criminal justice system and COVID-19 pandemic long delays from coming to a halt.
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Innovators in the health industry may be able to profit and grow their business in 2009, despite adverse economic realities and a prediction that the economy will continue to slow. However, to do this business leaders will also have to face additional external forces including new financial realities, regulations, technology and a new president and Congress.
The PwC report from the Health Research Institute (HRI) identifies nine significant issues that will impact the health industry in 2009. The report also addresses the implications of these issues for businesses and the industry-at-large.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – A church in Greenville is making sure the community knows all about their health.
New Dimensions Community Church hosted a health fair to give people facts about breast cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
Reverend Eve Rogers said the annual event provides guidance to people in the community, “I believe that knowledge is power and current information about medical care health care is important to the health of the whole community.”
Rogers also said they have a “healthy lifestyle ministry” at the church. She said the church will hold more health fairs in the future.


President Nasheed has said that the integrity of the government was based on its policy decisions. The President made this statement while speaking to the people of Ken’dhikulhudhoo during his visit to the island this afternoon.
Speaking further, the President said that the government decisions should be based on long and short term fiscal impacts and fact-based.
The President also inquired about the developmental difficulties faced by the people of the island and informed on the measures that would be taken to resolve some of these issues. Furthermore, he said that the government was committed to start, as soon as possible, the developmental projects that has not het been commenced.
President Nasheed also announced that the work of establishing sewerage system in Ken’dhikulhudhoo will begin this year.
After concluding his visit to Ken’dhikulhudhoo, the President visited Kudafaree and met with the people of the island. Speaking with the people, the President said that the government’s duty was to serve the people. He also said that the government would develop the Kudafaree School and would especially provide higher education opportunities in the arts field.


(MENAFN- UkrinForm) A Russian military headquarters was destroyed in the temporarily occupied Tokmak. There are officers among the dead.
Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said this on the air of the national telethon 'United News', Ukrinform reported.
"For two days in a row, a very powerful liquidation of the enemy has been taking place in Tokmak. We already know what happened on November 28. The enemy's entire headquarters was destroyed. More precisely, during a meeting held at the headquarters, there was an explosion, and at least 14 people were killed, including a large number of officers," he said.
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Fedorov also clarified that the enemy tried to hide behind civilian infrastructure, which is why the headquarters was located on the territory of a kindergarten.
Earlier it was reported that powerful explosions were heard in Tokmak yesterday.
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KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce and Cooperative Department Jam Ikramullah Dharejo talking to the media in Sindh Assembly Building on Monday said that the incompetent government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had destroyed the economy of the country during its four-year rule and the results of its bad effects were coming.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government was fully responsible for the current economic situation because its government brought Pakistan’s economy to the brink of collapse due to its incompetence during its four-year tenure, he said in a statement.
Dharejo said that the current federal government was trying to improve the economic situation, adding the situation would improve in the next few months. He said that the people would get relief from the measures of the current federal government while Imran Khan was trying to incite the people.
He said that Imran Khan had introduced abusive language in politics. He tried to incite the youth to violence. “Pakistan’s image has improved with the foreign visits of Pakistan People’s Party Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari,” he concluded.


(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Japan pledged fresh aid worth about 63 billion yen in loans to Myanmar on Sunday, mainly to help the Southeast Asian country's infrastructure-building projects.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled the aid during talks at his office in Tokyo with Myanmar's President Thein Sein, who came to Japan to attend the regional summit between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, according to Japan's (Kyodo) News Agency. The yen loans are designed to help build infrastructure for the Thilawa Special Economic Zone in the suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, and upgrade a railway network in Myanmar, among other projects
With Abe having promised aid of 91 billion yen in loans during his visit to Myanmar in May, the total aid of Japan under his government launched in December last year is now more than 150 billion yen. Japan and Myanmar also signed a bilateral investment treaty to make it easier to invest in the Southeast Asian economy
With the agreement, Japan has concluded investment pacts with all 10 members of ASEAN which groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Myanmar has begun opening up to the world after years of military rule after making a transition to democratic governance in March 2011
As part of its nation-building efforts, Myanmar will hold parliamentary elections in 2015.
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. A compromise has been reached in the incident against Gyanendra Shahi in Surkhet. Shahi has given information on social media after apologizing to those who attacked him. He made a video public and said that he has apologized for doing so. Shahi said that the identities of those involved in the incident have been revealed and he has apologized for their future.
After the incident happened to him, some women said that the incident happened because the royal group had done something wrong. But even those women have now withdrawn. The incident was said to have taken place after the royal group tried to misbehave with the women. But now the women have retracted their statements.
After the news came that Shahi was wrong, he has made the video public to prove it false. He has challenged to write news about himself only after understanding the truth. The incident took place in Surkhet against a group of Shahis who had come to help those affected by the epidemic.
Police had arrested five people on the charge of being involved in the incident. Sujan Saru Magar, Lalit Gaha, Tank Salami, Ghanshyam Salami and Nawaraj Giri of Surkhet were arrested and further investigation was carried out.
Their group was injured. Shahi’s group has been discharged from the hospital after treatment. Paddy One, the district in-charge of YCL, said in the video that the woman had accepted the statement.


Anguilla says it will continue to frown on cruise tourism even as the British Overseas Territory rebuilds its tourism sector after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tourism officials say that the revenue generated from cruise tourism is not worth the environmental impact.
“Well, it’s a given, it’s not even debatable that cruise does have a negative impact on the overall environment,” Anguilla’s Minister of Tourism Haydn Hughes said.
“You have to weigh what you would benefit out of a cruise and what will be the drawbacks,” he said, adding that the British overseas territory has decided over decades that cruise tourism is not good for the destination.
The tourism minister said that St Thomas and St Maarten, the Caribbean destinations in which cruise passengers spend the most, the average expenditure is US$172 per passenger.
Hughes said that during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was mostly celebrities who were travelling to Anguilla and that improvements in public infrastructure, including the airport, have made the destination more attractive.


DC Ibrahim Inaugurates ‘Kala Jatha’
Mangaluru: To mark the beginning of the 4th year of the Congress Government in the state, an awareness programme ‘Kala Jatha’ was inaugurated at the DC office premises here, on July 19.
Deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim inaugurated the Kala Jatha by cutting the ribbon.
Addressing the mediapersons, A B Ibrahim said that the state government has completed three successful years. In these three years, the government has implemented various schemes such as Anna Bhagya, Kheera Bhagya, Shadi Bhagya, Shudda Niru Bhagya, Rajiv Aroghya Bhagya, Nirmala Bhagya, Vidyasiri Bhagya, Krishi Bhagya and many other schemes which are running successfully in the state.
The DC further said that the government has introduced a new scheme for the farmers, ‘Krishi Bhagya’ and to bring awareness among the people about the various schemes, the Information Department has organized a 21-day jatha. “The jatha will travel within the entire district in 21 days and bring awareness among the people about government schemes so that the people will be benefited from this. The government has implemented many schemes but there are no beneficiaries for some schemes. Hence, awareness should be created so that the people can avail the benefits of those schemes.”
Ibrahim urged the people to make use of the schemes and said that the information department needs to bring awareness among the people in this regard.
Information officer Khader Shah speaking on the occasion said that the CDs of the government schemes will be played during the 21 days of the jatha throughout the district.
DCP L&O Shantharaju, MCC Commissioner Mohammed Nazir, ADC Kumar and other officers were also present.


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Zambia National Service(ZNS) Commandant Lieutenant General Nathan Mulenga says the Presidential Initiative Milling Plant in Monze district will soon be completed.
Lt Gen Mulenga who was impressed with the workmanship, expressed optimism that the milling plant which has reached 99 percent completion rate, is almost ready for commissioning.
Speaking when he toured the milling plant in Monze, Lt Gen Mulenga stated that the only major issue remaining is connecting power to the plant.
He added that the plant once operational, will start serving the local people through employment and other spiral effects.
“It is just a matter of weeks and the plant will be tested and handed over. It will benefit the people of Monze as they will be employed and development will be brought here in Monze,” he said.
Lt Gen Mulenga stated that the President wants to see the milling plant actualized so that it can benefit the local people.
He explained that the project is a grant from the Chinese government who are constructing the milling plant.
The high ranking ZNS official said the completion of the project will reduce the price of mealie meal which is the staple food in the country.
Commandant Mulenga indicated that the facility will also attract development to Monze which is in a rural setting.
Lt Gen Mulenga said the Monze Milling plant will be one of its kind in the country which will go a long way in helping the people of Zambia.
He further explained that the project which was initiated by President Edgar Lungu, shows how the Zambian leader and his Chinese counterpart are concerned about the plight of their people.
Lt Gen Mulenga thanked the Chinese government for their continued support saying the milling plant will benefit the Zambian people greatly by producing affordable mealie meal.
He commended the District Administration in Monze for sensitizing the local people on the importance of crop diversification.
“We have all sorts of food in the country apart from maize. It is gratifying to hear that farmers in Monze have started diversifying as that is the way to go,” he said.
The Commandant added that he is happy to hear that the local Chiefdoms in Monze are happy with the milling project as it will benefit them and their people.
Commandant Mulenga urged the local administration to remind the local farmers not to sell maize to the briefcase buyers as that might affect the production at the milling plant.
And Monze District Commissioner Munachoongo Muleya thanked government for choosing Monze District to benefit from the Presidential milling initiative.
Mrs Muleya said the infrastructure has developed the area and will continue to do so.
She thanked the ZNS Commandant for ensuring the project is complete in the shortest possible time.
The ZNS Commandant Lt Gen Nathan Mulenga was in Southern Province on a two days tour of ZNS projects in the Province.


Yellow and Blue could be seen along Highway 16 today (Friday) as many stood to support Ukrainians, one year after the war with Russia started.
The rally was held at Goat Park as many braved the cold to remind those passing by that the war is ongoing.
According to Smithers BC Helps Ukraine, 14 Ukrainians, including adults and children, have moved to Smithers since the war started.
Volunteer Luba Kasum said she was happy with the turnout despite the cold.
“Some people came prepared with their own poster and such, so I’m glad that people still remember about the war in Ukraine.”
Seven of the displaced Ukrainians living in the community attended the event.
Kasum said sometimes she feels people have forgotten about the war.
“It feels almost that some people forget… but it’s still happening, and I’m grateful that people in Smithers show’d support and came to this rally and still remember what’s going on.”
Fundraising is ongoing and will continue even after the war ends, according to Kasum, to help Ukraine rebuild.


Million-dollar lawn fertiliser scam in Maharashtra: Report says companies have inflated costs
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The Maharashtra government on Thursday filed a criminal complaint against seven companies for their alleged involvement in the massive lawn fertilizer scam.
The criminal complaint filed by the state police, which includes the Enforcement Directorate, said the firms, which included Tata Motors, Lajpat Nagar, KVDA, LPG Cell and Suncor, have been engaged in an attempt to manipulate the market in Maharashtra for their products.
It also alleged that some of the firms were involved in illegal activities like defrauding farmers, cheating the government, and committing other crimes.
In the complaint, the state said the five firms had been selling the fertilizer products at inflated prices, and they also used illegal methods to manipulate pricing.
It said they had inflated the costs for the fertiliser to make the products more competitive.
The Maharashtra government has launched a probe into the allegations.
The Enforcement Directorate said it has sent a team to the state to investigate.
The probe was initiated after a complaint was received from a farmer in the state’s Thane district, who said he bought fertilizer from these companies.
The state police said in a statement that the complaint was filed after a probe by the Enforcement and Corporate Crime Branch.
The Maharashtra government on Thursday filed a criminal complaint against seven companies for their alleged involvement in the massive lawn…


The Ministry of Interior confirmed that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has so far killed two soldiers of the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces.
Tariq Arian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, confirmed the deaths of the two police soldiers during a press conference in Kabul.
He also added that two other police officers who had contracted the disease, have recovered.
This comes as the Ministry of Public Health announced Friday that the total number of COVID-19 cases has reached 2,335 across the country.
Waheedullah Mayar, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health, told reporters in Kabul on Friday that authorities recorded 50 new positive cases in the past 24 hours.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 29. The trade turnover
between Azerbaijan and Georgia exceeded $340 million from January
through April 2022, Adviser to the head of Azerbaijan Export and
Investment Promotion Agency (AZPROMO) Zohrab Gadirov said, Trend reports.
Gadirov made the statement at the Azerbaijani-Georgian business
forum underway in Azerbaijan's Baku on June 29.
According to him, this figure has grown compared to the same
period last year.
'I also want to note that mutual investments in the economies of
our countries are growing. Additionally, we see interest from
Georgian entrepreneurs in doing business in Azerbaijan. We are
ready to cooperate with potential investors and businesses to
expand economic cooperation,' Gadirov said.
Gadirov also emphasized that a number of industrial zones
operate in Azerbaijan, where doing business is most profitable both
from an economic and legal point of view.
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Malawian President Peter Mutharika said on Tuesday that the current floods which hit 15 district early this year has cost the Malawi economy at least K23.9 billion and that his government was seeking $81 million to support floods survivors.
President Mutharika said in a State of the Nation address that K23.9 billion excludes the cost of the relief programmes that are currently underway by government and other organizations and individuals.
“On the basis of available information so far, K5.6 billion worth of maize, K1.5 billion worth of rice, K320 million worth of groundnuts, K728 million worthy of cotton, and K51.8 million worth of fish has been lost,” revealed President Mutharika.
“It is also estimated that a total of K2.9 billion worth of livestock has been lost,” said the Malawi leader, pointing out that the loss of these assets had aggravated national food security.
Mutharika noted that the floods have caused “a lot of damage and will bring many negative socio-economic effects to the Malawian economy.”
“The growth for the country is largely driven by the agriculture, manufacturing, electricity, water and mining sectors, among others,” he noted.
“These have been adversely affected by the floods, to the extent that the country is likely to achieve economic growth lower than the 5.8 percent projected earlier for 2015,” said Mutharika.
Malawi’s Department of Surveys estimated that, as of Jan. 13, 63,531 hectares of land had been inundated by floodwater.
It is estimated that around 116,000 of the nation’s farmers – and some 35,000 hectares of cropland – have been affected.
“In this respect, the floods will have a huge impact on household food security during the 2015/16 consumption season,” he said.
In terms of a long-term response, the President said the government was finalizing a new national disaster management policy that would guide the government and other stakeholders on the implementation of programs and activities.
He said the policy was aimed at addressing disaster threats and reducing the impact of disasters in local communities.
Meanwhile, Mutharika will Wednesday leave the country for Ethiopia for an African Union summit where among other things he will brief the summit on the devastating floods which fallen the Malawi nation.Follow and Subscribe Nyasa TV :


Last week in Nursery, we learnt about how animals help people in their daily life. The children looked at Guide Dogs and Police Horses and we spoke about how they can help us.
The children drew and painted Guide Dogs and other animals that help us. They enjoyed making collages of horses and talking about the different ways they can help us.
Here are some of the Police Horses that the children made. We also spoke about the other ways that horses help us.
“Horses help the farmers dig in seeds with machines.”


Seminaries’ financial affairs will be completed through banks, says Ch Nisar
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Interior Minister Ch Nisar has said that seminaries’ financial affairs will be completed through banks.
Talking to the media on Monday, he said that the government will decide the procedure for foreign funding of seminaries.
He said that the person declaring anyone an infidel will face terrorism cases.
The minister said that they had consulted seminaries’ organizations and all Ulema had agreed to root out terrorism.
“However, the final meeting about seminaries will be presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,” he said.
Ch Nisar said that a committee had been formed for the easy registration of seminaries.


A former Commissioner for Home Affairs in Lagos, Dr. Abdul-Hakeem Abdul-Lateef, has declared his intention to vie for the state’s governorship seat in 2023.
Abdul-Lateef declared his intention during the inauguration of “Iyepe 2023 We Fit Do Am” project, a movement meant to create political awareness among people of the state on Tuesday.
He said: “There is apathy in the county; not so many people are involved in voting these days. It has been going down in Lagos State.
“Out of about 24 million people in Lagos State, during the last voting exercise we witness less than 1.5 million voters.
“You can see that there is a gradual level of disinterestedness by the populace. So we have started this movement to raise political awareness to encourage people to have hope that we can have transformation.
“By the time we encourage more people to participate in politics, we believe that things will change for the better by the grace of God.
The ex-commissioner said the greatest challenge in the nation’s politics was apathy.
He urged Lagos residents to believe that nothing was impossible, adding that the time had come when votes would begin to count in order to bring into the leadership competent and committed people.
Abdul-Lateef, who has not revealed the party under whose umbrella he would contest the governorship election, said he was optimistic that people of Lagos would support him when the time comes.


(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama)
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported Wednesday, December 8, that active cases of Covid-19 total 3,089, a figure that has been increasing for several weeks.
In the last 24 hours, 338 new cases were reported, after the application of 7,904 tests and a percentage of positivity of 4.2%.
One death was registered bringing the total deaths to7,381.
There are 108 hospitalized 95 of them are in the ward and 13 are in the intensive care unit (ICU).
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A PETITION calling for police to abandon plans to axe police station opening hours has been handed in to West Midlands Police.
Almost 1,200 people signed the campaign against proposals to shut the front counters at four key Birmingham police stations overnight.
Mike Olley, who is seeking to be Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands said, has also called for an internal investigation into the way the initial consultation was carried out.
Mr Olley, who handed the petition in to police at the Lloyd House HQ alongside Coventry Councillor Bally Singh said: “I have been overwhelmed by the public support against these closures.
“The people who have added their names come from all walks of life, some of whom are police officers. They feel strongly about these proposed cuts and I sincerely hope the Police Authority will listen to them before any decisions are made.”


By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano
Kano state governor Abdullahi Ganduje has called on the market community in Kano state to ensure that they strictly adhere to the COVID 19 protocols to avoid situations that will lead to the closure of the market as a result of lockdown.
The governor who was represented by his deputy Nasiru Gawuna at a COVID 19 stakeholders meeting with Market community leaders in the state at the government house on Thursday warned that the second wave of the pandemic is worse than the first and the people should learn their lessons in fighting against the pandemic.
“We all know that it is the marketers that suffer most whenever there is a lockdown especially those who have to work to feed on a daily basis. Therefore we need to enlighten and sensitize the market people to make them understand that they need to take responsibility and observe the necessary COVID 19 protocols to avoid the spread of the pandemic in the state and to avoid a situation that will…
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 31. Azerbaijan has a huge
potential in renewable energy sources, President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said at the official opening ceremony of
the 28th International Exhibition "Oil and Gas of the Caspian Sea"
and the 11th Caspian International Exhibition "Energy and Green
Energy" at the Baku Expo Center, trend reports.
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But ministers also said they had extracted a series of assurances from firms, including a promise to re-think the use of premium rate telephone helpline numbers.
The insurers and ministers will now meet once a month to coordinate relief efforts and ensure flooded customers get prompt compensation.
Downing Street said insurers had promised that they had enough loss adjusters and drying equipment to start restoration work as soon as possible when water recedes.
We were reassured that the industry have already put in place a range of measures to look after their customers and we have agreed further steps to help the recovery process
The industry will provide experts to ensure new “repair and renew” grants of up to £5,000 each are used to maximise homeowners’ protection against future floods and secure affordable insurance.
Companies will continue to operate 24-hour flood helplines able to authorise immediate emergency payments.
Floods Minister Dan Rogerson said: “We were reassured that the industry have already put in place a range of measures to look after their customers and we have agreed further steps to help the recovery process.
"We will continue to meet on a monthly basis to ensure an effective, coordinated response.”
Otto Thoresen, director general of the Association of British Insurers, said: “Insurers assured ministers the situation is under control and that customers have been helped speedily and effectively since the flooding and bad weather began in December.


Gate City Bank donates money to charity
In the past several months, Gate City Bank in West Fargo has donated $346,800 to area organizations as part of its commitment to support communities and causes.
Local donations included contributions to the United Way of Cass Clay, West Fargo Public Library Summer Reading Program, and West Fargo VFW and Ladies Auxiliary.
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Havana: Turnout for Cuba's parliamentary elections at the weekend was almost 76 percent, the national electoral commission said on Monday, an increase on the two previous votes.
All 470 candidates were successfully elected to the 470 seats in the National Assembly, though the communist government does not allow opposition candidates to mount a challenge.
What was in question in the vote was the rate of abstention.
Cubans can refuse to participate in elections to show dissatisfaction with their government.
The opposition had called on citizens to abstain, with one Twitter account calling the vote a farce.
The official turnout number was comfortably above the 68.5 percent that voted in last November's municipal elections.
It was also a slight increase on the 74 percent who turned out for a referendum on a new family code in September. Read Also
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However, it was some way off the 90 percent turnout for the 2019 referendum on a new constitution.
The 470 lawmakers -- 263 women and 207 men -- will now serve a five-year term.
Voters had two choices on their ballots: they could tick the names of any number of individual candidates, or otherwise select the "vote for all" option.
Candidates needed a minimum of 50 percent to be elected.
Alina Balseiro, president of the electoral commission, said 72 percent of voters selected the vote for all option.
However, the opposition scoffed at the turnout figures, with dissident Manuel Cuesta Morua of the Council for the Democratic Transition in Cuba warning about "the government's electoral mathematics."
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Nyagatare District Mayor Mushabe David Claudien told IGIHE that “Five cows struck by lightning are from Nyagatare Sector, and we are still compiling statistics to determine the damage.”
Musheri Sector Executive Secretary Kamu Stiven told IGIHE that residents have been accommodating their neighbors affected by the rains while community work is expected to help them restore the roofs properly.
He said that the government will help these residents by providing roofing iron sheets.
Citizens are also urged to take animal insurances to make it easier for them to recover from such losses.
Heavy rains also destroyed more than 200 houses in Kirehe District in recent weeks and damaged farmland.


Cape Town - President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured the country he will appoint capable people into his Cabinet when he announces it on Sunday.
Ramaphosa, who was responding to questions to the media in Parliament on Tuesday, said he did not have sleepless nights about who was going to be in his Cabinet.
He said South Africans can rest assured that the people who are going to be in the national executive were competent and will deliver on the needs of the country.
Speculation has been rife in recent days about people who are going to be in Cabinet and those who will not come back.
But Ramaphosa refused to be drawn on the people who will be appointed.


By Grace Alegba, Lagos.
The Lagos State Government says the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge project will make room for future expansion, curb gridlock and bring development to neigbouring communities.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, made the declaration on Saturday at a stakeholders’ meeting with some boundary communities in Lagos and Ogun States.
The meeting, which took place in Isheri Estate, in Ogun, was for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (EIA) of the proposed Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge Project on Arepo, Opic, Isheri, Igbogbo Baiyeku, Agric-Owutu, Ishawo, Tapa and adjoining communities.
Adeyoye, who was represented by her Project Director in the Ministry, Mr Tokunbo Ajanaku, thanked the stakeholders from Lagos and Ogun states and sought their support towards the execution of the 37-kilometre road with 16 different routes.
She said that three bids were in their final stages and captured the interests of the communities – direct beneficiaries of the project – in mitigating all environmental impacts.
She said that the project, which was a transport infrastructure solution, was divided into three sections — Island, Mainland and Lagoon sections.
Adeyoye stressed that the state government was meticulous, while transparently carrying stakeholders along at every stage.
She said that the project provided a holistic solution to perennial flooding in the neighbourhood because the area would be the exit point of the bridge, which took its bearing from Abraham Adesanya on the Lagos Island.
Responding to questions from residents who wanted the incorporation of rail transportation in the project, Adeyoye said the project encompassed a Bus Rapid Transit Corridor, adding that spaces were provided for expansion.
She said that the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge, which had three to four years completion period, was a feasible project, which had holistic solution to flooding and other climate issues.
The special Adviser said the state’s Strategic Transport Master Plan comprised five roads out, of which three were nearing completion, one was suspended and only the 4th Mainland Bridge had yet to start.
“What is outstanding is this laudable project, which is the 4th Mainland Bridge,” she said.
Adeyoye said that due to the fact that the project was a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) venture, there was need to spell out every process, allowing opportunities for feedback, hence the stakeholders’ meeting.
She added that 16 different routes and alignments had been charted in the last three years, while various tests and studies had been carried out, including the EIA.
Mr Afolabi Oladunni, a consultant on the project, said that the bridge would be an international project, hence the need to involve and carry along the people who were the end users through a transparent process.
He explained that six interchanges would be built now, while additional three would be built in the future.
Speaking on the project overview, Mr Tola Johnson said that climate change issues had be taken care of.
He said that the number of buildings to be demolished would be reduced through the Lagos State drainage master plan, to ensure that the residents also benefitted from the project, which would bring economic development to the state.