A programme taking aim at stress in school kids is the first step in a three year government plan.
The plan will invest $28 million dollars into mental health in primary schools, ensuring there is one mental health worker per 500 students across Canterbury.
Bramford School is one of the seven schools in the Tamai Learning Community which will test the plan.
Acting Principal Deborah Young said “Its pretty exciting to think that things are actually going to be happening”
Bramford School's community saw a lot of earthquake damage and the kids are among the most at risk of mental health issues.
She said she still sees anxiety in kids who are separated from their parents and other anxieties have come to the surface since the earthquakes that didn’t exist before.


If a referendum on joining the EU were to take place next week, 20 percent would vote against accession, according to a poll by the polling agency ES Turu-uuringud.
The poll also showed that the general support of the Esto-nians toward accession was at 55 percent, against 29 percent of those who said they did not support Estonia's membership in the EU.
"This is a natural development toward improvement of matters (in Estonia)," pollster Juhan Kivirahk said, referring to the change of government at the beginning of the year which has boosted the credibility of state institutions.
A total of 42 percent of respondents were still undecided, but Kivirahk said the figure was not surprising as the debate on the pros and cons of accession was only starting in earnest.
Commissioned by the government's EU information office, the poll was conducted in the second week of June among 964 people aged 15 to 74.


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(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: Ooredoo has announced it is title sponsor for the Padel tournament being organised by Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC).
This year's tournament, which kicked off on Tuesday, is the third edition of QOC's tournament. The women's games are being hosted at Al Sadd Sports Club from today until Saturday, with the men's games being held at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex until Saturday.
Some 610 participants are competing for victory, presenting firm evidence of the exponential growth in popularity of the sport in Qatar.
Sabah Rabiah Al Kuwari, Director PR at Ooredoo, said:“Padel has seen an exciting surge in popularity in Qatar since it was first introduced – which was relatively recently – and we're delighted to be helping QOC further raise the sport's profile. Promoting a healthy, active lifestyle is a key pillar of our corporate social responsibility strategy, and we're always delighted to support local sporting events that enable us to demonstrate our commitment to health and wellbeing. We're looking forward to seeing some awesome games!”
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The Hague, Oct 28 (IANS) The number of positive Covid-19 tests in the Netherlands over the past 24 hours rose to the highest in over three months, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) announced on Wednesday.
The RIVM reported 7,301 positive cases from Tuesday to Wednesday, 1,526 more than that in the previous 24 hours. It was the highest number since July 19.
The number of positive cases also increased in the weekly figures. Over the past seven days, 41,409 new positive cases were registered, an average of 5,916 cases per day, that is 56 per cent more than the previous week.
Dutch hospitals see an increase of incoming Covid-19 patients. There are now 859 coronavirus patients in hospital, compared to 849 on Tuesday, of whom 200 are in the intensive care, compared to 192 on Tuesday.
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Mkushi, Luano blue to be addressed
Mkushi, May 3, ZANIS ——-Government has assured residents of Mkushi and Luano districts of addressing the long standing challenge of road infrastructure development.
Mkushi District Commissioner Christopher Chibuye told ZANIS that government acknowledged that good roads were a crucial factor in accelerating development for the two districts.
Mr Chibuye said that government had included the development of roads amongst its investments into social and economic infrastructure with the aim of ensuring sustainable development.
He explained that the road development projects would bring several benefits to the two districts in the aspects of improving communication, commerce as well as creation of jobs.
He cited the Mkushi to Luano extensive road project as being amongst the major projects that had been earmarked, saying that this project would unveil many benefits as it also had linkage route that connected to Kabwe district.
Mr Chibuye assured that government would remain steadfast in its commitment to carry out such a project in the quest to build the economy and improve the lives of people in Mkushi and Luano districts.
He elaborated that the Mkushi to Luano road project would begin from Chiponya area pass through Masansa and into Luano district, adding that these projects would boost Public Sector Services and Private Sector Development.
He also made reference to the Boma Township roads, saying that at least 20.2 kilometers stretch of Township roads was earmarked to be tarred.
Mr Chibuye maintained that the PF government was focused in its efforts to transform the economy adding that good roads were vital to the PF’s objective of achieving an economic growth rate of more than 8%.
He said that the reduction of unemployment and poverty were amongst the pertinent challenges that the PF government aimed to overcome, adding that government recognized that such a task required both public and private sector participation.
He said that in view of this, government pledged to continue working with the private sector and would ensure that entrepreneurs have access to cheap credit for investments.
Mr Chibuye pointed out that in 2012, government had introduced a policy rate which provides Financial Market Participants with a credible and stable anchor for setting low interest rates in order to make borrowing affordable.
He said that government policies related to the development of commerce were being backed by the road infrastructure developments as government recognized the importance of consolidating the private sector in the quest to generate more jobs.
He mentioned that youths were most affected by the unemployment challenge, adding that government would soon introduce Apprenticeship skills Training as a bid to empower youths with practical skills.
Mr Chibuye expressed confidence that positive change would unfold from the combination of developmental factors involving road infrastructure, private sector development and practical skills for the youths.
He said that Mkushi and Luano districts were also earmarked to be considered amongst the 650 Health Centers that would be constructed in various parts of the country, and that good roads would also help in accessing these health services.
He further mentioned that there was need for residents to appreciate that government was focusing on setting the foundation for long term benefits for both Mkushi and Luano districts.


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Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said on Monday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win a majority of seats in the eight northeastern states in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Of the 25 Lok Sabha seats, Singh told the media here that his party will win at least 20.
The leader also exuded confidence of winning both the general and reserved seats in Manipur.
“We will win the Outer Manipur constituency seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and the Inner constituency general seat,” the Chief Minister said.
“People have seen how many persons had converged at the public meeting last week which was orgasnised by the BJP during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third visit to Manipur.”
Dismissing Singh’s claim, Congress MLA and party president T.N. Haokip told IANS that the BJP was on its way out.
“During his one hour visit in Imphal, Modi had failed to reply to the 14 questions the Congress had raised in public interest,” Haokip added.


The officials are saying that the blast has also left at least 40 people wounded and several security personnel are also among those who have lost their lives.
The officials further added that the incident took place inside a yard as the security personnel were busy defusing a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
The provincial governor’s spokesman Mohamamd Daud Ahmadi said late on Tuesday that the explosion had left at least 16 people dead although he warned that the death toll could further rise.
Ahmadi had also added that the blast has left more than 30 people wounded and confirmed that security personnel and civilians are among those killed or wounded.
No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident.
The security situation in southern Kandahar province has started to deteriorate during the recent months after the security situation had relatively improved during the recent years.
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251 weapons snatched, 90 arrested in J&K in last 3 years: CM
Jammu, Jan 18: The Jammu and Kashmir government today said that 149 weapons have been snatched and 90 people have been arrested in these cases in the Kashmir Valley during the last three years.
In a written reply to a question of BJPs Vikram Randhawa in the Legislative Council, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said that 251 weapons, including 35 AK rifles, 44 insaas rifles, 43 SLRs, five 303 rifles, 12 pistols, two UMGs, one LMG, one each AR-41 rifle, PIKA gun and gas gun and 102 tear shell grenades were snatched during the last three years.
In this regard, 90 people have been arrested and 76 weapons recovered, she said.
The chief minister said that static guards have been sensitised to remain extra-vigilant so that “anti-national elements do not succeed in snatching weapons”.
The departmental action has been initiated against those policemen who were not alert when their weapons were snatched, she said.
Mufti said that 13 cases of bank dacoities have taken place in the year 2016-17 in which an amount of Rs 1.13 crore was robbed.
FIRs have been lodged in all the cases and investigation was underwa, she said.


Blast Targeting Mosque In Kabul Kills 9, Wounds 41
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) ISLAMABAD, Sept 23 (KUNA) -- At least nine people lost their lives while 41 others received injuries in a car bombing outside the mosque in Afghan capital city Kabul on Friday, said officials.
A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI), Abdul Nafay Takor confirmed that the blast was a car bombing that occurred nearby the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in PD10 area of Kabul.
Local media reports confirmed that nine people were killed in the blast and 41 others wounded, including children.
The explosion occurred when the worshippers were leaving the mosque, and the victims were civilians. The spokesperson for Taliban government in Afghanistan, Zabiullah Mujahid condemned the blast saying that attacking mosques and targeting worshippers is a 'major and unforgivable crime.'
The UN Assistant Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a statement said, 'another bitter reminder of ongoing insecurity and terrorist activity in Afghanistan - today's explosion outside a downtown mosque in Kabul caused numerous casualties, including fatalities.'
The security forces cordoned off the area and a search operation went underway. Earlier in the month, two Russian embassy staff members were killed in a suicide bombing outside the offices earlier this month, the latest attack in the capital claimed by the group. (end)
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin said that other states in the country were keen on learning the policies and programmes of Dravidian model of development. He was speaking at the Third International Humanism Conference on Social Justice virtually on Sunday.
Stalin said that in the past fifty years, Tamil Nadu has witnessed huge development and this has led to other states in the country keenly learning about the policies and programmes and implementing this in their own states.
He said that the Dravidian model was only for further enhancing the developments made in the last fifty years. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said that the state witnessed huge development due to two language policies, infrastructure, development of the Tamil language, reservation rights, creation of social upliftment, and struggle for state’s rights during the past fifty years.
M.K. Stalin said that DMK was a political party based on the ideals of social justice, equality, self-respect, communal rights, linguistic affinity, and state autonomy and added that the development of the state should be based on these ideals.
He said that development should include both economic and social development and said that the Dravidian ideologue, Thanthai Periyar, Perarignar Anna, and his father Muthamizh Arignar Kalaignar had envisioned this model of development.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister also said that the ideals and thought process of late Thanthai Periyar is now being used in the modern world.


Three top officials of the Osun State government have been kidnapped along Obajana-Lokoja-Abuja road on their way from Abuja, reports say.
It was gathered that the incident happened Thursday morning. Among those kidnapped were the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Adebimpe Ogunlumade, her driver Mr. Olajide Ajani and Director in the Ministry, Mr. Tajudeen Babalola.
The victims were said to have been marched into the bush by their captors while the official vehicle in which they were travelling was abandoned by the road side.
The Permanent Secretary and the Director were said to be on their way from Abuja where they had gone to represent the state at the monthly FAAC meeting.


PIA flights to Gulf countries to continue: Pakistan
Moeed Yusuf strongly rejects exporting Covid-19 cases to other countries
July 2, 2020 02:21 PM
Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning Moeed Yusuf Thursday said that PIA flights to Gulf countries will continue and screening of passengers going abroad from Pakistan has been made mandatory.
He said Pakistan rejected the impression that the country had exported COVID-19 cases to other countries.
Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, Moeed clarified that one or two passengers managed to cross the airline COVID-19 checking and reached the foreign destination on fake testing documents.
The UK government had already said that it was not the UK government’s stance as the news only appeared in the media.
Moeed Yusuf said that flights are being operational as per usual and Pakistan government has been trying that Covid-19 patients will not go outside the country from Pakistan. “Few airlines have imposed conditions of COVID-19 testing, he added.
Moeed Yusuf sharing the statistics said Pakistan has brought back stranded Pakistani nationals from70 countries.
“Airlines in some countries have allowed that after the test you can travel,” he added.


Previous head administrator Najib Razak said banks will benefit whether or not Putrajaya constrains them to force a credit ban or not.
This came after money serve Tengku Zafrul Aziz revealed to Sinar Harian that the public authority would need to “unwarrantedly” repay banks if Putrajaya demanded a sweeping ban being advertised.
Najib said that if the public authority doesn’t teach banks to offer a ban, notwithstanding having the power to do as such, these monetary establishments would benefit.
“On the off chance that the public authority employs its force and guides banks to force a ban, the public authority would have to repay them — and the bank will likewise benefit,” he said in a Facebook post.
Calls for banks to force a ban on credits have become stronger after the most recent round of stricter development limitations, which saw just “fundamental” areas working.
Zafrul had at first said that the public authority didn’t have any legitimate power to direct what bans banks can give or how they are executed.
Notwithstanding, naysayers contended that there were a few laws that gave the public authority such position, including the Emergency Ordinance and the Bank Negara Malaysia Act 2009.
In a select meeting with Sinar Harian, Zafrul said while the Emergency Ordinance had given the public authority power to compel banks to force a ban, it likewise specified that the public authority should repay the banks.
“Compelling them to force a ban implies the public authority would need to bear the expense of repaying the banks for something that isn’t required.
“I would prefer to channel the assets (the repayment cost) to help individuals and organizations,” he was cited by the Malay every day as saying.


MIRI: The Housing and Local Government Ministry will reward those who maintain a high standard of hygiene in public toilets.
Deputy Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said the ministry was mooting several reward schemes to be offered to local authorities and those who maintained public toilets.
“Our aim is to get the public to be actively involved in the campaign and we (ministry) have started to clean up and upgrade the standard of public toilets in all states.
“These reward schemes are among the measures that we have planned. The ministry will launch a national publicity campaign on June 30 in Johor Baru,” he told reporters at his office yesterday.
Chin, who is Miri MP, said the ministry would also go on air to garner support and co-operation from the public to effectively stop the problem of dirty public toilets which has been a major headache for the authorities for many years.
Television and radio networks would be roped in to educate the public on what needed to be done, he said.
“We need to change the mindset of public toilet users and those who operate these facilities, such as in shopping outlets, coffeeshops, petrol stations, bus stations, airports, markets and at rest areas along the highway,” he said.


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No fewer than 113 persons have been infected with the deadly Lassa fever virus in Ondo State.
Our correspondent gathered that the deadly virus has spread to more than 10 out of the 18 local government areas of the state.
Most of the victims of the virus were said to have been quarantine at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo.
It was learnt that 16 new cases were recorded between Sunday and Wednesday in Ondo North senatorial district, while fresh cases where also recorded in the southern senatorial district.
The state epidemologist, Dr Stephen Fagbemi, who confirmed the development, said some patients were also admitted in Akure, the state capital where they were quarantine.
He stressed that the Akure centre which was just opened is being used as holding centre and once the patients are confirmed, they will be moved to the Federal Medical Centre Owo.
He disclosed that 50 people are currently undergoing treatment, while 46 persons have been treated and discharged.
He disclosed further that 18 people had died of the virus, saying that the state government will continue to intensify efforts in its campaign at enlightening the people on the need to prevent the spread of the disease.


COLOMBO (NewsRadio); The government has pledged to provide special allowances to state sector workers in the last quarter of this year.
Speaking to media in Avissawella, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said the President also announced during the budget speech that the government will grant special allowances to state sector workers in the latter part of the year.
The State Minister said therefore as soon as the possible, the government will provide a number of concessions to state sector workers.
State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya added that the government has taken all steps to pay the April salaries by the 10th of this month.
He said although countries usually slash salaries of state sector employees while battling a financial crunch, the incumbent government has not taken such a decision.
The State Minister of Finance said instead the President has requested officials to pay the salaries of employees as a priority.
He said due to the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, despite various difficulties, the government will pay the salaries of state employees and allowances before the 10th of April.


Dundalk Chamber of Commerce’s chairperson has called on the government to introduce a lockdown in the Republic similar to that introduced in the UK on Monday.
Paddy Malone told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that the only way such measures could work in the North was if they were introduced in the South as well.
Mr Malone said he was concerned that around 3,000 people travel from Newry to Dundalk for work every day and he warned that the UK lockdown will have a huge economic and social impact on the region, on both sides of the border.
He called for an ‘all island’ approach, for the island of Ireland to be treated as one unit and for the Irish government to introduce stronger measures.
Otherwise, he warned, there will be two different approaches in place on the island, which will lead to discontent and a questioning of the validity of the orders.
“If there are different measures, you would have discontent and questioning of orders.”
Mr Malone praised the Irish government for making the first move, but said more now needs to be done.
The Chamber of Commerce was calling on the public to follow government advice and not social media and he urged the government to pay attention to the suggestion of the Chamber.


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Rabat: Morocco on Wednesday extradited to the United States a French national wanted for a string of alleged cybercrimes, a Moroccan police source told AFP.
Sebastien Raoult was put on a flight from Casablanca to New York, the source said on condition of anonymity.
'The operation was carried out by FBI agents,' the source added.
Raoult is suspected by the FBI of 'conspiracy to commit electronic fraud and abuse', 'serious identity theft' and of belonging to the ShinyHunters hacking group which has allegedly targeted US companies including Microsoft.
The 21-year-old Frenchman could face 116 years in prison in the United States over the charges, according to his lawyer Philippe Ohayon.
Raoult, a former IT student from Epinal in eastern France, was arrested in Morocco in May last year on the basis of an Interpol red notice.
Red notices ask member countries to provisionally detain people pending possible extradition or other legal action.
Ohayon had raised Raoult's case with the United Nations' Committee Against Torture, but the body declined to intervene.
French foreign ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre said Wednesday that Raoult's extradition was 'a matter of sovereign relations between Morocco and the United States'.
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Berbera (SD) – Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi speaking in Berbera today said he was deeply saddened by the current situation in Mogadishu and the recent fighting there.
Muse Bihi said that Somaliland is saddened by the suffering and displacement of the people of the Capital by the Mogadishu-based government. The President said they have a lot of respect for the people of Somalia but widely disagree with their politicians for opposing Somaliland’s independence.
“Today we were very worried and shocked when we saw the resumption of fighting in Mogadishu, and the blame lies with the government, which at the end of its term has refused to listen to the people.” Said President Bihi.
President Bihi also said that the people of Somalia have been suffering for four years under this regime but Somaliland have been dealing with similar situation for the past thirty years.
Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has said that the people of Somalia and Somaliland do not hate each other but have different political interests.
Meanwhile, UCID Chairman Faisal Ali Warabe, congratulated the people and army of Mogadishu on their uprising against the extension of President Farmajo’s government.
The Chairman Faisal said he welcomed the end of the term of the outgoing president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, and congratulated Mogadishu officials and troops for opposing Farmajo’s ambitions.
Chairman Faisal, was one of the main opponents of the government of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
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Customs Department: Commodities circulated in some media outlets not Jordanian
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Amman, Jan. 14 (Petra)-- Jordan Customs Department (JCD) Director General Maj. Gen. Jalal al-Qudah, on Friday, clarified that commodities circulated in some media outlets were not Jordanians but were lists of goods issued by the World Customs Organization (WCO).
He told Petra that the recent government decision to reduce customs duties on thousands of imported goods is the largest customs reduction ever, and its positive effects will be reflected on citizens and include various sectors.
Al-Qudah urged all media outlets to investigate accuracy and credibility when dealing with this decision and its positive effects.
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World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
"We're deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction," WHO's Dr. Tedros said.
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on Wednesday as the new coronavirus, which was unknown to world health officials just three months ago, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
"In the past two weeks the number of cases outside China has increased thirteenfold and the number of affected countries has tripled," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. "In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of affected countries to climb even higher."


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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Polish President Andrzej Duda plans to visit Ukraine in December.
This was stated by Chief of the Cabinet at the President's Chancellery Krzysztof Szczerski, the press service of the Polish president told an Ukrinform correspondent.
"The president is scheduled to make a visit to Kharkiv in December this year," Szczerski said.
He noted that this would be a working visit to hold talks with the Ukrainian leadership and representatives of the OSCE in the context of Poland's participation as a non-permanent member in 2018-2019 at UN Security Council meetings.
According to Szczerski, this is a question in the geopolitical interests of Poland.
At the same time, he said that Polish-Ukrainian relations were not just about security issues.
Szczerski said that during his visit to Kharkiv, Duda would visit the graves of the Poles killed by NKVD in Starobilsk.
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Kuwait Amir congratulates Guatemalan Pres. on nat'l day
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KUWAIT, Sept 15 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of congratulation Wednesday, to President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei on his country's national day.
His Highness wished Giammattei good health and for Guatemala progress and prosperity.
His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent a similar cables. (end)
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce, Khurram Dastgir Khan strongly condemned attack on state institutions buildings including Parliament and Pakistan Television Corporation by the activists of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI).
“The attacks on the Parliament building and PTV has exposed the so called claims of champions of change, revolution and democracy”, he said in a statement issued here on Monday.
He said that the claims of both the parties of peaceful marches have also been exposed due to these attacks on state institutions adding that they have lost their democratic rights.
Khurram Dastgir said that democratically elected government of prime minister Nawaz Sharif accepted the right of opposition with open heart but they exploited and misused the Prime Minister’s good gesture.
He said that by attacking the national symbolic institutions like parliament and PTV the protestors and their leaders considered themselves above the law and constitution.
The Commerce minister said that the purpose of their protest was not for bringing reforms and change but resorted to sabotage the constitution to grab power.
He further said that the government wanted to resolve the political crisis through dialogue with the opponents.
He said that the government would not allow the stick carrying protestors to take the people hostage.


Jammu, October 12:
Senior Congress leader and in-charge Jammu and Kashmir affairs Rajni Patil on Sunday said that there is widespread anger and resentment amongst the people over the arbitrary decision of the BJP government to disband and downgrade the state of J&K into a union territory.
She also said that the people are annoyed over the delay in restoration of statehood besides the present policies towards people especially jobs for the youth and students.
“The decision of the BJP government to disband and downgrade the state into UT was arbitrary, unilateral and unjust and against the wishes of the people,” Patil said at a press conference.
She said the feedback she received Jammu during and her interactions with different sections of society especially the farmers, showed great anger over the “arbitrary and unjust decisions of downgrading of the historically important and socio-culturally rich Dogra State into UT, apart from depriving the people, especially youth of safeguarding their jobs and lands”.
Patil is on a maiden five-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to participate in the mass movement against new farm laws and to review the overall political, organizational affairs.
She said that Narendra Modi during the 2014 electiong campaign hoodwinked the farmers with the promise of doubling their incomes and that the new farm laws would weaken farmers economically.
“The three laws enacted by the Narendra Modi government have deprived the famers of their due income and protection from exploitation at the hands of capitalists,” she said.
The Congress would continue to strive for the rights of the farmers and protect their interests, she asserted.
( Courtesy Hindustan Times)


THE Constitutional Consultation process will commence for the Nadroga-Navosa Province next week.
This was confirmed by assistant roko tui Nadroga Rusiate Raidaveta at the provincial council meeting held at Talenavuruvuru in Nadroga yesterday.
He said after the presentation made by the office of the Prime Minister on the consultation, council members had requested for the team to start consultations in the province.
"We are glad to know that government is moving ahead with its initial plan of moving the country forward and we are waiting in anticipation for the team to arrive next week. The team will start in the district of Nadrau next Monday and this is an opportune time for the villagers and farmers to voice their say on the constitutional consultation findings.
"We have been assured by government at the meeting that everyone will have the liberty to air their views on the new constitution."
He said the council had considered increasing their education budget to cater for the increasing number of students enrolling at tertiary institutions around the country.


Local authorities in Sabah and Sarawak will receive federal grants from next year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Tuesday.
This would involve an annual allocation of RM62.8 million for the local authorities to enhance their services, he told reporters after the National Financial Council meeting here.
He also announced an increase in service payments to state governments from five percent to 10 percent for the states in Peninsula Malaysia and 12 percent for Sabah and Sarawak.
This would help the states to finance their development and management expenditures, he said. — BERNAMA


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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 3. In 2024, the
chairmanship of GUAM will pass from Ukraine to Azerbaijan, Trend
During Ukraine's chairmanship in 2023, the priority areas in
GUAM's activities were the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
the GUAM member states, the creation of new economic opportunities,
the development of trade between European and Asian markets,
promoting the full functioning of the free trade zone, interaction
with the European Commission on transport corridor issues,
simplification of customs procedures and an integrated approach to
the preparation of documents for the transportation of goods.
During Azerbaijan's chairmanship in 2020, priority areas were
energy security, transport and trade.
Azerbaijan will begin chairing GUAM on January 1.
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JAMMU, Oct 4: Apni Party provincial president Jammu and former minister, Manjit Singh today called upon all the party leaders and workers to spread policy of the Party at the grass root level in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a party leaders and workers meeting at Janipur in Jammu North constituency today, Manjit Singh said that the people are fed-up with the present form of Govt as the LG administration has lost faith among the people. The meeting was organized by senior advocate and Apni Party spokesperson, Nirmal Singh Kotwal.
“The LG administration has adopted an anti-people policy and enabled the outsiders to grab the resources and contracts to work in Jammu where the local contractors have rendered workless,” he said.
He said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir are forcefully demanding holding of Assembly polls in J&K without further delay although the administration is against the elected Government.
“An elected Government is responsible to the people and works for their welfare. However, the Govt which is being run by bureaucrats, has failed to perform on the ground,” he said and added that this situation has left the people hopeless.
He asked the party leaders and workers to spread the message of the party with regard to its policies among the people across Jammu and Kashmir. “The Apni Party has a social security scheme which needs to be highlighted among the people as we have many welfare schemes for the people and they must be informed about such policies. These policies will be implemented if the Apni Party comes to power,” he added.
Prominent among those who were present on the occasion include Provincial secretary/district president Jammu Urban, Dr Rohit Gupta, District president Jammu Rural-A, Pushap Dev Uppal, State coordinator SC Wing, Bodh Raj Bhagat, State president Trade Union, Ajaz Kazmi, Provincial president Youth Wing Vipul Bali, State OBC coordinator, Bodh Raj Bhagat, State coordinator Youth Wing, Sunny Kant Chib and others.


JAMMU: Three persons were arrested on Wednesday for "threatening and intimidating" locals in South Kashmir's Awantipora using posters issued by proscribed terror outfits Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba, officials said.
"Three persons were arrested and incriminating materials including threat posters were recovered from their possession," a senior police official said.
He said that initial investigation into the matter revealed that these individuals were involved in publishing and circulating threat posters in Ladhoo area of Khrew Awantipora. "An FIR under relevant sections of the law has been registered against them," he said.
An official said that the three have been taken to the police station and incriminating materials recovered from them taken into records for the purpose of investigation which is underway. Officials also appealed to the public to share information about such people who are intimidating locals.


Today there are more than 250 smart cities projects in progress globally, according to Navigant Research, and that number is expected to increase significantly over the next several years. CommScope, has become a lead partner of the Smart Cities Council to help transform cities and support the growth of digital technology and intelligent solutions.
“The goal of the Smart Cities Council is to help city leaders create a vision, build an action plan and measure the success of their smart city initiatives,” said council chairman Jesse Berst. “We are delighted to have CommScope working with us to help cities better understand the technologies that will enhance liveability, workability and sustainability in their communities.”
“The United Nations estimates that 70% of the world population will be urban by 2050, which means cities will need to have infrastructure in place to support ‘supercity’ growth and densification,” said Morgan Kurk, chief technology officer at CommScope. “We are excited to be a Lead Partner with the Smart Cities Council as we look at the needs of cities and the people who live there.”


Saudi productive factories principal surpasses USD264.32b
(MENAFN) The principal of Saudi prolific industrial units reached USD264.32 billion by the end of January against USD71.41 billion recorded back in 2004, according to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Arab News reported.
The kingdom's Eastern Region enjoyed 61 percent of overall factory capitals, or an amount equivalent to USD161.92 billion. The region's number of productive factories stands at 6,789, which is only 23 percent of the total number of factories.
The number of employees in the productive factories reached 931,133. The number of unproductive factories stood at 1,123, with a principal that surpasses USD9.99 billion, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in its report.
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Lahore October 25 2022: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the long march of Tehreek-e-Insaaf will begin on Friday.
During the press conference in Lahore, he said that this long march will start from Liberty Chowk in Lahore.
He said that (we) are starting the long march on Friday. At 11 o'clock all people will gather on Liberty Chowk and from there the long march to Islamabad will begin.
Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf said that after winning the by-elections, "cases rained" against the leadership of his party and leaflets of terrorism were cut against him.
This will be the biggest gathering of people in the history of Pakistan. We just want the people to decide who leads Pakistan.
He said that the mouths of journalists were sealed, channels were banned and their leaders were tortured. The cases of robbers are being forgiven.


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OECD 'supportive of Osborne austerity plans'
The OECD has again cut its growth forecasts for the eurozone and called on the European Central Bank to consider doing more to boost growth.
The forecast for the UK was also revised down to just 0.8% growth this year and 1.5% in 2014.
The OECD said the UK government's austerity plans had affected growth, but said the measures were "necessary" and warned that "further fiscal consolidation" was needed.
The BBC's Hugh Pym said that the OECD's verdict on the UK economy was 'broadly supportive" of George Osborne's plans, and that the chancellor would be "not unhappy" with its report.


Officials say a Cleveland Police officer was struck by a vehicle at 906 Rudyard Road.
A police source tells WKYC that officers were responding to a call of six females fighting.
Cleveland EMS was at the scene and the driver who struck the officer is in custody.
The police source also told WKYC that the officer was struck on the left side. Officials then said that EMS said the injuries were minor.


MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) -The continuing rise of COVID-19 cases has forced Mississippi County to cancel court.
The Blytheville Police Department announced Monday that district court would be closed for the next two weeks.
It cited the “increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the area,” for the closure.
Those who have court cases scheduled during this time should call 870-763-7513 to see when their appearances have been rescheduled.


KARACHI: Two blasts have been reported near the area of Landhi here on Thursday.
According to sources, the first blast occurred in a garbage dump while the second bomb was placed on a cement block and exploded soon after the police and rescue teams reached the site.
Three policemen including DSP Kamal Khan Mangan have been reported dead while several others have been injured.
A police official of Landhi Police Station said that two police mobile vans and two ambulances were also damaged in the incident. Bodies and injured have been shifted to Jinnah Hospital for treatment.
He said that police personnel and volunteers were targeted in the blasts. Police and Rangers have cordoned the area and called Bomb Disposal Squad to ascertain the nature of blasts.


Islamabad, Nov 25 (TNS): Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said China Pakistan Economic Corridor project holds special significance for the development of the country.
Talking to the media persons in Islamabad on Monday, he said the CPEC envisages several important projects including those related to energy, basic infrastructure and the special economic zones.
Earlier, addressing Pakistan Innvoative Finance Forum in Islamabad, the Advisor said the government is committed to good governance, transparency and financial discipline to ensure ease of doing business in the country.
He said the economy of the country has been put on right path introducing effective reforms.
The Advisor said 16 percent improvement has been witnessed in revenue collection while non-tax revenue has been doubled due to the business-friendly policies of the government.
He said that the government has established a sustainable model of economic development and foreign direct investment and exports of the country have considerably increased.
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said investment in Pakistani Bonds has reached one billion dollars.
He hoped that the country will surpass its economic growth target.


New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) After Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, telecom major Reliance Jio said it would raise tariffs for its prepaid users by around 20 per cent.
The revised tariffs will come into effect from December 1, the telecom major said.
The announcement by Reliance Jio comes few days after Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel announced a hike in their respective prepaid tariffs.
'These plans will provide the best value in the industry. Upholding the Jio promise of providing the best-quality service at the lowest price globally, Jio customers will continue to be the biggest beneficiaries.'
'The new unlimited plans will go-live on 1st December 2021 and can be opted from all existing touchpoints and channels,' Jio said.
On Tuesday, Vodafone Idea had announced that it would raise tariffs for its prepaid users by around 20 per cent, which came into effect on Thursday.
It maintained that the revision in plans will start the process of ARPU (Average Revenue Per Unit) improvement and help address the financial stress faced by the industry.
Earlier on Monday, Bharti Airtel had also raised the prepaid tariffs by around 20 per cent, which came into effect from Friday.
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Kibra which has continued to record high cases of coronavirus could be put on total lockdown, Health CAS Dr Rashid Aman has said.
Dr Aman on Tuesday said that the area is under close watch by the government and will be put on total lockdown should the number of coronavirus cases continue increasing.
“It is on the table and the government will announce if it feels it necessary to do so… We are looking at where the cluster might be,” Dr Aman stated.
In the new 72 cases reported in the country on Tuesday, 39 of them are from Kibra while 13 are from Busia.
Over the last week, Kibra has registered the highest number of COVID-19 cases.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country are 2,093. The government tested 2,892 samples.
The new patients are aged between 11 – 73. The Health CAS also announced that 17 more patients have been discharged bringing the total number of recovered patients to 499.
He also said that two more patients succumbed to the virus bringing the total to 71.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The government of Canada is set to allocate a loan worth 2.4
billion Canadian dollars ($1.76 billion at the current exchange
rate) to the Kiev government, according to the country's draft
federal budget, trend reports citing tass .
The document, published on Wednesday, promises the Kiev
government an additional loan of 2.4 billion Canadian dollars for
2023, which will be provided through the International Monetary
Besides, 200 million Canadian dollars ($146.7 million) will be
allocated for providing military equipment to Ukraine, including
eight Leopard 2 tanks. Another 84.8 million Canadian dollars ($62.2
million US dollars) will be allocated for humanitarian aid to the
country in 2023-2024.
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Even before she was done swimming for the Dragons, she was already working with young kids and that eventually led to an assistant coaching spot at Fargo Davies. When the Eagles needed a head coach last year, Jensen was ready and waiting.
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Jakarta – President Joko Widodo is scheduled to inaugurate General Andika Perkasa as TNI Commander, Wednesday (11/17/2021). The National Police stated that they fully support and will increase synergy with the TNI to create a safe and conducive security and security situation.
“This is the President’s decision. Of course, the National Police fully supports the government’s policies so far. The inauguration of the TNI Commander will be held tomorrow, what is clear is that the Police will continue to fully support the government’s policies, especially the President because it is the President’s prerogative,” said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Pol Dedi Prasetyo, Tuesday (11/16/2021) .
Dedi said that the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo would always increase the synergy in the leadership elements.
“The National Police Chief and the TNI Commander have been running for quite a long time, both when he was Kasad, and of course the synergy that has been built so far from the lower levels to the upper levels, we will continue to maintain and continue to improve in order to create a security and security situation,” he said.
Dedi said that the TNI-Polri will also continue to increase synergy in the context of humanitarian operations.
“Including security related to activities related to both international and national events,” he said.


The AEP was forced to shut down the entire power grid for a week after the blackouts last Friday, causing thousands of power customers to shut off their power.
Now, several of those customers have come forward to claim that their power lines were shut off during the blackout, leading some to speculate that the blackout may have been deliberately triggered to send out the signal.
In a press release announcing the shutdown, AEP said that it had been unable to provide data that would show when and why power lines had been cut.
Now some customers are claiming that their electrical equipment was also shut down during the outage, causing them to run out of fuel for generators and other devices.
According to The Associated Press, “many” customers who claimed to have been impacted by the blackout are also claiming that they had to pay thousands of dollars for “unexpected” service.
AEP spokesman Chris Gans, who said that the outage was caused by a “power failure” caused by an unknown problem, said that a number of customers claimed that their lines had not been connected during the power outage.
The company told The AP that it is “working to identify all customers impacted by this outage and to provide all necessary information to resolve this situation.”
But the AP says that it has not yet received data showing when or where these power lines went down, or when they were connected to the grid.
In the release, Gans also said that there were no indications of an actual “power outage” at the time of the blackout.
The AP writes: The AEG power company, which runs most of the nation’s power grid, did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
But the utility’s chief financial officer, Mark Wahlberg, told the AP in an interview that he did not have a copy of the utility logs to verify that the company had shut down power lines.
The AEWS says that customers are being told that the power lines that were cut are “not connected” to the power grid.
But Gans told the news outlet that he has “no data” that this was the case.
According for the AP, Gens statement said, “There was no power failure.
We were not experiencing an outage.”
Gans said that all of the power to the AEW was switched off at the same time, and that no one connected to that power was affected by the outage.
According the AP: The power outage started on Thursday morning, when the AEG lost power.
It began shortly after 11 a.m. local time on Thursday, and lasted for more than 24 hours.
A power company spokesman told the New York Times that the AEM, which operates all of America’s electric grids, had been shut down.
He said the outage “appears to have resulted from a power failure.”
Gens also told the Times that customers who lost power on Friday should contact their utility.
“If they don’t have their power restored by Saturday, they should call their utility and let them know they need to come back tomorrow to have their energy restored,” Gans reportedly said.
The New York Daily News reported that customers of the AES and AEW are also being told to contact their power companies to have power restored.
Gans is also telling customers to “call in case of emergency,” which could include “someone who may have fallen or fallen on the roof,” the Daily News said.
Gens has previously said that if there was an outage at AEP, the power company would have to restart its generators.


N.Y. Times: Hold the Applause in Iraq
The national unity cabinet that Iraq presented this weekend will remain impotent unless Iraq can reform its “corrupt, brutal and highly partisan security forces”–the death squads that now range the country with impunity–argues the Times’ editorial board.
WAIT, BEFORE YOU GO…
There’s just one major problem with the national unity cabinet presented over the weekend by Iraq’s new prime minister. On the most important national issue ? reforming Iraq’s corrupt, brutal and highly partisan security forces ? no unity has yet been achieved.
To some Iraqi politicians, it appears, the prospect of civil war seems less terrifying than the prospect of compromise over who will control the vital security ministries: defense, interior and national security. Among them, these ministries control the Army, the police and the prisons.
For now, these three ministries will be run by stopgap acting leaders. If broadly acceptable and competent ministers can be agreed on in the next few days, there is still some realistic chance that the new government can start turning around the awful mess it has inherited.
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Officials with the Forest Hills School District have announced that an alleged threat made against the district last week is not credible.
According to a release by Superintendent Dr. David Lehman Sunday, law enforcement also determined social media comments regarding the situation to be “unfounded.”
Lehman said they became aware of the threat Friday but due to the “prompt reporting” of the threat, there was “no need to disrupt the school day.”
Lehman said Sunday the district will continue to evaluate its security measures.
According to the release, law enforcement is continuing to examine the case and the final disposition of those involved in the situation will be handled by the appropriate authorities.


Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail has said that the upcoming days will provide a revolutionary change to the dollar rate as it will become cheaper due to policies implemented by this administration.
Minister Fayyaz made the statement at the MDP’s campaign commencement for Shaviyani Komandoo’s bi-election for its candidate Mohamed Raashid.
Minister Fayyaz also said that the government has made several efforts to assist businesses and workers during the pandemic and it was made possible due to the sharp thinking of the current administration. Moreover, due to the policies implemented to recover Maldives’ economy after the devastating effects of COVID-19 pandemic, positive changes will continue to happen to exchange rate as the dollar rate will be lowered to a stable rate.
However, he also added that there will be adverse effect to the nation’s economy due to the price inflation in the global economy as we heavily rely on imports but the government will do everything it can to limit the adverse effects.
Minister Fayyaz also responded to the criticism by the opposition that the government has failed to complete projects in a timely manner. He responded by saying 100 islands out of 180 inhabited islands currently have ongoing harbor development projects. Moreover, more than 100 islands have ongoing water and sewerage system projects with several projects to establish modern and efficient powerhouses.
He further added that the government has also made the internet more affordable and cheaper along with the introduction of minimum wage which will benefit more than 13,000 resort workers and 15,000 public sector workers.
Minister Fayyaz concluded his speech by saying he will not let the opposition twist the narrative of positive development this administration has brought in such a short space of time.


"Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other opposition parties have spread myth among the Muslim community about the CAA," the BJP leader told a gathering.
He said that some clerics, who are staunch opposer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also instilled fear among Muslims.
"They said that Muslims will be thrown out of India after the implementation of this Act, but the people have now started understanding their lie. That is why the protests against the CAA have died down now," he said.
The event was a part of the BJP's massive public outreach programme on the citizenship law, which grants citizenship to non-Muslim refugees of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who arrived in India until 2014.


The provincial health minister says that the people of 60 years of age or more than that are vulnerable of the virus.
However, the health minister said that the test facility would be provided to the patients in different parts of Punjab.
“A corona ward has been inaugurated at Security Hospital at Multan road,” said Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid. He said they were testing around 3000 people daily and warned the people that they should wear masks to keep them safe from the virus.
She also said that they were making efforts for provision of safety equipments for the medical staffers and the public.
She advised the people to stay at home, adopt measures and ensure distance with their aged family members for their safety.
The official sources said that there were 55 deaths across the country due to the global pandemic.


Working to transform Guwahati as gateway to Southeast Asia, says Sonowal
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Monday that his government was working to transform Guwahati as a gateway to Southeast Asia.
Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Sonowal said the state is eyeing the ASEAN market, besides the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal).
"We are trying to develop Guwahati not as only a gateway to the Northeast, but also for Southeast Asia. The ASEAN block provides a large and lucrative market for Assam," he said.
At the global investors' summit held in Assam in 2018, the state had received investment proposals worth Rs 79,000 crore, Sonowal said.
"Of that, Rs 55,000 crore has already landed in the state," he added.
The chief minister said that his government has been able to bring benefits worth Rs 2,000 crore for the MSME sector from the Centre's assistance programme, announced during the pandemic.
Sonowal said that the focus area for the state is agriculture, and Israel has promised to provide the best technology for the development of the sector.
The state is now sending vegetables by cargo flights to countries such as the UK, Singapore and UAE, he noted.
Sonowal claimed that the state has handled the COVID- 19 well, as seen from the low mortality rates.
The government is now working to boost the health infrastructure, he said.


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Zambia, Zimbabwe to collaborate in fighting diseases
Written by Millennium on March 23, 2019
OLIVER SAMBOKO writes
THE formation of the Cross-border Disease Outbreak Preparedness Committee by Zambia and Zimbabwe will foster disease surveillance and response by health experts in the two countries, Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) head of surveillance and disease intelligence, Dr. Muzala Kapin’a has said.
Dr. Kapin’a said the collaboration between Zambia and Zimbabwe will also help reduce the risks of cross border disease transmission between the two countries.
She said the collaboration is important because Zambia and Zimbabwe share a long borderline area which made it easier for diseases to be easily transmitted between the two nations.
She said health experts from the two countries were meeting in Siavonga to, among other things, operationalise the Zonal Disease Outbreak Preparedness Committee.
Dr. Kapin’a disclosed that the Cross-border Zonal Committee will consist of health experts from Hulungwe and Kariba District in Zimbabwe and Chirundu and Siavonga District in Zambia.
She said that, during the meeting, experts will also carry out joint simulation exercises aimed at coming up with workable systems and plans that can be used during disease outbreaks.
She further said the meeting will also look at how the two countries can collaborate during other emergencies and events such as earthquakes and cyclones.
”The two countries will also discuss how to deal with any event that could have negative impact on the health of the two peoples,” she stated.
She said that apart from Zimbabwe, Zambia was also collaborating with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique along the same lines.


Punjab Governor Muhammad Balighur Rehman Wednesday said that everyone, including the business community, should play a positive role to steer the country out of prevailing crises. He said that the country is currently faced with many challenges including economic crisis
He stated this while talking to a delegation of Shahdara Traders Board led by President Anjuman Tajran GT Road Shahdara, Abdul Rauf Niazi which called on him Governor House Lahore.
Speaking on the occasion, Muhammad Balighur Rehman said that providing conductive environment for the business community is one of the priorities of the government. He said business community is a source of employment for many people along with improving the country’s economy by paying taxes.
The Governor Punjab said that the menace of terrorism is rising again. He said that terrorists want to create instability in the country, but the whole nation has to unite to thwart their nefarious intentions.
The delegation apprised the Governor of Punjab about the various problems faced by them. The delegation expressed their reservations over poor planning and hasty flyover project in Shahdara contrary to public aspirations.
President Anjuman Tajran GT Road Shahdara Abdul Rauf Niazi said that the former Chief Minister of Punjab not only did Injustice to the people of Shahdara by restricting the Shahdara Chowk flyover project, but has also wasted billions of rupees of public exchequer for political point scoring.
He said that the tender for the project was awarded without completing the technical formalities which shows malice. He said that the Federal Government has approved the Imamia Colony Gate Flyover Project.


The UNP has said the people were beginning to show interest in the forthcoming local government election in order to make it a platform for the masses to show their protest against the government.
UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake told a press conference that the people were disgruntled over the heavy burden shouldered by them due to the rising prices.
He said that government officials like the Prime Minister were not speaking with their real senses when they say the commodity prices in Sri Lanka are low.
Attanayake also observed that the government needed to take measures to hold elections to the local government bodies that have been postponed as soon as possible, as the nominations would be canceled if the polls are delayed for a long time.
He added that elections to the remaining local government bodies including those that have been postponed should be held before Vesak in May.


The Malawi Police Service (MPS) says its new graduates that underwent a pass out parade witnessed by President Peter Mutharika on Friday will help bring a lot of change to the operations of the police in the country.
Speaking to Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Monday, National Police Spokesperson James Kadadzera said the newly graduated police officers will bring a positive change in terms of national security and the reduction of crime in the country.
“The newly graduated police recruits will add more energy in all the police stations that they have been posted to and this will have a positive impact in issues like national security and dropping of crime rates in the country,” Kadadzera said.
He added that the recruits are; energetic and enthusiastic and these attributes are important for someone working in the police.
The National Police Spokesperson said that police operations will be boosted and that as police they expect to have a lot of positive change.
“The newly graduated police officers will increase police visibility and this will reduce crime rates and the fear for crime occurrences among Malawians,” Kadadzera pointed out.
Currently the new police graduates have been posted in all police stations across the country and they will be involved in general duties and mobile divisions.
President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika presided over the pass out parade ceremony on Friday, December 2, 2016 where almost 1300 people graduated from Limbe and Mtakataka Police Training Schools.
Source: Malawi News Agency – MANA


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Friday, January 14, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday appreciated the launch of the National Security Policy and called it a "great step".
The statement came during an informal conversation with the media at the launch ceremony of the country's first-ever National Security Policy 2022-2026, Geo News reported.
While talking to the media, Gen Bajwa appreciated the steps taken by the state to ensure the national security of the country and called the policy a "great step", sources said.
Talking about the policy, he further said that military security is one aspect of the National Security Policy.
The COAS also said that the document will help ensure the national security of the country.
Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the public version of the country's policy on Friday, saying the "nation is now headed in the right direction."
"The original version of the policy will remain classified, but a public version of the document will be released," the premier said, according to Radio Pakistan.
The PM, addressing the launch ceremony of the policy, said national security was defined "in the right manner" in the new policy, as Pakistan had a one-dimensional thought: "We only need military security".
The prime minister said the one-dimensional mindset prevailed in Pakistan as we had "insecurities" due to wars against India in 1948 and 1965.
He also paid tribute to the armed forces and said that despite a persistent threat of terror to the country, the way that Pakistan's security forces fought against terrorism, was commendable.
PM Imran Khan noted that the biggest security of a state is its people. "When the people become stakeholders of the country, it becomes the greatest national security."


Wednesday update: 121 new cases of COVID-19 in York County
There were 121 new cases of COVID-19 in York County on Wednesday, bringing the total to 43,821, the state Department of Health reported.
No new deaths were reported in the daily data breakdown, leaving the total at 778 on Wednesday.
Statewide, there were 3,686 new cases reported for an overall total of 1,143,076 since the pandemic began. Additionally, 57 new deaths were reported on Wednesday, bringing the total to 26,129, according to state data.
There have been 4,373,088 people who have tested negative for COVID-19 statewide, including 148,451 in York County.
As of Wednesday, there were about 32.2 million cases of COVID-19 and 572,000 deaths in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been 148 million cases and 3.1 million deaths.
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OKARA (Staff Report) – As many as four people have been killed in an armed clash between two groups in Phularwan Wazir area of Okara, said police official on Friday.
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According to District Police Officer (DPO) Okara at least eight other people were also seriously wounded as a result. Two women are also among those injured, he added.
All those injured have been rushed to District Headquarters Hospital Okara and are being given medical aid.


Minister of Housing Dr. Ali Haidharu Ahmed says the new government will not accept flats and lands issued by the former government after President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu was elected as President.
Speaking at his first press conference after being appointed as Minister, the Minister said that when President Muizzu got elected as President he requested the former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to stop issuing flats and lands during the transition period.
Minister Haidharu said that this government viewed this as disrespecting President Muizzu.
He further said the former government issued land registries for lands that have not been reclaimed and that the government has to check the legality of such documents.
Minister Haidharu said that the former government was ordered by the ACC to stop issuing flats because of the number of complaints its received about the flats and that the government has decided to review these lists.
He said that many flats and land plots were given between the two presidential rounds and this government would check whether they were given to the most deserved recipients.


MISSOULA — Local health officials reported 45 active COVID-19 cases -- including 16 new cases over the weekend -- to bring Missoula's cumulative case total to 90.
The Missoula City-County Health Department also reports Monday afternoon that they are dealing with 265 close contacts to those cases.
The county is also reporting that there are more active cases pending investigation and contact tracing. Any additional cases when the processes are finalized.
Due to the recent surge in positive cases, the health department has decided to prioritize the testing of symptomatic individuals and pause Sentinel Testing for asymptomatic individuals.
Health officials are still encouraging those who are not experiencing symptoms but fall within a high-risk category to contact the Missoula City-County Health Department at (406) 258-4770.


Kwara State government has worked on 143 roads in the last three years.
The commissioner for Works and Transport, Rotimi Ilyasu, disclosed this yesterday in Ilorin during a media parley organised by the correspondents’ chapel of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
Ilyasu said that the administration had also done maintenance works on over 200 roads in the three senatorial districts in the state within the period.
The commissioner also said that the state government had intensified monitoring and quality assessment measures on the roads among the contractors engaged, pleading with members of the public to desist from burning refuse in drainages, saying that the habit damages roads in no time.
He said that the state government in collaboration with security agencies would embark on the arrest and prosecution of offenders, especially shop owners along such roads.
“There’s a need for attitudinal change among our people, especially artisans and shop owners along major roads in the state, particularly in the Ilorin metropolis. They gather refuse and burn it inside the drainages thus damaging the roads. What they don’t know is that the government would spend money meant for other people- oriented projects on repair of the damaged roads. The state government would soon start prosecuting shop owners along such roads”, he said.
The commissioner, who cleared the air on the ongoing construction of a flyover at Tanke area of the Ilorin metropolis, said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had not taken the state government to court over the project against assumptions in some quarters.
He said that the contractor was continuing with work on the project, adding that the NNPC was also involved in the construction relating to its pipeline along the flyover project.


Endorsing the statements of Indian army chief and his Pakistan counterpart, Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday said it was time that the political heads of both India and Pakistan accede to what their chiefs have realized and resolve Kashmir dispute.
“Indian Army chief admits to the futility of use of force and Pakistan Army chief talks of peace through dialogue. Its time their political counterparts accede to what their chiefs have realised and resolve the #Kashmir dispute through political measures putting an end to bloodshed,” Mirwaiz wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, army chief General Bipin Rawat said that “radicalised youth of the Valley” would soon “realise” that the gun was not the solution to their problem as neither the Army nor the militants would achieve their goals through it.
“There is hope that the situation in Kashmir will improve…it’s not gone wrong. There are some youths in Kashmir who have strayed and have been radicalised. They think they can achieve their goal through guns.
On Saturday, Pakistan army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that the peaceful resolution of disputes between Pakistan and India, including Kashmir, is only possible through a comprehensive and meaningful dialogue,” he said.


Saudi Venture Investment Company emphasizes its rapid growth in past 3 year
(MENAFN)Al Eqtisadiah quoted the Saudi Venture Investment Company (SVC) as saying that it has investments valued at SR1.1 billion (USD293.2 million) in 20 funds.
It further declared that some 116 Saudi startups were backed since the company was found in 2018 until the end of the third three months of 2021.
In April, SVC inked letters of commitments with six VC funds, in the financial sector conference, in cooperation with Derayah Financial, Raed Ventures, STV, Gobi 8Point Capital, Merak Capital, Impact Capital.
The company is planning to approve investing in investment funds that is going to be set by fund managers through those letters.
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Jhajjar (Har): The Haryana government has spent more than Rs 100 crore on purchasing dual desks for the government schools in the state.
"The dual desks would soon be supplied to the government schools in the state as an order for their purchase has already been placed," state Education minister Geeta Bhukkal told reporters here .
Bhukkal said that better facilities were being provided in the government schools under the Chief Minister School Beautification Incentive Awards Scheme.
A plan has been prepared to provide computer education to the children through service providers, she said.
The minister said that the Right to Education Act was being implemented effectively in the state and efforts were being made so that no child remains deprived of education.
She also issued directions to the District Education Officers, District Elementary Education Officers and other concerned officers to regularly monitor functioning of schools in their jurisdiction.


There has been a sharp rise in the number of weekly Covid-19 outbreaks being detected in schools for a second week running, according to the latest public health data.
Figures published by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre show that there were 46 outbreaks detected in primary and secondary schools last week.
This compares to 25 recorded in the previous week and just 12 in the week before.
An outbreak is when two or more linked cases of the virus are identified.
The total number of outbreaks in schools so far is 118.
In a statement the Health Service Executive acknowledged that a swifter reaction is needed from the public health sector in dealing with schools.
It said it aimed to have its processes strengthened by the time schools return after next week’s midterm break and that teams of support people were being put in place to be direct points of contact for schools.
The HSE said that the rise in cases in the community and in the positivity rate had challenged public health teams considerably over the last weeks and that this had had an impact on response times in schools.
However, it said that it was reassuring that the positivity rate for schools – at 2.3% - was considerably lower than the national positivity rate which is in excess of 7%.
It said that while the increase of Covid-19 cases in the community was leading to more cases in schools, it is important to note that "these cases are not amplified within schools themselves".
The HSE added that mass testing has taken place in a total of 414 schools following public health risk assessments, with more than 10,500 students and staff tested and 246 cases of Covid-19 identified.
It has not provided a breakdown as to how many cases have been identified in students and how many in school staff.


KELANTAN: Kelantans chief minister, Maung Maungat, said the state would start preparing the western food for the coming year.
“We will be making preparations to prepare western food and western dishes in the coming months,” he said on Tuesday.
Kelantans biggest export earner in the past three years is beef.
The state is also a big exporter of vegetables and fruits.
The state government has allocated around Rs 3.4 lakh for making the western dishes and western food.
Maung said the main challenges faced by the state in the next five years were health, environment and economic.
He said the central government would make a decision about whether to subsidise the western and non-western food for a time.
On Tuesday, Kelantas chief minister Maungo Maungon said he was happy to make the announcement.
“It is the government’s hope that we will make it happen.
I am happy that it will happen,” he told reporters.
In his maiden speech as the Kelantanc chief minister on May 29, he announced a plan to increase the number of schools in the state by at least 30 percent in three years.
As a result of this, there will be at least 20,000 more students in the schools in 2018 and 2019.
While Kelantaran has been a leader in promoting the development of the economy and the people, Mungo Maunga, a leading entrepreneur in the area, said he welcomed the move to expand the schools.
We want to develop the Kelanto area as well, Mongo said.
Many other states in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, are also considering the expansion of their education systems, and Mungor Maungan has been pushing for the same.
But Mungun said he would be prepared to expand in any way he saw fit.
I think that Kelantarans government is committed to the people of Kelantang and its future development, Mungan said.
He said Kelantani and Kelantalan were part of a common country, and he would do whatever was necessary to help Kelantantans development.


(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Turkish police detained 29 suspected Islamic State members in Ankara on Friday, state media said, in a fresh operation after arresting some 120 suspects across Turkey a day earlier as security is tightened ahead of the New Year.
Some 500 police officers took part in simultaneous raids across the Turkish capital, and many of those detained were foreign nationals, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
It said prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 46 people and that materials seized in the raids indicated some of the suspects had made preparations for an attack over New Year.
During New Year's celebrations a year ago, a man with an assault rifle shot dead 39 people including Turks and visitors from several Arab nations, India and Canada at an exclusive nightclub in Turkey's largest city Istanbul.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for that shooting, one of a series of attacks believed to have been carried out by the jihadists and also by Kurdish militants in Turkey in the last couple of years. A trial of those allegedly involved in the nightclub attack began this month.
Turkey will more than double the number of police officers on duty in Istanbul to 37,000 and cancel or ban public celebrations in key districts of the city on New Year's Eve for security reasons, officials have said.
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NADEEM MALIK LIVE
GUESTS- ASAD UMER, HAIDER ABBAS RIZVI, SHEIKH ROHAIL ASGHAR, AGHA MURTAZA POYA
ASAD UMER OF PTI said that we are united to take action against the suicide attacker but divided on the ideology that germinates him. He said that the institutes that are supposed to fight terrorism are victim of political interference. He said that the youth is getting extremist mi9nd set from the schools as well besides the Madrassas. He said that the terrorists are not self made but we produced them ourselves in the 80; s.
HAIDER ABBAS RIZVI OF MQM said that the disease we are treating is not the actual disease but the actual disease is religious extremism. He said that we are still at the state of denial on religious extremism. He said that the Imam calls people of other sects on the speaker infidel and we do not mid it either. He said that we have to monitor that what kind of curriculum is being taught in the Madrassas. He said that the Imam talks from foreign policy of Pakistan to relationship with America in the Juma procession speech. He said that as long there will be no social justice in the society everything is going to remain the same.
SHEIKH ROHAIL ASGHAR OF PML-N said that the whole nation became united after the 16th of December tragedy but later some people tried to disintegrate it for political and religious reasons. He said that if religious extremism is triggered from the Madrassa then what is wrong to stop it. He said that from last sometime the worldly knowledge is also being taught besides the religious syllabus. He said that after the Peshawar tragedy being quite for sometime some people are trying to cause the divide again.
AGHA MURTAZA POYA OF AT said that Saudis, Israel and India are patronizing the terrorists in Pakistan. He said that the people were prepared for Jihad to fight against Russia in Afghanistan. He said that Saudis, Israel and India want to see a weaken Pakistan but with the blessing of Allah they themselves have become weaker. He said that the people have been identified as trouble maker are not pursued to take action by the government. He said that terrorism going on in Pakistan is supported by foreign powers.
He said that we should not accept the people became in power by rigging what can we expect from them to do any good.


The Kansas House is set to vote today on a bill that would repeal a controversial tax exemption. That tax policy has allowed more than 300,000 business owners to avoid paying state income taxes.
Republican Rep. Mark Hutton is among the lawmakers who want to amend the business tax cut.
“It’s time to have the conversation, time to have the vote. Let’s put it to bed. There are a lot of people who think we need to change this. Let’s give them that opportunity to vote to do that,” Hutton says.


More than 50,000 persons have been displaced by flood in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State.
According to reports as at Wednesday, September 28th, 2022, about three persons were also killed in the disaster as the entire local government has been submerged by water.
Atule Egbunu, the lawmaker representing the constituency disclosed to newsmen that thousands of Houses and farmlands have been submerged by the disaster which he described as an “unfortunate annual disaster.”
Egbunu noted that the people currently do not have what it takes to address the damages caused by the disaster, appealing to the federal government and the international community to come to their aid.
The lawmaker also begged the state government to urgently come to the aid of the people of Ibaji, especially those affected by the flood.


Kathmandu, November 16
The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J Mohammed, has said that the Nepali government has paved a clear way forward for the nation’s development.
“We have seen that the government has a clear vision about development and the way forward for prosperity and the UN will further strengthen its support to the government to achieve its goals,” she stated.
Speaking with journalists today, Mohammed added that Nepal’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been satisfactory.
“I have held discussions with the president, prime minister, minister for foreign affairs, chief executive officer of
National Reconstruction Authority and other stakeholders regarding the government’s agenda to achieve the SDGs by 2030,” she added.
Moreover, Mohammed also mentioned about the need to enhance the education sector which would help the government achieve its goal of a prosperous Nepal. She stated that in July next year the United Nations will be organising a global political conference at the UN headquarters in New York and Nepal’s education sector will be evaluated then. “The UN has numerous global campaigns including the education sector to help countries achieve the SDGs.”
Meanwhile, she also spoke about climate change, health, sanitation, carbon emission and transitional justice in
“The UN has made a commitment to provide help in some crucial aspects of climate change and other aforementioned issues for better results,” she added. “Issues related to climate change and some other areas are not limited to Nepal only but the country needs to play a leading role to cope with such issues.”
She added that the UN has also started to partner and cooperate with Nepal in the energy sector to boost the country’s economy. “I see that the government has a clear vision on development and wants to graduate from the status of a least developed country to a developing nation and to achieve this goal it needs to join hands with bilateral and multilateral agencies,” Mohammed mentioned.
Moreover, she also stated that the UN was willing to join hands with the central government to enhance the capacity of the local and provincial governments to achieve the SDGs. “All the 753 local bodies need to take ownership of SDGs and other good governance issues for a better output,” she said.
“It will depend on how the central government allocates budget to the local bodies to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals,” she mentioned. “It is a big challenge for the government but we have observed that it is on the right track.”
Mohammed said that since the country’s tourism sector has been growing in recent years she is optimistic that the government will be able to fulfil the people’s expectations of a prosperous Nepal. “The government needs to now
focus on the youths so that they can come up with better innovations to offer more effective products and services to enhance the market.”
Written by Nikki Hamal
This news first appeared on https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/nepal-has-a-clear-vision-on-development/ under the title “‘Nepal has a clear vision on development’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.


Gunmen continued their attack on police formations and other facilities in Abia State continued, on Wednesday night, when they razed parts of Bende Local Government Area headquarters and the adjourning police station.
Reports from Bende said the gunmen stormed the area on the night of Wednesday, shot into the air to scare away people before starting the operation that lasted for about 45 minutes.
It was gathered that during the operation, one policeman was shot in the leg, while the entire building was razed down.
A source said suspects who were detained at the station were freed by the gunmen, while two vehicles and three motorcycles were destroyed at the police station.
The source further disclosed that after the police station operation, the gunmen move over to the nearby local government headquarters, where they burnt the council’s hall.
The gunmen were said to have equally set ablaze the council’s plant house, burning all the generators to ashes.
The incident was said to have thrown the town into confusion as many residents could not sleep with two eyes closed throughout Wednesday night.
As of yesterday morning, there were reports of the heavy presence of soldiers who had arrived in the area to restore normalcy.
Wednesday night’s attack brings to four the number of such public facilities that have been attacked in the state within three days.
Spokesman of the state command, SP Godfrey Ogbonna, confirmed the attacks.
He said the hoodlums later released criminal suspects, who were detained at the station.
“They also burnt two vehicles, including the Divisional Police Officer’s Highlander Jeep, and three motorcycles, parked at the station,”
Ogbonna said that it was not clear how the bandits arrived at the place in their numbers.
“We do not know yet how they all gathered to execute the attack at the station. Maybe they parked their vehicles away from their target and walked through footpaths to the place.”
He said the command had embarked on full investigations into the incident and other recent gunmen attacks in different parts of the state.