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Burundi major general: 'The government is dissolved'
Burundi's President Nkurunziza has been "removed from office", according to major general in the Burundian army.
Speaking on a private radio station , Major General Godefroid Niyombare said the military was taking the "nation's destiny in hand".
He said that the armed forces had rejected a third term for the president and said the country's government was "dissolved".
13 May 2015
- From the section Africa


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 19 . An agreement on
the establishment of the joint Azerbaijan-Saudi Arabia Business
Council was signed between the Azerbaijani Small and Medium
Business Development Agency (SMBDA) and the Federation of Saudi
Chambers on December 19, trend reports.
The signing took place within the 7th meeting of the Joint
Commission on Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of
Azerbaijan and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the
fields of economy, trade, investment, technology, culture, sports,
The council, which will include representatives of the business
communities of both countries, will support the initiatives of
entrepreneurs, help establish direct partnerships between
businessmen, organize mutual visits, meetings, seminars, round
tables, and other events, as well as exchange information between
the business circles.
Speaking at the meeting of the commission, the SMBDA Board
Chairman Orkhan Mammadov informed about cooperation with the
relevant structures of Saudi Arabia.
He noted that the agency will continue its activities to expand
ties between the business circles of the two countries, develop
cooperation between business communities and further develop the
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Plan panel approves Rs 15K cr annual outlay
The state annual Plan was finalised here at a meeting between Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and chief minister Naveen Patnaik, an official statement said.
Commenting on the performance of the state, Ahluwalia said that Odisha was among the states which have done well in poverty eradication and human development, including social sectors like education and health.
He asked the state government to focus on making progress more inclusive and reducing regional disparities.
Ahluwalia also said that Odisha need to better utilise science and technology in addressing the development related problems and improving the condition of tribal, women and children.
He pointed out that the state has done a good work in reforms and port sector was doing exceptionally well.
The state achieved a real average growth rate of 9.57% during the first three years of the 11th Plan (2007-12). Agriculture and allied sector growth rate during the period was 4.8%.
The Commission offered its expertise in handling problems related to power distribution by the state following reforms in the sector. A team from the Commission will be visiting the state soon to to find solution to the issue.
Briefing the Commission, Patnaik said the state was pursuing development agenda to achieve a sustainable growth, accelerated overall development and a faster rate of poverty reduction.
He said the state`s strategy has been to strengthen human development sectors such as education, health services, food and nutritional security, besides improving welfare of marginalised groups such as SCs/STs and women, reducing regional, social and gender disparities, and scaling up
investment in agriculture and infrastructure sectors.
Patnaik said that removal of disparities is one of the important development strategies adopted by the state and several measures have been initiated for the purpose.
The state government has undertaken a Rs4,550 crore Eight Year Perspective Plan for the backward Kalahandi- Bolangir-Koraput districts covering the period between 2009-10 to 2016-17.


Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva believes the public confusion surfaced during consultations about six government’s new Bills has been due to misinformation and his opponents’ hatred for him.
There have been complaints on social media that the public were confused about the Bills.
Lord Fusitu’a, one of the Public Consultation committee leaders, claimed during an interview with Television Tonga while the meetings were conducted in Vava’u, the Bills were unconstitutional but he did not give any reasons to support his claim.
Some leaders in villages and towns, especially noble estates and districts which did not vote for the Pōhiva government in the last snap election, have urged their people to attend the meetings and vote against the new Bills.
According to reports, attendances at most of the meeting places did not even reach a tenth of the numbers of people who voted in the last snap election.
Hon. Pōhiva said he believed the confusion among the public during and after the public consultation could not be easily resolved because it was conducted with wrong spirit (“laumālie hala”).
He said there was hatred (“taaufehi’a”), aggression (“loto ‘ita”) and revenge (“loto sāuni”) by some of those who conducted and organised the public consultations against him.
Hon. Pōhiva said the six new Bills should have been clearly emphasised to the public in its entirety and not only parts of them.
He believed the Parliamentary committee gave the public the wrong impressions that the laws were meant to remove the king’s powers when they dealt with the Judiciary Panel and the appointments of the Attorney General and Police Commissioner.
The Prime Minister said in an interview with Television Tonga last week that he questioned the criticism of the new Bills by some government critics after it had been made clear they had been drafted by the Acting Attorney General ‘Aminiasi Kefu.
He told Kaniva news in a previous intervew that all the accussations and strong critisms made against his government by the nobles and their supporters was because they still held a grudge against him.
Acting AG invlovements
Hon. Pōhiva said the Acting Attorney General was a member of the king’s Privy Council and was appointed by the king.
“Do you think that ‘Aminiasi would come from the Privy Council and tell the government to create laws to remove the king’s powers? That’s the question these critics should ask.”
“If that was the case, then we should question ‘Aminiasi and the Privy Council.
“Why would you choose someone to tell us to create laws to remove the king’s powers.
“It was ‘Aminiasi who drafted the Bills and he was the one who knew everything and the details of the Bills.”
Hon. Pōhiva called on those who claimed that his government was attempting to remove the king’s powers to take their queries to the Privy Council.
The six new Bills
As Kaniva news previously reported, Acting Attorney General Kefu said during a public consultation about the Bills on radios, that claims by some critics that the government was attempting to remove the king’s powers were misleading because the Bills would end up with the king for his signature. He said the king would have the final say.
Hon. Pōhiva said these six new Bills were first created by the Lord Tu’ivakanō’s government and was engineered by some including the former Minister of Justice Clive Edwards.
“There may be some slight differences in the wording made by the Tu’ivakanō government and the ones we have submitted, but they were still the same,” Pōhiva told Television Tonga in Tongan.
It is understood the Tu’ivakanō government made the move after it received a report by Commonwealth constitutional law expert Peter Pursglove in 2014 that Tonga’s constitution was the worst in the Commonwealth countries.
In 2014 Lord Tu’ivakanō’s government moved to remove the powers of Judicial Appointments and Discipline Panel to make elections in the king’s Privy Council.
The Nobles-led government also planned to put an end to the Panel.
Lord Tu’ivakanō’s government also moved to remove the king’s constitutional powers to appoint a commissioner for the Anti-Corruption Commission, which was being planned at the time, according to the Parliament’s record (minutes) numbers 21, 22 and 23 on August, 2014.
The former government also submitted to the House a Bill to remove the Attorney General from the king’s Privy Council and bring the position into the cabinet.
The main points
- Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva believes the public confusion surfaced during consultations about six government’s new Bills has been due to misinformation and his opponents’ hatred.
- There have been complaints on social media that the public were confused about the Bills.
- Some leaders in villages and towns, including noble estates and districts which did not vote for the Pōhiva government, have urged people to attend the meetings and vote against the new Bills.
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Political problems could have been avoided if Electoral Commission’s recommendations had been followed, say former Attorney General


Amarillo, Texas -
AMARILLO -- Early voting numbers from last week are in for the March primary.
According to officials, so far more than 1,300 people have cast their early ballots in Potter County and more than 1,200 have requested mail ballots.
In Randall County, more than 2,200 people have early voted and more than 1,700 mail ballots have been requested.
Early voting continues until Friday.
Primary day is March 4th.


Qatar- FM meets Ethiopian Prime Minister
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA
Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met yesterday with the Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, who is on an official visit to the State of Qatar. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed bilateral relations, and ways of boosting and developing them, as well as a number of issues of mutual interest. The meeting was attended by Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu.
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Turkey encourages Arabs' investments
(MENAFN) For the benefit of all parties, Arab countries have been urged, by Turkey's Development Minister Lutfi Elvan, to invest with Turkey.
Lutfi Elvan said to the Turkish-Arab Economy Summit in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Mersin that "We don't say, 'We produce and you buy.' Let's establish companies together,"
By achieving 11.1%, Turkey's economy has made the best economic growth internationally in the third quarter of 2017, he added.
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Marrakesh: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met yesterday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, H E Jan Lipavsky, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic (CAR), H E Sylvie Baipo Temon, on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of member states of the Global Coalition against Daesh in Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco.
During the two meetings the minister reviewed bilateral cooperations with his counterparts and ways to support and develop them, in addition to exploring issues of common interests.
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CROP Walk raises money to fight hunger
More than 100 walkers turned out Oct. 9 for the annual CROP Walk, which was held at a new time of year and a new location.
The walkers raised more than $7,700, which was down from more than $12,000 raised last year. About 2,800 pounds of food was also collected, which also was down from last year’s total that came in at 6,491 pounds. The Crossing Church brought in 2,200 pounds of the food that was collected.


The Kazaure Emirate Council in Jigawa has distributed grains worth over N4.2 million and N630,785 cash as Zakkat (alms) to 13,785 less privileged people in the area.
The emirate’s spokesman, Malam Gambo Garba, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the items were distributed to deserving families in nine districts of the emirate.
Garba said that the Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Hussaini, gave the figure during the closing ceremony of Zakkat distribution in the area on Tuesday.
He said the emir urged wealthy individuals to always support the vulnerable and the less privileged in the society to reduce poverty in the area.
The spokesman also said the emir reminded the people that “giving Zakkat is one of the five pillars of Islam”.
According to him, Hussain also reiterated the commitment of the emirate council towards the propagation of Islam in the area.
Garba added the the emir commended the emirate’s Zakkat Collection and Distribution Committee and other individuals for their efforts towards the successful conduct of the exercise.
Garba said that trophy and other gifts were also presented to district, village and ward heads that excelled in the collection of Zakkat in their domains. (NAN)
The Zakkat was distributed in batches between January and May


QUETTA: The party membership of Chief Minister Balochistan Aslam Raisani was suspended for continually violating party policies, DawnNews reported on Thursday.
The Kalat division of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) took the decision. Division President Rafeeq Sajjad said that Raisani had been violating policies since the last four years.
According to the division president, the chief minister was not addressing issues faced by the party workers who had voted him into power nor was he spending enough time in Quetta.
He also said that the PPP had weakened in the province due to Raisani’s actions and policies.
Earlier, PPP provincial president Mir Muhammad Sadiq Umrani had called upon the federal government to declare the provincial government headed by Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani a failure.
He said that a new governmental structure needs to be formed in the province.
Various political and administrative options are being discussed in the wake of a damning Supreme Court judgment that held that the Balochistan government had failed in its fundamental responsibility of protecting the basic rights of the people.


Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. State Department, met with President Mustafa Akinci at the presidential palace on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Nuland said that she had a positive meeting with Akinci, during which they discussed the latest stage reached in the Cyprus negotiations. “We’ve also received a positive appraisal of last night’s meeting between the two leaders. It seems that there is good progress now in taking the leaders’ agreements and consolidating them“, Nuland stated.
She also added that the United States will remain intensively involved in the Cyprus problem. “Washington is eager to help the sides to come to an agreement that the Cypriot people need and deserve”, Nuland stated


(MENAFN - The Peninsula)
Doha: Qatar's manufacturing sector will emerge as a major employment generator in the country in the next few years, driven by efforts of the government to diversify the economy and boost Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The number of people employed in the sector is expected to grow to 101,000 in 2025, according to a recent report by KPMG.
'The government's effort to boost SME sector manufacturing and the shifting focus towards non-hydrocarbon sector exports is expected to drive the production value for manufacturing sector by 30 percent from 2019 to 2025, said a report titled ‘Qatar Industrial Landscape 2.0: Resilient and Stronger' by KPMG. 'The number of people employed is also expected to grow from 85,000 to 101,000 in 2025 along with rise in number of establishments by 1.2 percent CAGR to 3,486 from 3,239 during the same period, it added.
The government has developed Qatar National Manufacturing Strategy 2018-2022 that aims at accelerating growth in the manufacturing sector as an engine for economic development and diversification.
In line with Qatar National Vision 2030 and second National Development Strategy (NDS-2), a comprehensive manufacturing strategy was launched to create conditions to enable a vibrant manufacturing sector, remove artificial constraints and create a unique investment proposition for its manufacturing sector.
The manufacturing sector strategy is based on nine enablers that would help redefine the manufacturing landscape in Qatar.
Further, it has identified seven manufacturing strategic sub-sectors such as polymers, plastics, aluminium, additive manufacturing, food & beverage, pharmaceutical and extreme environment services.
The share of manufacturing sector is also expected to increase in Qatar's economy. As per World Economic Outlook October 2020 forecast, Qatar's nominal GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is expected to reach QR697bn in 2025.
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Al Ghandura, Syria: Turkiye has launched the construction of nearly a quarter million housing units to resettle refugees in rebel-held northern Syria, Turkish media said, as repatriation efforts loom large in Turkey's presidential runoff.
An AFP correspondent on Wednesday saw builders working and heavy machinery being used at the side on the outskirts of the town of Al-Ghandura, in the Jarabulus area near the Turkish border.
"Syrian refugees living in Turkiye will settle in the houses... as part of a dignified, voluntary safe return," Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday at the launch of the project, according to private Turkish news agency IHA.
He said that "240,000 houses will be built" in the region, expressing hope that the project would be completed in three years, IHA added.
Since Syria's war broke out in 2011, neighbouring Turkiye has taken in more than three million people who fled the fighting.
Most have "temporary protection" status, leaving them vulnerable to a forced return.
Anti-refugee sentiments have been running high in Turkiye and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hardened his once-accepting stance towards people displaced by war as he fights for re-election in a presidential runoff this weekend.
Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has pledged to send "all the refugees home" if he wins.
The construction site Soylu visited was formerly an air strip.
Earlier this month, Erdogan pledged to build some 200,000 homes in 13 locations in Syria, aiming to resettle some one million refugees, local media reported.
In November, Soylu paid a visit to open 600 basic homes in Syria's rebel-held Idlib region, saying 75,000 houses had been constructed in the previous two years.
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Police in the eastern Indian state of Bihar recently declared that rats have consumed thousands of litres of confiscated alcohol.
An internet report revealed that the state banned the sale and consumption of alcohol last year.
Since then police have reportedly seized more than 900,000 litres.
Patna city’s top police official, Manu Maharaj, said he was told by police inspectors that much of that liquor had been lost to rats.
Police have now ordered an inquiry to examine these claims.
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Sad News!! for Brooklyn Nets fans as there beloved player Kevin Durant comes out positive in the test of Coronavirus.
And he is not the only one to receive the virus, there are three other players who also tested out to be positive.
The other three players name hasn’t been disclosed. Kevin has confirmed that till now he doesn’t have any of the symptoms and he’s feeling fine.
The team management has announced recently that the players are in isolation and that only one has got the symptoms and the other three don’t have any for now.
The organization has confirmed that “The Players of Brooklyn Nets are not allowed to go in public, they are going to be under 24-hour surveillance to make sure that the pandemic wouldn’t affect other people.
The basketball fans and New York Government has sent their wishes to all the four players to get recover soon and be healthy for the time being.
The Nets have confirmed that they have paid a private company to take out the Covid-19 tests.
The Mayor of New York has also stated on social media that the whole NBA teams check-up isn’t possible as we want to make sure that help should be received by people who are really in need of it.
Other than Kevin, We have Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert who is also tested positive for Covid 19 and his teammate Donovan Mitchell who is also tested out to be positive for the pandemic.
Due to the sudden increase in the number of positive players for Covid 19. NBA has decided to postpone the season for the time being to make sure that there should be enough social distancing to make sure that disease doesn’t spread any further.
So, let’s see what the future holds for the players and for the NBA. So, let’s pray to make sure that pandemic stops and we will be able to be stopped at last.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Thousands of computer servers around the world have been
targeted by a ransomware hacking attack, Italy's National
Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) said on Sunday, warning organizations to
take action to protect their systems, trend reports citing reuters .
The hacking attack sought to exploit a software vulnerability,
ACN director general Roberto Baldoni told Reuters, adding it was on
a massive scale.
Italy's ANSA news agency, citing the ACN, reported that servers
had been compromised in other European countries such as France and
Finland as well as the United States and Canada.
Dozens of Italian organizations were likely to have been
affected and many more had been warned to take action to avoid
being locked out of their systems.
Telecom Italia customers reported internet problems earlier on
Sunday, but the two issues were not believed to be related.
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TEDPIX drops nearly 2,000 points on Saturday
(MENAFN) TEDPIX, the benchmark index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), saw a decrease of 3,000 points to 1.410 million in the last Iranian calendar week (closed on Friday).
The index had surged 131,000 points (10.21 percent) to 1.414 million points in the Iranian calendar week closed on 11th of November.
According to reports, it was the peakiest weekly surge throughout the present Iranian calendar year (started on the 21st of March).
Following a long span of time of decrease, the share market transactions finally came back to the rising cycle from the last two weeks and within the effect of the verdicts taken by the administration as well as the Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO), and surged the hope of stockholders to finance once more in this market as well as to gain a reasonable gain from it.
TSE is one of the four Iranian share exchanges, and the most vital one. The additional three ones are Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME), Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX), as well as Iran’s over-the-counter (OTC) market, recognized as Iran Fara Bourse (IFB).
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“Everything there is to say about the time of the elections has been said and we have nothing more to add. I understand that when a government is in the third year of its term, the debate intensifies,” government spokesperson Υiannis Εconomou said in an interview with ANT1 on Wednesday about the speculation regarding early elections.
The government spokesperson stressed that the job of the government was to address the problems of the country, to continue the reforms and the policies to support society. “The main issues for the citizens are to be able to cope with the electricity bills, the financial pressure, to find a job, to reduce unemployment,” said Economou.
The government spokesman added that the government stands by everyone and mainly to those who are most in need. “Through the very intensive work that this government has done over the last three years and in spite of the accumulated and successive imported crises that we are handling, major steps have been made to support Greek society and, above all, the most vulnerable,” he said.


CM Punjab vows to address all public issues
The delegations from different cities of the province called on Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar in Lahore.
He assured the people to resolve their problems on priority basis.
The Chief Minister said that PTI government is taking steps to resolve the problems of people while the relation between the Chief Minister and people is becoming stronger day by day.
Sardar Usman Buzdar said that we all have to work hard for bringing change in the country. He said that the people of the province are his asset. He said that resolution of problems of the people is responsibility of the government.


Speaking to reporters union minister for information and broadcasting Manish Tewari said that Don Sanjani would be the opening film at the festival.
"Susan Sarandon and Majid Majidi have been invited to be members of the festival's jury," Tewari said at a press conference in Panaji.
Tewari was in Goa to oversee the preparations for the festival which is being held in the state annually since 2004.
Festival Director Shankar Mohan said that the festival had received over 650 entries, out of which 216 films from over 70 countries would be screened at the 10-day event which begins Nov 20.
The major highlight of the festival, Shankar said, would be the showcasing of the culture of north east India through films in the regional panorama section.
The official also said that nearly 4000 delegates had already been registered by the film festival authorities.


(MENAFN) On Monday, at least eight fighters of the Houthi group were murdered during an attack launched against Yemeni government forces in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a military official informed Xinhua.
In a new military escalation, the Houthi fighters launched an attack against several government-held military locations in Durayhmi district south of Hodeidah province, the local military source affirmed on condition of secrecy.
He emphasized that the government forces managed to repulse the Houthi attack in Durayhmi, leaving eight rebels murdered after fierce armed conflicts sparked in the region.
In the meantime, the official military spokesperson stated in a statement that bombardment conducted by Houthi fighters murdered one soldier of the joint pro-government forces and wounded five others in the same district of Durayhmi.
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BEIRUT, 16th March, 2018 (WAM) -- Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, Grand Mufti of Lebanon, praised the position of the UAE and Saudi Arabi towards his country, as well as their ongoing support for its institutions, which will help to create an independent Arab state that is co-operative with other Arab countries.
He also praised the efforts to strengthen the stability and security of Lebanon, especially those that support its economy and legitimate institutions.
Sheikh Abdul made this statement while he received, at Lebanon's Dar al-Fatwa, Hamad Saeed Sultan Al Shamsi, UAE Ambassador to Lebanon, and Walid bin Abdullah Bukhari, Acting Chargé d'Affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Lebanon, in the presence of Mou'een Al Merhebi, State Minister for Refugees Affairs of Lebanon, to discuss several Arab and Islamic issues.
Sheikh Abdul also praised the UAE and Saudi Arabia's participation in the "Rome II Ministerial Meeting," to support the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces:
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New Zealand’s nuclear weapons strategy to be stable
(MENAFN)New Zealand prime minister announced that the country is not going to transform its strategy on exclusion of nuclear-powered submarines, since Australia tied with the US and UK in a security deal to obtain nuclear submarines.
During a news meeting in the capital Wellington that was live online, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stated “New Zealand’s position in relation to the prohibition of nuclear-powered vessels in our waters remains unchanged.”
Ardern also said that the deal, which is going to be recognized as AUKUS,” alter nothing for New Zealand" in its ties with these nations.
She answered an inquiry "Certainly, the (nuclear-powered) submarines could not go into our waters," "That is the position held by all (political) parties."
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By Weswa Ronnie
Lydia Wanyoto Mutende, the former Mbale city woman Member of Parliament contestant also the National Resistance Movement Woman’s League Chairperson has urged leaders from Bugisu region to have a united lobbying voice when President Museveni visits the region.
Wanyoto made the call while speaking to religious leaders over the weekend at her home located at Malukhu, Industrial City Division in Mbale City.
Wanyoto said that President Museveni has embarked on regional tours and will be in Bugisu region this month.
She said that Bugisu has many issues which need to be addressed presented to the President when he comes but leaders need to be united.
Mutende also says that the Bugisu region has missed lots of developments because of fights and divisions among leaders.


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Home-based work more normal than before the pandemic
According to survey data released by Danmarks Statistik, the proportion of employees working from home was 10.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022 – 3.4 percent lower than the previous quarter.
However, the proportion working from home remains higher than the 7.8 percent average that existed before COVID-19 hit Denmark.
At one point during the pandemic – the first quarter of 2021 – the share of people working from home was as high as 28.3 percent.
Disparities open up by industry
According to the survey, 11.9 percent of employees in the private sector responded that they often work from home, compared to 8.3 percent in the public sector.
However, in both the private and public sectors, the proportion of people working from home is higher than before the pandemic.
In the private sector, there was an increase of 3.6 percentage points compared to pre-pandemic home working, while in the public sector the increase was 1.7 percentage points.
There were also disparities between sectors.
Before the epidemic, 14.0 percent of people working in the information and communications sector regularly worked from home – a figure that increased to 31.9 percent in mid-2022.
Another sector that saw significant growth was finance and insurance, which shot up from 8.4 percent before COVID-19 to 18.2 percent.


The Institute of Directors (IoD) has polled more than of its 1,200 members about the impact of the recession on their companies, revealing that more than half (52 per cent) expect that GDP will be lower in 2012 than it was last year, while 65 per cent believe that there is little to no chance that the UK will emerge from its slump before the end of December.
This lack of confidence in the nation’s economic growth prospects is reflected by the fact that 44 per cent respondents have postponed at least one investment or employment decision this year as a result of the economic uncertainty.
Over two-thirds (69 per cent) think that the government’s attempts to simplify the tax system has so far failed to achieve their aims, while 68 per cent believe that its efforts to streamline business regulation have also been unsatisfactory.
Graeme Leach, chief economist at the IoD, said: “Business is battening down the hatches in the expectation that the recession will continue for the rest of the year. That is bad news for the economy, because decisions to invest money or take on more staff are being postponed until things look up. Low confidence leads to delayed decisions. Delayed decisions further undermine confidence. It’s a vicious cycle.”
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Tanzania’s state-run Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) will next year launch flights to Nigeria and Ghana in a move aimed at spreading its wings across Africa, an official said on Monday.
Ladislaus Matindi, the ATCL managing director, said the national carrier will also launch flights to cities of Goma and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as well as improving domestic routes in some regions.
Matindi said ATCL was planning on improving services in the country but also establish new destinations in the African region and globally. He said ATCL has resumed flights to South Africa and China which were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Enditem


(MENAFN – Newsroom Panama) Panama President, Laurentino Cortizo, came out of his shell on Monday, August 31 to respond to public concern over the flouting of quarantine rules by high profile government employees and politicians.
He skirted the alleged party at the La Fragata restaurant and bar on August 26, where one of the presidency staff was allegedly present and passed the buck to the Health Ministry (Minsa) in the case of Colón, Mayor and fellow PRD member Alex Lee
The mayor admitted to having traveled to the Decameron villas on the beaches of the Coclé province, when in his province, Colón, a total quarantine was in place..
Cortizo stated that it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) to carry out the investigations and apply the corresponding sanctions.
The president also referred to the request from business associations to speed up the reopening of economic activities during the month of September.
He said that the announced schedule is being maintained, and that they seek to carefully observe how the situation evolves after the reopening on September 7, when the free zones and construction open.
He said it is important to avoid a complete reopening that then has to reintroduce a total quarantine in October.
Business associations have claimed that some companies will go under in the next week if reopening is delayed. And will join many others that have already closed their doors.
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State Minister Shehan Semasinghe says in comparison to the first quarter of the year, second quarter economic growth has increased by 12.2%.
The State Minister addressing Parliament yesterday claimed a 12.3% increase in economic growth was witnessed this year in comparison to the second quarter of 2020, when the country went into the first lockdown.
He questioned whether this wasn’t a result of ensuring the health and safety of the country.
State Minister Semasinghe said the collapsing agriculture industry will see a growth of 8.1% by the second quarter of 2022 while the industrial sector will see a growth of 22%.
He claimed the construction industry that collapsed during 2015-2019 had a 18.2% growth by the second quarter of 2021 while the service industry had a 7.5% growth.
State Minister Semasinghe said all economic growth targets can be achieved by fully vaccinating the population.
The State Minister said the government will reach all necessary decisions for the country, the economy and the citizens irrespective of false allegations being levelled.


Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that after the first time since the creation of the state all the schemes in a transparent manner has reached to the people standing in the last row of the society. Addressing the people while addressing the Urban Prosperity cum beneficiary meet 2019 at the Harmu grounds here he said that since 67 years of Independence of the nation no one worried about the poor but the present central and the state government framed all the policies keeping in mind the all round development of the villages the poor and the farmers and executed them on the ground.
He said that before 2014 the poor of the state and the country were in disarray but things have changed now as after the government
under Prime Minister Modi a change has been brought in the thought process of the poor and the faith of the people of the state
and the nation has increased on the government. He said that the government will provide homes to all the homeless in the urban and the rural areas who do not have their own homes under PMAY by 2020.
Mr. Das said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target to provide homes to the homeless by 2022 across the nation and the state government was also working in coordination with the central government to provide homes under the schemes. The Chief Minister said that in the last four years the state government has provided a corruption-free administration and role of the middlemen in projects has been removed. He said that before 2014 in all the works the middlemen were active but now the money to the beneficiaries directly reach to their accounts through the DBT. He said that the gap between the people and the government has reduced which has resulted in positivity.
Mr. Das said that in all the districts of the state rapid development has taken place and construction of roads flyovers drains schools and hospitals have gathered pace. He said that the Haj House in Ranchi is being built with an investment of Rs 4 crore and it would be ready by March 2019. He said that scam had also taken in the construction of Haj house but despite that new Haj house is being built and also the construction of Ravindra Bhawan and own building of RMC was on. He said that the state government has risen above the affiliation of the case and community and was working for the all round development of all the community due to which many milestones have been set in the last four years and all the sectors have registered positive growth and people were getting the benefit of the welfare scheme.
He said that under the Ujjwala Yojana 25 lakh families have been provided LPG connection while another 15 lakh families will also be given the same sooner. Adding further he said that in the entire state Beti Padhao Beti Bachao movement has been made a movement and the government was committed for the all round development as part of which from January 24 the Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana will be launched in the state . He asked the people not to difference between sons and daughters and asked them to send the girls to school.
Mr Das also expressed concern over female feticide and warned that doctors indulging in such acts will be sent to jail. The Chief Minister said that his government was dedicated to the poor and since he too was from a very humble background therefore he understood the pain of poverty and was committed to wipe out poverty from the state. He said that the government was committed for the empowerment of the women and was the first state in the country which sent 24 women to Israel for learning modern agriculture techniques. He said that women will have an important role to play in the development of the state and said that it was a priority of the state government to link them with agriculture animal husbandry and other small works to make them stand on their feet while women self-help groups are also being provided bank linkages.
He said that the government should be such which thinks about the poor and works for their betterment and the central and the state government were working with the same thought and said that so far after his government came into power 1.26 crore bank accounts have been opened. The Chief Minister asked the people to stay alert from such forces which are trying to mislead them who just use the people for vote bank. He said that for the first time under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi works have been done in the welfare of the poor tribals dalits etc as Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas in the mantra of the government.
Those present on the occasion also included state Urban Development Minister C P Singh, MPs Ramtahal Chowdhary and Mahesh Poddar, Ranchi Mayor Asha Lakra, Hatia MLA Naveen Jaiswal and others.


SHILLONG: Meghalaya detected first cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 today after five people tested positive for the disease.
Reportedly, Three cases have been reported from East Khasi Hills district while two cases have been reported from Ri Bhoi district.
Following the threat of Omicron variant of the COVID-19, Meghalaya government has decided to regulate the entry of the people in the state.
The state has also announced some restrictions to be applicable from January 5.
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said, “Keeping in mind the economic activities of the people and with a mind of ensuring that we impact the economic activities to the bare minimum, the government has decided to come up with some restrictions in the next few days in the state of Meghalaya.”


Mizoram government would continue to make efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar nationals taking shelter in the northeastern state, said Chief Minister Zoramthanga.
Hundreds of people from the neighbouring country fled their country following a military coup and took refuge in Mizoram.
Zoramthanga while interacting with the Myanmar nationals in Aizawl on Monday gave an assurance that his government would try its best to assist them.
He said that his government has taken up massive efforts and will continue to do so in the future to help those Myanmar nationals.
Zoramthanga said that he had also urged the Centre several times to provide political asylum to the Myanmar nationals.
He had earlier said that the Centre assured the Mizoram government that it will take measures to ensure that the state government can continue to provide assistance to the Myanmar nationals.


ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Ameer Sirajul Haq has said that the youth had Imran Khan to power and now they would remove him from the Prime Minister House.
He said that the sea of youth is now ready to turn to the Prime Minister House.
Addressing the participants of a rally held in here on Sunday, he said that the PTI-led government had taken Pakistan 30 years back.
Imran Khan has betrayed 22 million people, says Sirajul Haq.
He said that the sugar, wheat and petrol mafias have accumulated billions of rupees from the public.
He said that in 2023 the people will show mirror to Imran Khan. He said that the youth brought Imran Khan to power, and now they would remove him the power.
Sirajul Haq said that the PTI government was imposed on the people, adding that the wrongdoers and the looters needed to leave the government. He said that youth has not been represented in parliament for 74 years.


District officials rushed to the spot to pacify the protesters and assured action against those who had committed the act. However, people began to gather near the office of the deputy commissioner and soon there was a big assembly at the MG Road. People from other communities also arrived there, causing more worry for the authorities.
Police began lathicharging after people gathered in front of the DC's office
It was then when police personnel were rushed to the spot and they began to lathicharge to disperse the people, fearing a communal clash. Many people were injured in the police action. Authorities later said that the situation was under control. A peace committee meeting was held on Friday evening to improve the situation in the town.


The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has said that it will push for laws that will regulate social media and go against the use of trolls during the campaign period.
In a report by Inquirer.net, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia told ANC that the Comelec is powerless to monitor social media because of the absence of the law regulating it, and that’s why it will push for social media regulation in the next Congress.
Garcia also said that it will also urge Congress to pass a law against the use of trolls, especially during the campaign period.
He also said that anybody who will be victimized by trolls can file cases in relation to cyber libel, but it will be very difficult to prove and pinpoint the liability of the individuals involved.
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Kaduna State Government has said it planted 7.5 million trees in the last five years as part of efforts to reforest the state but said only half of the number have survived.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai while speaking with the Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar after he presented the state with one million seedlings to mark the World Environment Day, lamented that Kaduna State has lost a lot of its forests in the last few years before the coming of his administration, adding that the state is being reforested again.
“In the last five years, we have been planting 1.5 million trees every year. Only about 50% of the trees survived, but we have not given up. It is an investment that we are willing to make for our children and grand children,’’ the Governor said.
El-Rufai promised the minister that Kaduna state will plant the donated seedlings and expressed hope that 90 per cent of them will survive while the state will match the number of what the federal government has donated.
The Governor suggested that the Ecological Fund be transferred to the Ministry of Environment which he said possesses the expertise and national reach to manage it for the benefit of the country.
He said, “it is only proper for the Ecological Fund to be domiciled with the Ministry of Environment because it includes fighting erosion, deforestation and desert encroachment. Apart from that, the ministry has the knowledge, technicality and expertise as well as the national reach to better manage the fund and utilise it for the benefit of the entire country.”
The governor explained that he had headed a committee during the first term of the present administration, which recommended the transfer of the Fund to the Ministry of Environment adding that “the matter was further tabled before the National Executive Council (NEC) and a decision was taken on it but the resolution has not yet been implemented.”
Earlier, the Minister said that his ministry had promised five million seedlings to Kaduna state in fulfilment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s pledge to plant 25 million trees across the country.
He promised that the balance of four million seedlings will be delivered to Kaduna state.


A decision to declare a national state of disaster and to institute a nation-wide lockdown was correct and timely, according president Cyril Ramaphosa.
Speaking in a national address on Thursday evening (9 April), Ramaphosa noted that the coronavirus pandemic has worsened globally.
“While it is too early to make a definitive analysis of the progression of the disease in South Africa, there is sufficient evidence to show that the lockdown is working,” he said.
“Since the lockdown came into effect, the rate at which new cases have been identified here in South Africa has slowed significantly.”
Ramaphosa said that when the country entered into lockdown on 27 March, the number of confirmed cases stood at 1,170. By comparison, the number of confirmed cases as of Thursday stands at 1,934.
This means that in the two weeks before the lockdown, the average daily increase in new cases was around 42%, Ramaphosa said. Since the start of the lockdown, the average daily increase has been around 4%.
“While we recognise the need to expand testing to gain a better picture of the infection rate, this represents real progress,” he said.
“The measures we have taken – such as closing our borders and prohibiting gatherings – as well as the changes that we have each had to make in our own behaviour, have definitely slowed the spread of the virus.”
The number of confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus cases in South Africa climbed to 2,003 on Friday, health minister Zweli Mkhize revealed.
This is an increase of 69 new cases from Thursday, while the minister said that six additional people have died as a result of the virus, taking the total number of deaths to 24.
Flattening the curve
To highlight the president’s point, government has published a series of graphs which for the first time give an indication of how successful the coronavirus lockdown has been in curbing the virus.
The first graphs show that South Africa’s lockdown has effectively managed to ‘flattened the curve’ and slow the number of cases in the country to date.
While South Africa is still outpacing some of its emerging market peers when it comes to the number of infections, it is some way behind countries including Spain, the UK, the US, and Italy.
Arguably the most important graph shows that the number of daily positive cases in South Africa has more than halved since the lockdown came into effect.
From a peak off 225 cases of 25 March – two days before the lockdown was put into place – the country now reports on average, fewer than 100 cases a day.


Bersih has proposed that ministers and public officials who are party leaders take annual leave if they want to campaign in an election during working hours.
This was among its proposals in response to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who said the Election Commission's campaigning restrictions on ministers while they are on duty put the government at a disadvantage against the "jobless" opposition.
Besides the proposal to take leave, Bersih also suggested:
Yesterday, Mahathir complained about the EC's restrictive rules on the use of government assets.
He said he had to rent his own helicopter for use during the Cameron Highlands by-election.
While Bersih lauded Mahathir's move to rent his own aircraft, it stressed that the EC must remain firm in its restrictions against the government.
This was to avoid the perception that the commission was controlled by the prime minister.
It added that such restrictions were in line with practices in countries such as Australia, Canada and Ireland.


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(MENAFN) Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, on Monday slammed the UK's hypocrisy in criticizing the execution of Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian resident who spied for the British Intelligence Agency (MI6).
In a tweets, Kanaani stressed that “the UK's action in violating the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been met with Iran's decisive intelligence and judicial response.”
He also said the “increased rhetoric of the UK regime and the support of some of the so-called human rights advocates in Europe for London show their lawlessness and violations of laws” that are according to justice.
“The British regime and those who turn a blind eye to this war crime are not allowed to instruct others about human rights,” Kanaani stressed, adding, “A member of the British royal family considers the slaughter of 25 innocent people to be the removal of a chess piece and is not embarrassed of it.”
In line with reports, Prince Harry approved in his memoir "Spare" that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan, comparing his actions to taking “chess pieces” away.
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 5. The World Health
Organization (WHO) has expressed serious concern about the
resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip, WHO says on its X page,
The organization noted that the only viable solution for the
region is a sustained ceasefire.
WHO called on Israel to take every possible measure to protect
civilians and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, as per
the laws of war.
A combined attack was carried out on Israel on October 7. From
the beginning, a massive rocket attack began from the territory of
the Gaza Strip, followed by the penetration of militants by land,
water, and air.
Israel declared a state of war after a massive rocket attack
from the Gaza Strip. Moreover, Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant
announced a mass gathering of reservists.
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THE Bacolod City Council approved a resolution requesting the City Tourism Office to submit a comprehensive plan for the recovery of the tourism industry in the city for the year 2021.
The resolution was authored by Councilor Israel Salanga, chairperson of the City Council committee on tourism.
Salanga said since March 2020, the city has been placed under different community quarantine statuses, which halted air and sea travel to and from the city.
He said the lack of tourists in the city also caused the closure of most of the tourism accommodations, establishments and destinations.
Salanga said the tourism industry of the city is one of the top income generators of the city’s economy.
“Having comprehensive plan for the recovery of the tourism industry of Bacolod is significant so that the City Council will know the necessary legislation it will undertake to the help the industry,” Salanga said.


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New York: A cargo train derailed in the midwestern United States, sparking a massive fire and evacuation orders, officials and reports said on Saturday.
No injuries or fatalities were reported after the 50-car train came off the tracks late Friday near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border.
The train was shipping cargo from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, when it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
Several explosions were heard as the cars continued to burn into Saturday, according to local media.
Low temperatures hampered the effort, as fire trucks pumping water froze up.
Officials said the train was carrying the chemical vinyl chloride, NBC's local affiliate WFMJ-TV reported.
Firefighters wore hazmat suits as they tackled the blaze.
Roughly 2,000 residents -- about half of the town's population -- were asked by authorities to evacuate their homes.
Officials asked anyone living within a one-mile (1.6-kilometer) radius of the scene to leave. They also enforced a shelter-in-place order for the entire town.
'We cannot stress enough that we need everyone to stay away from the scene,' East Palestine's town manager wrote in a letter posted on Facebook.
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Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has come out to say that his team must transfer their Europa League form into the Premier League.
He recently revealed that his players already know that they need to start winning matches in the league immediately.
According to him, starting with Sunday’s home match against Burnley, the Gunners need a lot of consecutive positive results to move up the EPL table.
He added that focus is on the EPL from now on since the UEL competition is off till February.
His words, “At the end of the day we need to start winning football matches immediately,”
“We cannot sustain the results we had in the last six to eight weeks and that has to be immediately and we know that has to start on Sunday.
“Now we have to forget about the Europa League till February and focus on the Premier League strongly, and the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup when it restarts in January.
“And now we need everybody on board. Obviously we have a large squad and we have a lot of players back from injury so we will have the opportunity to pick who is better in the moment to still rotate some players, but that gives us more options in the Premier League as well to focus there and to get the results that we need.”


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U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that 11 U.S. citizens were killed in the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel.
The president’s announcement raised the death toll of Americans in the ongoing conflict by two people compared with what was confirmed by the National Security Council in a statement issued earlier in the day.
Biden in his statement also said the U.S. government believes that Americans are likely among those taken hostage by Hamas. He said the administration is “sharing intelligence and deploying experts from across the United States government to consult with and advise Israeli counterparts on hostage recovery efforts.”
Biden reiterated U.S. commitment to ensure “Israel has what it needs to defend itself and its people.”


BuzzSouthAfrica has been informed about the arrest of six people involved in the torching of a Limpopo police station.
From our gathering, the incident happened on Tuesday night after community members from Phadzima village gathered and blocked the road leading to the police station.
Confirming this, police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo related that the Limpopo police station was reduced to ashes and, that the community members were protesting the disappearance of Mavis Mabala (25) who was earlier declared missing.
“The police building was completely gutted and the police vans, that were recently allocated to the station, were also burnt,” said Brigadier Mojapelo. “… Members on duty tried to repel them by firing some shot but were in the process overwhelmed by the mob of about 700,” he added.
According to the Brigadier, the station was initially a satellite station.
“The building was initially used as a satellite police station,” he said. “It was the same community that made a call and demanded that it be converted into a fully fledged police station. The call was answered as it meant taking policing services closer to the people,” wailed Mojapelo.
Already, more police officers have been deployed to the area to manage the crisis and hunt down those responsible for the torching of the police station.
While six suspects have been arrested, police expressed that more arrests are expected.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that the protest over housing in the south of Johannesburg has extended to Finetown and the surroundings of Lenasia South.
It is said that community members have blocked the Golden Highway route and the road leading into the township.
Commenting on the protests happening in several places across the country, the Minister of Police, Fikile Mbalula warned that he wouldn’t condone the criminal acts coming with the agitations.
However, the police minister urged crime fighters to exercise restraint in managing the protests.


The weekend lockdown remained in place across Jammu and Kashmir from Friday evening in order to prevent the virus from spreading in the Union Territory.
The lockdown was imposed four days after the government eased the lockdown restriction in Jammu and Kashmir.
However, witnesses informed the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the police and paramilitary forces were deployed in many areas across Srinagar and other districts to enforce the lockdown announced by the government.
The police and paramilitary forces were seen manning the roads all across Srinagar today who had also erected concertina wires on the roads, which thwarted the vehicular movement.
Meanwhile, a police spokesman said that during the last 24 hours, police have arrested 187 persons, lodged 97 FIRs and also realized fine to the tune of Rs 3,09,140 from 2543 people throughout the Kashmir valley for violating the various guidelines, rules and SOPs regarding Covid-19.
“The special drive against the violators of Covid-19 guidelines and rules continued throughout all the districts of Kashmir Valley to ensure that people adhere to SOPs and guidelines envisaged by the government to curb COVID-19 pandemic,” the statement said.
Moreover, police urged people to cooperate in containing the spread of Coronavirus by following the SOPs, guidelines and protocols for their own safety and for the safety of others. “The special drive shall continue throughout the districts of Kashmir Valley to strengthen the safety measures,” police said


Despite a weekend in Milwaukee that saw two people killed and eleven people injured, actual homicide rates have fallen significantly.
Milwaukee Police report the city’s murder rate has dropped 23 percent this year compared with last year. They say non-fatal shootings have also decreased. Mayor Cavalier Johnson says the city has a surplus budget which has enabled them to spend more money on resources such as cracking down on crime. Mayor Johnson says enrollment at the city’s police academy is full, which means more officers are being trained to serve and protect the city.


New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said that it has arrested Raj Singh Gehlot, owner of Ambience Mall in a bank fraud case.
An ED official told IANS that Gehlot has been arrested from Haryana's Gurugram and will be produced before a court in Delhi later in the day.
According to ED officials the bank loan fraud case is worth Rs 200 crore.
Gehlot is also being probed by the CBI.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed the CBI to probe the case for the alleged illegal construction of a commercial building on approximately 18.98 acres of land in Gurugram by blatantly flouting the building by-laws and statutory provisions in collusion with others.
It was alleged that the land where the Ambience Mall was built was meant for a housing project.
The CBI has registered a case against a private person, Gehlot, Ambience Ltd and Ambience Developers and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and unknown officials of HUDA, Town and Country Planning Department and unknown private persons on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The ED and CBI had carried out searches at several locations of Gehlot last year.
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Saudi- KACST Successfully Converts Manned Aircraft into Drone
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Riyadh, Shawwal 23, 1438, Jul 17, 2017, SPA -- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has announced the success of its specialists in converting a manned aircraft into a drone.
This was disclosed by Prince Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed, the KACST President, pointing to the successful field test of the drone named "Al-Nawras" which has many strategic advantages.
He explained that a squadron of three drones of Al-Nawras have successfully been flying through one control room to carry out joint missions and these strategic type of drones can fly up to 30 hours.
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MIRPUR (AJK), Sep 19 (APP): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi Sunday urged upon the international community to play their role for early resolution of the long-Standing Kashmir issue for ensuring emergence of lasting and durable peace in the region.
The prime minister made these remarks during a meeting with the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur held in the federal metropolis.
He said Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been projecting the Kashmir issue at International level effectively and inviting the attention of the international community towards gruesome human rights violations and systematic killings of Kashmiris at the hands of brute Indian forces Over the globe in Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Referring to the development of AJK, he said the government was taking revolutionary steps for the welfare of the people in accordance with the vision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. He said the government has fixed targets to implement the reform agenda and steps were being taken to provide relief to the masses and to accelerate the tempo of developmental activities in the state.
The AJK prime minister said committees have been formed headed by the cabinet Minister to propose amendments in Ehtesab and Adhoc Act while local bodies elections will also be held within a year to shift the power at the gross root level.
The AJK prime minister said that for the first time the Federal government has prepared a complete document based on Indian forces repressions on Kashmiri people to draw the world attention towards Indian forces atrocities.
Speaking on the occasion, Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur said that under the leadership of the AJK Prime Minister a new era of progress and development would be started in the state and the federal government would extend every possible financial assistance to the AJK government to implement its developmental projects for the wellbeing of the people of the state.


The de-mining activities in Vavuniya have reached the final phase.
All villages where people are being resettled have been de-mined. The Vavuniya District Secretary P.S.M. Charles said that the resettlement work is expected to be expedited. The programme has been launched to raise awareness about the landmines in the people who are being resettled. The aim is to create awareness about the damage caused by landmines and their identification.


Eight more Covid-19 cases emerge in Attock
Focal Person says most cases in the district are of local transmission
ATTOCK: At least 69 people have so far contracted the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Attock while three associated deaths have been reported.
This was stated by the Attock District Focal Person for Covid-19 Dr Asif Niazi on Tuesday, adding that eight new cases were reported in the district in the past 24 hours.
According to data updated and shared by the Covid-19 Cell in the District Health Authority (DHA), three police officers were among those who tested positive for the virus.
Other cases involved two close contacts of patients who had already tested positive in Fateh Jang. Moreover, two known tuberculosis patients were also tested positive for Covid-19.
One case was cross-notified from Islamabad.
Dr Niazi said that so far, some 4,666 people have been tested for Covid-19 in the district. He added that the number of suspected patients screened has reached 1,617, of which 1,373 have tested negative and the results of 175 people are awaited. Moreover, 35 people have recovered so far.
Dr Niazi added that most Covid-19 cases reported now in the district are of local transmission.
On quarantine centres, he said that the district administration has set up a 100-bed quarantine centre in the Jand Tehsil Danish School.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 13th, 2020.


Moderate earthquake hits New Zealand's east sea
( MENAFN ) On Monday, Apr. 5 a-6.1 magnitude quake struck New Zealand's east sea and was extensively sensed in the North Island.
GeoNet, the nation's geological hazard information center, noted that the earthquake happened at 7:37 p.m. local time in the East Cape Region, 120 km east of Te Araroa at a deepness of 33 km.
GeoNet noted it had got over 7,800 felt reports.
During March, three severe earthquakes hit the sea off the coast of the North Island, which led to a tsunami alert on the coast.
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Two men allegedly planning to go to Pakistan for weapons training were arrested near the Red Fort area, the police said on Saturday.
A senior officer said that the accused have been identified as Khalid Mubarak Khan, 21, a resident of Maharashtra, and Abdullah alias Abdur Rehman, 26, a resident of Tamil Nadu.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Rajiv Ranjan Singh said the arrests were made based on a tip-off that the police had received on February 14.
He added that according to the information, some people were coming to the national capital from Mumbai to carry out illegal activities and were planning to later go to Pakistan for training.
The police had also been informed that the two accused would be carrying sophisticated weapons.
Another police officer said that the arrested accused had been radicalised through social media by Pakistan-based handlers.
“The accused were taking directions from their handler on ways to illegally cross the border. Two pistols with 10 live cartridges, a knife and a wire cutter have been recovered from their possession,” the officer added.
The police said that the accused have been booked under the Arms Act, adding that investigation is on to ascertain their involvement in planning any terror attack.


In the attack outside the British Parliament, the UK Defence secretary has said that the link of terrorist could go to the ISIS.
It has been reported that the attack, which killed five people including on police officers, happened on Wednesday.
In the counter attack, police and other security agencies successfully managed to kill the attackers.
Soon, the investigating agencies came into action and started raiding every doubtful place. As of now, six homes have been raided and eight people are arrested.
Meanwhile, the defense secretary of UK, Michael Fallon, has said that there is strong assumption that the attack was related to the ISIS.


New Bedford City Government to Reopen Fully June 15
NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford city government will return to its normal business hours as the state of emergency is lifted in Massachusetts on June 15.
According to a press release from Mayor Jon Mitchell's office, New Bedford City Hall and other city buildings will reopen to the public and government workers will return to their usual in-person work schedules that day.
Officials said that city offices including City Hall will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and that libraries will resume their regular hours, which vary by location.
Over most of the past year, many city government employees have worked remotely due to the pandemic.
Masks are still required in public areas of city buildings until June 30.


Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says sick-minded people cannot tolerate the development of the country, launched by the government and they fear their defeat in the upcoming elections.
He was addressing at a ceremony after inaugurating the new building of federation of Pakistan chamber of commerce and industry in Islamabad. Ishaq Dar said the opposition forces know that their political future is uncertain if the incumbent government completes its tenure.
The minister said the government’s prudent measures resulted into raise of 60 percent in tax revenue during the last three years. He said growth rate stands at 4.71 percent. Ishaq Dar further said that the foreign exchange reserves has increased to over 24 billion dollars against the seven billion dollars when the current government took over in 2013.
He commented the services of business community in increasing the tax revenue and in the development of the country. The minister said the government inherited several hectic challenges but overcome most of these due to concrete measures.
He said international financial institutions acknowledges Pakistan’s economic turnaround. He added that IMF and ADB anticipate Pakistan’s Gdp growth rise to five percent.
The minister criticized the past governments for energy crisis in the country. He said only 700 megawatt of electricity was added to the national grid in fifteen years.
Ishar Dar reiterated the government’s pledge to overcome the challenge of power outages by march 2018.


By GIDEON NYENDWA
THE Inspector General of Police should act on cases that the opposition political parties are reporting because the way things are moving it is clear the police are fighting political battles for the UPND, The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has charged.
NDC secretary general Charles Kabwita said the police were fighting political battles because if that was not the case they would have been treating all the cases equally regardless of where they were coming from.
Mr Kabwita said earlier this year, he reported Kafue mayor Buumba Malambo to for tribal remarks that had potential to divide the nation but up to now nothing has been done about it.
He said it was shocking the police summoned Patriotic Front (PF) member of the central committee Chishimba Kambwili on the same tribal remarks simply because he was from the opposition.
Mr Kabwita said another PF member Raphael Nakacinda reported UPND members who were threatening his life but the police did nothing about it.
He said the police were supposed to offer a service to the people regardless of their political affiliation.
Mr Kabwita said all the political giants of the PF had been summoned by the police and some of the cases that they were summoned on were even laughable.
He said it was unfortunate that the police now get instructions from nonentities because they belong to the ruling party.
Mr Kabwita said that he would not rest until Ms. Malambo was questioned by the police for the alleged tribal remarks that had potential to ignite a genocide.
He said Ms Malambo was on record telling the people of Kafiue that they should vote for a Tonga president, Mayor, Member of Parliament and councillors, a thing that he reported to the police but no action has been taken.
“The only way I am going to know that the police are not fighting political battles is when they summon her for those remarks,” Mr Kabwita said.


The number of women dying in childbirth in the Indonesian city of Merauke, in Papua province is reported to have risen in the past two years.
In 2005, the rate was 464 per 100,000 births which rose to 499 in 2006.
An official of the Merauke health service says the reason for the increase was that many health workers who work in the villages had been transferred to other districts following the creation of more district administrations.
Another reason was that many health workers had abandoned their posts.
The official said that people had either been transferred or they had left of their own will.
He said that there had been many attempts to recruit nurses and midwives but there was little interest in working in remote areas.


Law and order in Haryana is better
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that the law and order system in the state is perfect and Haryana Police is fully capable of putting a check on crimes. Haryana Government had launched Dial 100 for the information of crimes, now the Central Government has launched Dial 112 for the entire country. This scheme of the government will enable to curb crimes and criminal activities.
The Chief Minister was replying to the questions of media persons in Karnal today. Earlier, the Chief Minister inquired about the murder of Dr. Rajiv Gupta from the Director General of Police, Mr. Manoj Yadava, Inspector General, Mr. Yogendra Nehra and Superintendent of Police, Mr. Surendra Bhoria, and issued directions to immediately take steps to arrest the accused in this case.
The Chief Minister expressed deep sorrow over the murder of Dr. Rajiv Gupta. He said that he is in contact with police officers since last night to know the matter behind his murder. He said that the DGP has assured him that soon the entire incident will be exposed. The Chief Minister said that the police has taken some people into custody for questioning on the basis of suspicion.
Replying to another question, the Chief Minister said that the law and order in Haryana is better and strict directions have been issued to the police so that there should be no such incidents. Now there is decline in number thefts and snatching incidents.
The Chief Minister said that new recruitments have been made to increase the strength of police force in the state and modern equipment have also been provided to the police.


Jammu, Sep 17: The leaders and activists including Women Wing leaders led by Janta Dal (United) JD (U) J&K State President G M Shaheen Monday conducted a tour to Kathua District as part of its ULB and Panchayat elections campaign and appealed various sections of society particularly the youth, students and people of the Jammu region to vote and support JD (U) in the said elections to uphold pride and honour of the people of the state.
Shaheen while addressing the mammoth gathering in district Kathua said that having experimented with BJP, Congress, NC and PDP and given them ample opportunities to prove their concern for Jammu, the people of Jammu and Kashmir were an extremely demoralized lot today. “With Congress having receded into the oblivion during the last four years, the role of BJP had disappointed the people of Jammu to the extent that their faith in the political system had been largely shattered,” he maintained.
“Modi has given lies and deceit to the people rather than fulfilling the promise he has made to people, as a result, there is a large-scale resentment among the people in the entire Country,” he added and further said that BJP cannot hide behind the politics of polarization and exploitation, as that, people have realized the real face of BJP as they have not fulfilled even a single promise made to the people of the state.
He further asserted that people were now eagerly looking forward towards JDU in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions which provided the only ray of hope to the people of the state keeping in view of the peoples’ requests pouring in on day to day basis from various parts of the state and tremendous response being shown by the urban electorates who were coming forward as volunteers in huge numbers to support the party.
He added that the party had announced public meetings to be held in various districts of the Jammu and Kashmir state with alternate teams going for door to door campaign to highlight the struggle of the party for the cause of miseries of the people who are still deprived of their fundamental rights and other issues.
State Youth President Raja Wasim, Incharge Jammu Nigesh Sarmal, District President Jammu Rachpal Singh, Youth Vice President Keshav Kumar, senior leader Syed Shafi, Mudasir Ahmad and others were also spoke of the occasion. (PTK)


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Two attackers of Banihal arrested says police
Police on Friday morning said that they have arrested two persons responsible for the Wednesday attack on SSB jawans. Police identified them as Arif and Gazanfar. They further claimed to have recovered the snatched rifles from them.
This attack remained in controversy right from start as police intially said that it was not a militant attack. later police said that some local youth were missing from Wednesday afternoon and they were responsible for the attack.


(MENAFN- AzerNews) Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Saturday
introduced the country's balneological and medical tourism
potential to the representatives of the European tourism industry
at the 68th European Commission of the United Nations World Tourism
Organisation in Bulgaria, Azernews reports, citing Agenda.
Kvrivishvili participated in the panel discussion under the
theme Europe as an Increasingly Popular Medical and Wellbeing
Destination, where she reviewed ongoing and planned projects of
Georgia, the Economy Ministry said.
She highlighted the Abastumani and Tskaltubo projects, initiated
by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, which involve $1 billion
investments for the rehabilitation of Georgia's resorts, including
the renovation of infrastructure.
Kvrivishvili emphasised the projects would promote the
strengthening of the country's economy and the diversification of
tourism products and stressed the rehabilitation and development of
Georgian resorts would contribute to creating new jobs and
increasing tourist flows in the country.
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Accenture has won a potential 12-year, $62 million deal covering information technology infrastructure intended to standardize national policing operations in Scotland, sourcingfocus.com reported Thursday.
The company will build and maintain technology for the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland with the goal of helping law enforcement officers manage and share investigation reports, according to the article.
Sourcing focus reports the Accenture IT platform has been dubbed i6 and seeks to replace more than 120 paper-based systems at Police Scotland.
i6 will aim to maximize frontline police activities and help curb criminal activities across the country.
Accenture is expected to deploy the system in late 2015.


Tando Allahyar: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday said that PPP will form the next government if mid-term elections were held.
Addressing a gathering in Tando Allahyar, Zardari said the PPP government will work for the masses and will give them their due rights He said that “We are getting indication of mid-term polls.”
He slammed at Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government saying that a fake political entity was always created to counter organic political parties. He added “now let’s see what will be the result of this game.”
Zardari said that PTI chief Imran Khan would not have been the Prime Minister had there been free and fair polls because he did not come into power through votes. He said that if arrested, “jail is my second home.”
Zardari said that it is government’s misunderstanding that “we are scared, we just not want to weaken state institutions.”
He said PTI government members were under-16 players, “politics is handled strategically but they (PTI government) actually don’t know how to play.”


India reports 42,766 new COVID-19 cases and 1,206 deaths in last 24 hours
India's total number of coronavirus cases has now increased to 3.07 crores, of which, more than 4.07 lakh people have died.
- India reported 42,766 new COVID-19 cases and 1,206 deaths in the last 24 hours.
- The Health Ministry further informed that India's active caseload currently stands at 4,55,033.
New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday (July 10, 2021) said that India reported 42,766 new COVID-19 cases and 1,206 deaths in the last 24 hours. The Health Ministry further informed that India's active caseload currently stands at 4,55,033.
The national weekly positivity rate is now at 2.34%, while the daily positivity rate is at 2.19%.
The total number of coronavirus cases has now increased to 3,07,95,716, of which, 2,99,33,538 have recovered and 4,07,145 have died.
On the other hand, 45,254 patients recovered during the last 24 hours and took the total number of recoveries to 2,99,33,538.
Earlier on Friday, the Centre had stated that Maharashtra and Kerala recorded more than half of the COVID-19 cases registered in India last week. It said that Maharashtra reported 21 per cent and Kerala 32 per cent and stressed on following containment measures.
The government also commented on the visuals from tourist spots and said that the way people are mingling without following COVID-19 protocols is 'a serious cause of concern' and that such negligence will increase the risk of virus spread.
It also said that the country is still dealing with the second wave and we need to introspect if we can afford misplaced belief that COVID-19 is over."
On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also chaired a high-level meeting to review the augmentation and availability of medical oxygen across the country. The Officials discussed with the Prime Minister and briefed him about the progress on the installation of PSA Oxygen plants. They stated that more than 1500 PSA Oxygen plants are coming up across India and said that they will support over 4 lakh oxygenated beds.


This would be the start of Nadda’s election campaign in Tamil Nadu, he added Addressing the media in Vellore he said the party would hold 100 public meetings in the state to highlight the advantages accruing to Tami Nadu due to the central budget.
Stating that it was because the BJP considered TN as part of an emerging India, it allocated various schemes including the AIIMS hospital, smart city and other schemes including the AMRUT scheme were being implemented in the state, he added.
The budget had allocated nearly Rs 2 lakh crore to the state which would result in an increase in job opportunities for local people, he added.
Referring to the DMK he said that party was continuously speaking against the state and central governments.
Even when the state government waived farm loans to the tune of more than Rs 13,000 crore, the DMK still faulted it he added.
Claiming that the DMK was only talking about the seven Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts, he said the DMK gave no thought to the families of the 18 persons who lost their lives on that fateful day.
Stating that the DMK had betrayed the people of TN, he said that party when in power had announce d many schemes, most of which continued to be on paper.
Claiming that the BJP held its poll manifesto to be holy, he said the party would fulfill all that it promised.
Referring to the hike in diesel and petrol prices, he said this was due to the taxes imposed by the state vernments.


Jordan - Biden to send more military medics to U.S. hospitals in COVID-19 hotspots
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)
Amman, Jan. 13 (Petra)-- U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said he was deploying more military health workers to hospitals in six U.S. states, and would give Americans free masks and more free tests to tackle the fast-spreading Omicron variant around the country.
The phased dispatch of 1,000 military health personnel beginning next week comes as U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations hit a record high with Omicron overtaking Delta as the dominant variant of the coronavirus and health facilities facing a staffing crunch.
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Indian Kadapa Airport in Andhra Pradesh to be inaugurated on June 7
(MENAFN- KNN India) The Kadapa Airport in Andhra Pradesh will be on the air connectivity map of the country on June 7. The inauguration will be taking place at a function to be attended by Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
The first flight at Kadapa will land from Bengaluru at 11.30 am on same the day.
"This development and air connectivity thereon will not only enhance the business potential and employment opportunities but will also give impetus to the economic growth of the city and the region," said the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Airports Authority of India, in its endeavour to promote regional and remote area connectivity in Tier-II and Tier III cities, has completed the development of Kadapa Airport at the cost of Rs 42 Crores.
The airport has a new compact pre-fabricated terminal building with a capacity to handle 100 peak hour passengers at a time. The runway with dimension 1719m x 45m is capable to handle ATR-72 type of aircraft operations.
To facilitate the development of Kadapa Airport, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has made available 520 Acres of land. (KNN/ST)
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Blackwater CEO Steps Down
Saying that he’s “taking on new challenges,” Blackwater Worldwide founder and CEO Erik Prince announced Monday that he’s resigning from his long-held position at the top of the security company, which has now changed its name to the spooky and sci-fi-tinged Xe.
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Prince, in an e-mail to employees and independent contractors, said Danielle Esposito will become chief operating officer and executive vice president. Esposito has worked for the firm and its partners for nearly 10 years.
Blackwater/Xe’s president, Gary Jackson, is also retiring, Prince said.
The position of CEO will remain open, the company said.
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MP writes to CM over O2 shortage
Lakhimpur/Kanpur: The state government has been claiming that it has a better health system but the ground reality has been the complete opposite.
While public criticism of the health system has been on the rise, the legislators have also joined the bandwagon.
On Friday, Lokendra Singh, MLA from Mohammadi seat in Lakhimpur Kheri district and Kanpur MP Satyadev Pachauri wrote a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath regarding the pathetic condition of hospitals in the state.
MLA Lokendra Singh wrote that the Lakhimpur district has been hit badly by the Corona outbreak and with the exponential increase in the positive cases, a lot of lives are also being lost due to a shortage of oxygen in the district.
He has stated that the Tehsil-level Community Health Center has also run out of oxygen and many people are dying in the rural areas.
He requested the government to come up with a plan soon to deal with this epidemic.