(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Against the background of military escalation by Russia, Canadian special forces operators have been deployed in Ukraine.
This contingent is part of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment, Global News reports citing its own sources in the Canadian government, according to Ukrinform.
'A Canadian Special Forces has been deployed in Ukraine amid rising tensions between the NATO-Russia military alliance,' the statement said.
Sources told Global News that the Canadian special operations presence is part of an attempt by NATO allies to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, and to identify ways to assist the Ukrainian government. Read also: Britain
to assist Ukraine in training Joint Forces command
'The unit has also been tasked with helping to develop evacuation plans for Canadian diplomatic personnel in the event of a full-scale invasion, sources said,' Global News reported.
It should be noted that Canadian special forces have been training the Ukrainian military for several years as part of the UNIFIER mission.
'[A]lthough sources told Global News the latest special forces contingent, which left for Ukraine around Jan. 9, is not conducting training,' the outlet concludes.
It should be recalled that within the UNIFIER mission in Ukraine nearly 200 Canadian military train Ukrainian troops. The mandate of the current mission expires in a few months. If it is not prolonged, the Canadian military will leave the Ukrainian territory.
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Tasmanian businesses are being supported through the state government's Buy Local Policy.
Construction and Building Minister Sarah Courtney said the latest statistics ending December 31 showed that the Buy Local Policy was working.
"A total of 92.19 per cent of contracts were awarded to Tasmanian businesses in the last quarter, with the total value of those contracts sitting at $68.54 million," she said.
"Pleasingly, the number of contracts awarded to Tasmanian businesses in the last quarter was 59."
She said the government was committed to growing the number of Tasmanian businesses awarded government contracts to 90 per cent by 2022, with aims to continue to exceed the goal.
"Our Buy Local Policy for government procurement means the benefits to the wider community, such as job creation and social benefits, must be taken into account when decisions are made on awarding contracts," she said.
Ms Courtney said the more the state government could to promote local spending, the better it was for all Tasmanians.
For more information about the Buy Local Policy, visit purchasing.tas.gov.au.


We revived economy at global recession, BJP’s flawed policies have caused its slowdown now: Manmohan
Manmohan Singh attacked the BJP for its “flawed policies” that led to the economic slump and asked the Congress to inform people on the UPA’s policies during the global economic recession
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday attacked the BJP led central government for its flawed policies that have caused the current economic slowdown and asked Congress party leaders to hit the streets to inform people about the policies of the earlier UPA government at the Centre during the global economic recession, party sources said.
The former Prime Minister's views were supported by Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was also present in the meeting along with several other senior leaders.
A senior Congress source told IANS that "Manmohan Singh told party leaders that when the economic recession had hit the global economy, our government (United Progressive Alliance or UPA) was able to revive the economy, while the current government's flawed policies on the economy are the reason for the slowdown."
The source said that Manmohan Singh emphasised economic slowdown as a great challenge for the current Narendra Modi government.
"Manmohan Singh told the party leaders that unemployment has increased in recent times as many sectors are facing the heat of economic slowdown and gross domestic product (GDP) is continuously falling," the source said.
He also revealed that the former Prime Minister said Congress leaders need to hit the streets and tell people about the policies of the Congress during 2007-09 when global recession had impacted India and how the then government was able to revive the economy and generate jobs.
The views expressed by Manmohan Singh were supported by Priyanka Gandhi, the source added.
Published: 12 Sep 2019, 4:21 PM


Police said the fireworks display will begin at 10 p.m. on Friday, and can be seen on the boardwalk from Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue.
Police said the display is “expected to draw large crowds,” and will take place “regardless of weather conditions.”
“A policing plan is in place over the weekend, with public safety at the forefront, including the day before and following the event,” a press release reads. “A variety of police resources will be in the area to ensure everyone can enjoy the event and weekend safely.”
The news comes weeks after a stabbing and five arrests were made during the fireworks display on Victoria Day.
Police are reminding the public that personal fireworks in city parks and on beaches are prohibited.
Officers are also reminding residents that there will be traffic delays due to road closures in the area, including on Lakeshore Boulevard East.
“Parking enforcement will be heightened in the area due to limited parking,” the release said. “Motorists are advised to avoid the area and to use alternate modes of transportation.”
According to police, the Toronto Transit Commission will be adding additional buses to “numerous routes.”


One of the country’s cement producers, Lafarge Malawi, on Tuesday launched a health campaign which seeks to sensitise employees and business partners on how to live a healthy life.
The launch of the campaign took place at the firm’s head office in Blantyre.
Lafarge Malawi Chief Executive Officer, Albert Sigei, said the firm has a policy of ensuring that employees live a healthy life.
“The workforce that is healthy will contribute to the social and business development of the company and family as a whole,” he said.
Sigei also said the campaign is part of Lafarge’s Ambition Zero strategy aimed at eliminating cases of accidents by 2025.
“The company also plans to engage stakeholders such as customers, suppliers as well as its surrounding communities during the campaign,” Sigei said.
During the campaign, employees, customers and business partners from the construction industry will be equipped with health tips which will help them live a healthy life.
The launch of the campaign was characterised by presentations and speeches from local as well as international health experts.
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Doha Municipality seizes 6 tonnes of rotten frozen meat and fish
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Doha: Doha Municipality, represented by the Health Control Section of the Municipal Control Department, seized 6,012 kg of frozen meat and fish unfit for human consumption during its intensive inspection campaigns on food establishments.
The discovery of the violation began on Thursday evening when inspectors seized 140 kilograms of rotten meat unfit for human consumption during an inspection of a restaurant in the Old Airport area.
Following investigation to identify the source of the meat and the name of the supplying company, the municipality formed a team of inspectors to raid 14 warehouses and refrigerators belonging to the company in the Industrial Area, where they seized another 5,872 kilograms of frozen rotten meat and fish.
The inspectors also found that the company used transportation means not designated for transporting these materials.
The inspectors issued several reports for violating Law No. 8 of 1990 regulating the control of human food and took legal measures against the violator. Specialists destroyed the seized items in a proper way.
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A new poll of more than 100 people in the country’s most populous province suggests that the Catholic Church is the religion of choice for nearly all the people polled.
The results were published in the Irish Times on Thursday.
The poll, conducted by the Irish Centre for Social Research, also showed that there was a strong connection between religious affiliation and socio-economic status.
In the same year, there were 4,400 more Catholics in Ireland than there were Protestants in 2014.
This means that the number of people with a higher socio-cultural status and who are more likely to have been raised Catholic is a clear winner in the poll.
The Catholic Church has been a strong supporter of the Irish government and the country, as well as the Irish public.
It has also contributed to the countrys economic prosperity.
The results of the poll suggest that the percentage of people who say that the Irish state is ‘good for Ireland’ has dropped from 71 per cent in 2014 to 52 per cent now.
In addition, the percentage who say the Irish people are ‘very good’ in their economic condition has also dropped from 63 per cent to 49 per cent.
The survey also showed a clear shift towards more secularism in the past year.
While 51 per cent of people said they still had no religion, the number had dropped to 38 per cent this year.
The Irish Centre, which conducts the survey for the newspaper, said that the survey results indicate that the majority of the people surveyed are ‘no longer convinced by the state of affairs in Ireland’.


(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Riyadh, Oct 28, 2022, SPA -- HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman, Minister of Energy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, held a virtual meeting with H.E. Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister of Energy Transition of the French Republic.
During the call, they stressed the need to increase the stability of the international oil market, to continue close communication, and to strengthen co-operation to address emerging risks and challenges.
Both sides have confirmed that they would strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries and highlighted the need to ensure secure and reliable supplies of energy into global markets, noting that the Kingdom continues to be a reliable partner and supplier of crude oil to France.
Discussions between the two sides included the cooperation between the two countries in the field of clean hydrogen and renewable energy, where French companies are actively participating in this promising sector.
In addition to cooperating within the framework of the Bilateral Cooperation Agreement in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the Saudi and French government, dated 22 February 2011, both ministers stressed the importance to encourage both teams to work on opportunities in the petrochemicals, electricity, energy efficiency, innovation, decarbonization technologies and other areas of mutual interest.
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Finance Minister Hany Qadry said on Thursday that the results of the economic reforms will take time to be touched.
During a press conference that was held on the budget of the 2015-2016 fiscal year, Qadry thanked the Egyptian people for shouldering the burden of economic reforms during the past year, noting that this will help protect future generations.
Qadry added that the ministry issued its preliminary statement on the 2015-2016 budget in March to give the Egyptian people a chance to analyze and discuss it.
"As of the coming year, the preliminary statement will be issued in September," he said, adding that the government increased its subsidies to the educational health sectors in the coming year's budget.
Qadry underlined that the poor people should sense the spending allocated for the health and educational sector in villages.
He added that the postponement of parliamentary elections had a negative impact on Egypt's transparency indicator but the ministry tried hard to lower these effects by issuing the financial statement and the budget.


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MP Ruby Sahota toured her native village and several schools on her visit to Punjab. She was asked quite a bit about issues related to Punjab to which she responded by saying that the Sikh MPs continuously pick up issues related to Sikhs. In regards to Punjabis, she stated that people from Punjab need to also pick up the issues so that something can be done.
The response of Ruby Sahota was seen being widely shared on social media.
She stated that she’s proud to be a Sikh and a Punjabi and that the community has contributed immensely for both India and Canada.


Opposition will help Govt. to solve country’s problems – MP Hector Appuhamy
Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Hector Appuhamy said at a press conference held at the Opposition Leader’s Office yesterday that the Opposition will give the necessary support to the Government to solve the country’s problems.
He said that even though there are no queues in the country, the issues have not been resolved and that is why the people come out and express their pain and anger through the media or through other channels.
The MP also mentioned that the people who destroyed this country completely and created differences between races, religions and communities have started their unscrupulous acts once again.
He said that he would request the Government to immediately identify the problems in this country and apply the necessary remedies for them.
“As the Opposition in Parliament, we are ready to provide the necessary support to the Government to resolve the issues,” he said.


Costa Rica lacks investment in infrastructure
The Central American country doesn't have enough investment, and it's short on maintenance as poverty rate has hit 23 percent over 2015 and unemployment rate reached 7.8 percent, based on recent report.
However, the government has offered tax exemptions for those willing to invest in the country, hence some global high-tech firms have already started developing in the area and are exporting goods, including Intel.
Additionally, pharmaceuticals, financial outsourcing, software development, and ecotourism have become the prime industries and top contributors in the nation's economy, not to mention the high level of education.
The republic's location provides access to American markets as it has the same time zone as the central part of the United States and direct ocean access to Europe and Asia, but still it's not utilized in the most efficient way.
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Scheduled matches in Premier League football were postponed on Sunday due to cases of corona virus.
According to foreign media reports, along with the match between Liverpool and Leeds on Sunday, the match between Whitford and Wolves has also been postponed due to the coup.
According to a statement issued by the Premier League, both matches were scheduled for Sunday but have been postponed at the request of Leeds and Whitford.
The statement also said that the matches have been postponed due to illness and injuries of many players besides suffering from quad 19.
The Premier League said: “Watford has insufficient number of players, who also postponed the match against Crystal Palace last week due to Covid 19.”
It said Watford are expected to be available for their match against West Ham United on Tuesday, December 28, after the players’ eye solutions have been completed.


Jordan- Slain police officer posthumously promoted
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Amman, Aug. 7 (Petra) -- A police sergeant, who was fatally shot on Saturday, has been posthumously promoted to the rank of warrant officer, police chief, Maj. Gen. Ahmad Faqih, ordered Monday.
Warrant officer, Jafar Rabab'ah was shot dead and another wounded when a man wanted on criminal charges fired shots at a highway patrol in the city of Maan, some 220km south of Amman.
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Parents of mentally challenged children in Meru County were taken through an awareness program that will enhance care to their children.
The event, held at Meru School for the mentally challenged in Kaaga was spearheaded by the Site Enterprise, a non-governmental organisation in collaboration with the gender department, and the County special programmes department.
Addressing the media during the exercise, Ms Elizabeth Katuba from the Site Enterprise said the exercise was part of their programme dubbed ‘Boresha maisha ya mama mlemavu’ whose main objective is to empower women faced with disability challenges with skills that can support them financially.
“We know the mentally challenged children are forgotten in many instances because people don’t know how to deal with them and this is the reason we have decided to provide capacity building for the caregivers who will in turn know how to deal with them,” said Ms Katuba.
During the exercise, the caregivers were also taught some business skills which they are supposed to pass to their children and make them financial independent in future.
Meru County Special Programmes Officer Kimathi Ngari said the event was also meant to sensitize the caregivers on the challenges experienced by disabled children and the way they can handle them as well as the places they can take them for professional care.
“The event is also meant to show the caregivers the importance of forming psycho-social groups through which they can teach and encourage each other on ways of bringing up their children,” said Mr Kimathi.
He said the county government was fully supporting such programmes and called on parents with such children to come out and seek help from the available referral pathways.
Imenti North Gender Officer Ms Edith Mukami said the event was a great initiative considering that few people were willing to engage parents to such children in activities that can empower them to live with their mentally-challenged children.
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(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN — Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Shraideh on Monday met with Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation and Major Cities Policy Meryame Kitir and discussed means of strengthening economic cooperation.
During the meeting, Shraideh briefed the Belgian minister on the government's economic priorities programme for 2021-2023, highlighting efforts to push the economy forward and place it on a trajectory for recovery.
Talks also went over the economic impact of receiving the Syrian refugees to the Kingdom, as well as the situation of refugees in host communities and camps, according to a Planning Ministry statement.
Shraideh urged the international community to shoulder its responsibility towards refugee-hosting countries, notably Jordan, as donors' support has declined significantly during the past two years.
He called for supporting the Jordan Response Plan (JRP) for this year.
Kitir expressed her country's readiness to continue supporting Jordan, lauding the Kingdom's humanitarian role in receiving Syrian refugees and offering them basic services.
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While the first MoU was signed between Uttar Pradesh and the department of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, the second was inked between the Solar energy Corporation of India and Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Agency (UPNEDA).
A state government spokesman said that these solar plants were being established under the solar policy 2013. Once these plants are commissioned, the state would get 600 MW solar energy.
The official further told that the state has also implemented a solar power and rooftop solar photo-voltaic power plant policy.
The spokesman also said that under an ambitious solar power policy, the state has already approved 105 MW capacity grid run solar power projects and the letter of intent for five projects has also been given to the developers.
These power projects would be commissioned between May 2016 and October 2016, the official said.
Besides, it was also informed that the light and fan facility in Lohia houses – an ambitious scheme of the state government of low-cost housing for poor, will be run by solar power. (IANS)


Manchester City Mark Hughes has confirmed that striker Carlos Tevez will miss Saturday’s Barclays Premier League game against Arsenal.
The 25-year-old Argentina international striker picked up a knee injury while on international duty with Argentina, but City hopes that he will ready to face Manchester United the following weekend.
Mark Hughes said in the club website that Manchester City doctors has spoken to the Argentine medical people and the feeling is that Tevez will be out for the weekend and therefore not play against Arsenal.
Hughes also said that the hope is that Tevez will be okay for the derby, but the club will have to determine that when he comes back.
Mark Hughes also said that Tevez is staying with the national squad because the player needs acute treatment at the early stage of the injury, which is what he can get now.
Hughes also said that flying Tevez back quickly might compromise the injury, so Tevez will now be back towards the end of the week so that the medics at City can assess his situation and hopefully get him ready for the United game.


When asked about the upcoming discussion between the Prime Minister and Presidents Obama, Hollande, and Tusk and Chancellor Merkel, and Prime Minister Renzi, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesperson (PMOS) said that the focus would be on Ukraine, with discussions on ensuring the implementation of the Minsk agreements and how the international community could support President Poroshenko’s government.
When asked about Boris Nemtsov’s memorial, the PMOS confirmed that Sir John Major would be attending at the request of the Prime Minister.
When asked about the government’s position regarding the purchase of North Sea Oil assets, the PMOS said that there was a specific legal procedure and the government had made clear its view.
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When asked about the Oxfordshire Serious Case Review, PMOS said that the PM had been clear that it was very important to have a process that shone a light on wrongdoing and that lessons were learnt.


Lahore: Qamar Zaman Kaira said that all the institutions had learnt
from the past and none had ever talked about extra-constitutional
steps.”No institution can send the government packing on one pretext
or the other or on the basis of its performance as neither the media
nor the political forces and the civil society will tolerate it. All the institutions will have to work within their constitutional domains”, said the minister.
Replying to a question, he said that in the presence of
an independent Election Commission, free media and the judiciary,
there could not be a chance of delaying general elections. “Elections will be held on time and power will be transferred to
the elected representatives as per law”, he added.
He said that it had transpired from the Asghar Khan case verdict
that in the past general elections were stolen through rigging and fake governments were formed.
Answering a question about the letter written to the Swiss
authorities, he said that a prime minister had been disqualified in that case and the government agreed to write the letter when its concerns over the presidential immunity were addressed by the court.
He said that the PPP was holding consultations with its allied
parties and the seat adjustment process would be completed before the
elections.Replying to a question about the alleged violations of election code,Kaira said that the Election Commission should take notice of such reports so that no such incidents occur in general elections.


(MENAFN) According to the European Union's Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson, the EU is negotiating with its partners in trading to find realistic possibilities for boosting natural gas shipments to its participant nations.
Following a conference with European energy ministers in France on Saturday, Simson stated that, “the gas storage levels in the EU are significantly lower than usual at this time of the year.”
Back when gas stockpile supplies were exceptionally low, as well as the rising tensions outside the EU's eastern borders, the energy chief stressed that EU officials must stay "extremely vigilant" to ensure the union is prepared for emergency scenarios.
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VIDEO: China Tensions, The Barilaro Affair, Albanese's Jobs Summit, And More Teals On The Move
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University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Paddy Nixon talk about this week in politics.
They discuss Australia's relationship with China as tensions rise over Taiwan, the inquiry into that New York post former NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro never got to take up, and the Albanese government's jobs summit. They also canvass the prospects for a fresh batch of“teals', gearing up for state elections in Victoria and NSW.
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“The letter issued by the authority will affect the next work process” – Infonet College
“Infonet College” expressed its complaint in the letter issued by the Education and Training Quality Control Authority of Addis Ababa City Administration.
the college; The official office indicated that the letter written on July 20, 2015 was not delivered to the college.
In the event that this was not the case, he said, “For the past 25 years, we have taught and graduated many thousands of qualified and competitive students, we have fulfilled our national duty by raising a generation, and we are disappointed that our leading institution was abandoned without the recognition of the college.”
The official said that the letter issued by the school will affect the further work process of the college, as the house where we are providing training is in the process of court dispute.
He explained that we will renew the accreditation and continue the training at our current location and address.
He also said that we will announce that we are working on other rental options.
In a statement given to Tikvah Ethiopia, the administrators of the college stated that they have not received the letter issued by the office. They indicated that they were deeply disappointed by what was done and asked for correction.


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The federal government unveiled more than $200 million in funding to help Indigenous communities contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the funding on Friday, which is targeted specifically at child care, education and infrastructure.
The new money is on top of more than $2.2 billion the federal government has already allocated to help Indigenous and northern communities get through the health crisis.
More regions have been hit by outbreaks of more than 100 cases over the past two weeks, according to a federal analysis that was released on Friday, including 26 Indigenous communities that have reported two or more active cases.
Among other things, the government has committed $685 million for the Indigenous Communities Support Fund, which includes funding to address food insecurity, education and other support for children.
It is spending another $650 million to help Indigenous communities respond to the pandemic and for income support.
And it has devoted $122 million to help ensure a safe return to schools on reserves.
— With files from Global News


India now has the second-most confirmed cases of coronavirus in the world, passing Brazil and trailing only the United States.
More than 90,800 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in India Monday, bringing its total to 4.2 million. The U.S. has more than 6.2 million cases, while Brazil has more than 4.1 million.
India has the third-most deaths from coronavirus with 71,640, trailing the U.S., with more than 188,000 fatalities, and Brazil, which has recorded more than 126,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The death toll for India includes 1,016 new fatalities announced Monday by the country’s health ministry.
Globally, there have been more than 26 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 overall, and more than 880,000 deaths.
Despite the surge in coronavirus cases, businesses and other services in India have been reopening recently after the pandemic devastated the nation’s economy earlier this year.
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Brazil has announced almost another 40,000 cases and more than 1,000 deaths over the past 24 hours.
President Jair Bolsonaro has said that he may have had the virus, even though he tested negative.
Healthcare workers are struggling to control the spread of COVID-19 in rural areas.
Al Jazeera’s Manuel Rapalo reports.
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Texans should change how they funds public schools, 15 January 2008, Wilson County News, Floresville, Texas
So, my first question is, “Why are the parents of home-schooled children being taxed by local school districts?”
While the Texas Comptroller may commend those parents who home-school their children, the state penalizes them for doing so.
Obviously, fairness is not one of the urgent issues being faced by our legislators.
While parents home-school their children, many have to pay up to $12,000 per year for their district’s public education when their children don’t attend public school. It’s called yearly property taxes, of which more than 80 percent goes to the local school district.
My next question is, “Why do homeowners who don’t have children and don’t use the public schools have to pay public education taxes?”
My last question is, “Why do parents who send their children to private/charter schools have to pay another tuition public school tax when their children are not attending public schools?”
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Turkey vacates 41 residents from S. Africa caused by Omicron virus
(MENAFN) On Saturday, Turkey’s Airlines started withdrawal flights from South Africa as a consequence of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus following the application of travel measures on South Africa.
An anonymous source in the airline informed Anadolu Agency, 41 travelers had been expatriated in flights from South Africa’s major two cities, Cape Town and Johannesburg, to Turkey’s capital Istanbul.
Travelers are going to be quarantined for 2 weeks irrespective of their inoculation conditions or latest contagion with the virus, and a negative PCR test is needed to stop quarantine in places selected by Turkish governorate.
Turkish Airlines flights would be the last from South Africa to Turkey until such time as, Turkey’s Delegation in Pretoria tweeted.
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Adviser to PM on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Wednesday that the government has been facing financial woes since day one of assuming power.
In a post-budget speech, the finance adviser said that the country is going through a tough phase.
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said that the government when came to power inherited a debt of Rs31,000 billion.
On the budget, Shaikh said that the elite class of the country will have to show support to the country as the rich in the region pay more taxes than the elite in Pakistan do.
He said that this time the budget for development has been increased from previous year’s Rs500 billion to Rs925 billion.
Exports have fallen sharply due to which price of dollar has hiked, said the minister.
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, Aug. 18
The restoration work in Azerbaijan's liberated (from Armenian occupation) Aghdam city continues on a planned basis, Ruslan Sadikhov, one of the developers of the master plan of Aghdam, said, Trend Karabakh Bureau reports.
According to him, after mine clearance in the city, infrastructural work was carried out, the planned projects were implemented.
"As for the railway being built in Aghdam, the implementation of this project will continue throughout the territory of Karabakh. At present, the construction of a railway is underway from Aghdam to Fuzuli. The construction of the railroad and highways, communications, land reclamation infrastructure is being carried out at a high level on behalf of the head of state," said Sadikhov.
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Khartoum – Umma Party leaders and Miniser of Higher Education, Dr. Al-Sadiq Al-Hadi affirmed that the national dialogue has resulted to positive changes in Sudan, adding
that its outcomes were agreed on by most of the political forces and armed groups, adding in a TV talk show programme that he is optimistic that the upcoming national accord government will endeavour to resolve all the problems despite its short period.
For his part, Liberation and Justice Party leader and Minister of Labour and Administrative Reform, Bahar Idris Abu Garda considered that downsizing of the government is an important start, adding that the new cabinet includes qualified ministers who can make the difference, expressing hope that the new government can resolve the crises and overcome the challenges.
NCP political sector member, Dr. Ali Nimir said that the national dialogue resulted to political, economical, security and social stability, adding that the downsizing of the cabinet will contribute in considerable reduction in the government expenditure.
Economical expert, Dr. Abdul Rahim Hamdi proposed increasing the salaries, and utilizing the harvest season to the maximum besides avoiding monopoly along with setting clear programmes and visions.
He added that the merger of ministries requires great efforts and longer time, affirming that its feasibility will appear in the second half of 2019.


(MENAFN- IANS) Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) US State Department has announced that it has imposed sanctions on a senior official of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
US on Saturday blacklisted Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour, a commander in Khuzestan province, accusing him of commanding units blamed for killing protestors in Iran in November 2019, Xinhua reported, citing the US State Department.
Following the designation, the blacklisted individual, as well as his immediate family members, is ineligible for entry into the US.
The latest move by the US State Department came amid high tensions between Washington and Tehran following the US killing of a top Iranian military commander and Iran's missiles attack on US military bases in Iraq.
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(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The Foundation Programme Department of English (FPDE) at Qatar University (QU) collaborated with QU's College of Business and Economics' (CBE) Centre for Entrepreneurship and Qatar Development Bank (QDB) to organise an Entrepreneurial Showcase Event on campus.
The event featured 60 teams of female students and 13 teams of male students from the Business English course, who presented their innovative business ideas for the Qatari market.
The Entrepreneurial Showcase Event is the final step of the Business English Entrepreneurship Project, which involves teams of students utilising their business knowledge to develop a business for the Qatari market and improve their English communication skills.
The showcase was attended by the dean of CBE, Prof Rana Sobh; director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Dr Saeed Albana; FP associate director Dr Hala Hadba; FPDE head of department Musa Abu Huzaima; representatives from QDB; and numerous local entrepreneurs.
The Entrepreneurial Showcase Event was previously held every semester but, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was last held face-to-face in Fall 2019.
In future, the Business English course team plans to continue organising Showcase Events every semester and improve the quality of student business ideas to inspire graduating QU students to start their businesses. Related Story
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The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said on Sunday the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) expected the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct credible governorship election in the state.
The Edo State governorship election takes place on Saturday.
Obaseki, who stated this when he hosted the Senate Committee on (INEC) at the Government House in Benin, said the state government had made available all the resources at its disposal to agencies that would conduct the election.
He said “We want to believe that INEC, the umpire, will conduct a free, fair and credible election.
“However, the perception with the public and our people is that the election will be manipulated.
“This has been the rhetoric of the opposition.
“And that it doesn’t matter what happens in the polling units, because of what they term federal might, and that federal might may be deployed to the state.
“Fortunately, also that perception has been reinforced by the calibre of people who are leading the campaign on the side.”


New Delhi: In completion of two years since officially assuming political power in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a speech on the achievements and the tasks that lay ahead for the ruling government at India Gate on Saturday night.
Exclaiming that the government had championed the cause of eradicating corruption and working tirelessly to expose it in every sector, Modi said that the work of the previous government has to be analysed so that people can make out the vast difference which was apparent now. “The common people can analyse all the work the government had done and they can decide what is right and wrong,” said the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Modi said that corruption was a moth which had emptied the belly of India and exclaimed that corruption was the source of all problems in the country. Modi pointed out how the Supreme Court had revoked the licences of all the coal mining companies and that the further scrutiny of the coal mine corruption by the government had led to both the Central and State government’s treasury being filled.
“I have subtly acted against corruption,” Modi said, and added that people who relied on corrupt practices till now will not be able to repeat it in the future.
The former Gujarat CM also pointed out how the government had exposed massive scams in ration card, subsidised kerosene, absent teachers and fake names in gas connections. The Prime Minister claimed that more than Rs 36,000 crores had been saved by the government and that all the leakages in funds which were present previously had now been trickled down.
“The prices of LED lights which used to be 200 to 400 rupees has now been reduced to 60-70 rupees,” the PM exclaimed, and said that more than 20,000 mega watts, which directly translated to an approx 1 lakh crore rupees, had been saved.
The Prime Minister admitted that there were strong voices criticising him and taking his reforms and censuring them. “People who previously enjoyed a lifestyle of corruption, when that power is taken away from them, of course they will target Modi,” the PM said.
The Prime Minister said the plight of farmers in the country was dire and that instead of blaming the crops, the weather, the fertilizers for the soil, the PM said that the farmer should focus more on the health of the soil. “We have destroyed mother earth and we have exploited it,” Modi said, and added that a Soil Health Card had been introduced which would enable the farmer to study his soil and decide the best conditions for the crops to grow in.
“I am not here to highlight my achievements,” Modi said, “I am here so that the people of India can entrust their belief in me.” The Prime Minister remarked at last that it was imperative for a government to trust its people, and when that trust is established, only then will change occur in the society.


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The Punjab Police on Monday said it has invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against five people linked to radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s ‘Waris Punjab De’.
Addressing the media here, Punjab Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) Sukhchain Singh Gill further said the preacher was on the run and efforts were on to nab him.
He said six FIRs have so far been registered and 114 people arrested in the crackdown against elements of the Waris Punjab De outfit.
Gill also said that police suspect an “ISI angle” and foreign funding in the matter.
The NSA has been invoked against five people linked to the outfit, he said in response to a question.
The stringent law has been invoked against four detenues — Daljit Singh Kalsi, Bhagwant Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Pradhanmantri’ Bajeke, who have been shifted to the Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam.
He further said that the NSA has also been invoked against Harjit Singh, who surrendered on Saturday night in Jalandhar.
Harjit Singh, the uncle of Amritpal Singh, will also be taken to Dibrugarh Central Jail, the police said.
In the wake of the action against the radical preacher, Gill said police were taking out flag marches in the state and peace committee meetings were being held in all districts. There is complete peace in Punjab, he added.
The official also urged people not to lend ears to rumours and fake news, saying strict action will be taken against those found involved in the same.
The police on Saturday launched a major crackdown against Amritpal and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’.
The elusive preacher, however, gave police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Jalandhar district.


Shrimanta Shankardeva Kalashetra to reopen today after a gap of almost one year. The institution will reopen by maintaining the COVID-19 protocols.
Vice-Chairman of Kalashetra Angoorlata Deka said that it will stress on maintaining social distancing among the public and that the entire institution will be thoroughly sanitized.
She also said that the present official website, which was not used widely before, has been revamped and will be freshly launched on its reopening. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will launch the new website.
Furthermore it was informed that five mini Kalashetras will be installed in Dibrugarh, Diphu, Kokrajhar, Silchar and Delhi in a bid to spread and also educate about Assam’s culture, subsequently, throughout the country.
Kalashetra remained closed since last year after the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) protests turned violent in Guwahati. It was scheduled to open early this year but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has gripped the state as well as the nation.


Israeli police yesterday arrested 38 Palestinian workers claiming they entered the country without permits, Quds Press reported.
In a statement, the Israeli police said that the arrests took place during a search campaign in a number of cities and towns in the south of Israel.
The police said they arrested workers without permits and people hosted them, transported them and facilitated their entry to Israel.
According to the statement, the police would continue such campaigns across the country.
Palestinian officials said that the Israeli police have arrested hundreds of Palestinian workers in such arrest campaigns across Israel since the start of October.
Due to the difficult economic situation as a result of the strict Israeli security measures in the occupied West Bank, tens of thousands of Palestinian workers are obliged to put themselves in danger and infiltrate Israel to work.


(MENAFN - Trend News Agency) At least 15 people were killed and 75 others injured on Wednesday in a stampede during an official celebration of the independence day of Madagascar, Richard Ravalomanana, secretary of state for the Gendarmerie of Madagascar, confirmed,Trendreports citing Xinhua.
The incident occurred at Mahamasina stadium, where activities to celebrate the 59th independence day of Madagascar were hosted.
The President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina and his visiting Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, offered their condolences to the families of victims during a press conference later during the day at presidential palace of Madagascar. Rajoelina announced at the same time that the state will cover the hospitalization costs of the wounded.
A few months ago, the Mahamasina stadium had already been the scene of a deadly stampede. On September 9, 2018, during a football match between Madagascar and Senegal, a stampede at the entrance to the stadium occurred, leaving one person killed and 47 others wounded.
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LAHORE: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar Sunday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had put in place special measures to provide modern education to youth of the country.
Addressing a ceremony regarding Prime Minister’s Youth Programme here, he said that soft technology programmes were being introduced to impart modern training to youth, adding that opportunities were also being provided to the youth for their effective participation in sports which was essential for health.
He said the PTI government was taking a number of initiatives for the youth including poverty graduation programme for the rural and marginalized youth as youth’s
welfare was among top priorities of the government.
“The previous governments did nothing for youth except raising hollow slogans”, he maintained.
The special assistant said that efforts were also being made to introduce a programme for providing employment to youth so that they can contribute to socio-economic uplift of the country.
He said that youth of the country have all the required skills and abilities but it was needed to further polish their skills so that they can explore at all level, adding that the
education system should also be evolved to meet the requirements of modern era.
Usman Dar said that tree plantation campaign had been launched under ‘Clean and Green’ programme, adding that saplings would be planted in more than 200 universities in the country.
He said the government was taking effective and efficient steps for the revival of economy, and comprehensive economic policy of the PTI government would surely put the country on road to progress and prosperity.


Recently, the local FDA of Wuhan recently updates on the number of complaint reports over food and drug.
The numbers show that in 2017, the agency has received 24,768 complaint reports of all kinds. Among them, food related reports account for over 70%, and reports about health food were up by 300% compared to a year ago.
Relevant directors of Wuhan FDA said that the increase of complaint reports show that the local consumers have raised awareness of food safety and have an increasing demand to protect their due rights.
At the same time, the number of food related complaint reports was down by 6.4% compared with a year ago, which means that the general level of Wuhan’s food safety has been improving. (Source: Hubei Daily)


Govt pursuing proactive diplomacy on Kashmir issue: Shireen Mazari
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari on Thursday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government was continuing a proactive diplomacy on longstanding Kashmir issue, ARY News reported.
Addressing the Senate session, Shireen Mazari said that owing to restless efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his entire team, the United Nations Security Council had discussed Kashmir issue after fifty years. She maintained that Pakistan’s narrative on Kashmir was being endorsed worldwide.
Mazari maintained that US congress, EU parliament, United Kingdom, human rights organizations and international media were criticizing India for its illegal annexation of the held valley.
She said, “A pressure has been built on Indian government but lot more has to be done yet.”
Earlier on November 12, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said Pakistan will continue to extend legal, moral and diplomatic support to people of Kashmir.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi in his special message had said the Narendra Modi’s BJP-led government had besieged the armless Kashmiri people from last hundred days. He had said innocent Kashmiri children and women were being subjected to oppression by the Indian forces.
The foreign minister had said Kashmiris were unable to get access to the food and medicines owing to the continuous curfew in the held valley.


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The Aam Aadmi Party boycotted the press conference and released a statement criticising the Congress’ “silence” about the Delhi central order, stopping short of staging a walkout at the opposition meeting in Patna on Friday.
Those who represented the AAP at the meeting, including party founder Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chaddha, were noticeably absent from the press conference.
Asserting the importance of the “black ordinance,” which “not only seeks to snatch democratic rights from an elected government in Delhi, but also poses a significant threat to India’s democracy and constitutional principles,” the party issued a statement on its official Twitter account.
According to the statement, only the Indian National Congress is represented in the Rajya Sabha among the parties that attended the Patna meeting; all other parties have “clearly expressed their stand against the ordinance and announced that they would oppose it in the Rajya Sabha.”
The statement bemoaned the fact that “the Congress, a national party that takes a position on almost all issues, has yet to make public its position on the Black Ordinance,” adding that Delhi and Punjab sections were of the opinion “the party should support the Modi government on the issue.”
The grand old party’s “silence raises suspicions about its real intentions,” according to AAP, who also stated that many parties at the meeting pushed the Congress to formally oppose the law.
Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, who had called the meeting, attempted to minimise the AAP’s absence during the press conference.


Cabinet Minister for Forests and Wildlife Mr Sadhu Singh Dharamsot today accused the previous Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janta Party government of making Punjab bankrupt from all aspects and said that the Badal family ruined the state more than even terrorism.
He said this while addressing the gathering of party workers during the Congress party conference at village Chhapar, near here today.
While speaking on the occasion, Mr Dharamsot said that before the SAD-BJP came to power in the year 2007, it was a common saying that terrorism damaged the state the most, but during the 10 years of SAD-BJP rule, people now say that the previous government damaged the state more as the state exchequer was looted and innocent people were beaten across the state.
While taking an aim at the Badal family, Mr Dharamsot said that it was during the tenure of SAD-BJP government that our youth fell prey to the vicious circle of drugs, besides the Badal family looted our natural resources as well as every business.
He said that the Shiromani Akali Dal played an important role for bringing dark days in the state, but it was former Chief Minister Mr Beant Singh who sacrificed his life for bringing golden days back.
He said that whenever the state or its residents were in danger, the Badal family proved opportunistic and saved their personal interests first.
On the other hand Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has always worked wholeheartedly for safeguarding the interests of Punjab and Punjabis. He said that the present state government not only continued with the previous welfare schemes, but even implemented them properly and increased the financial aid.
He also presented a brief about all welfare and social works carried out by the present Congress-led state government.
While addressing the conference, Member of Parliament Mr Ravneet Singh Bittu said that the culprits of desecration of religious Granth’s as well as of Bargari issue would be sent to jail at every cost.
He assured the gathering that the Capt Amarinder Singh government is following up the matter with utmost devotion and seriousness. He said that the recent massive victory of Congress party in Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections have proved that the party has strengthened at grassroots level.
Mr Bittu said that now every Congressman has got an opportunity to serve the state and soon, development works worth crores would be started in the state through these elected representatives.
He also warned that if any Congress worker or elected representative tries to indulge in corrupt practices, he would not only be shown the door from the party but would also have to face the law.
Payal MLA Mr Lakhbir Singh Lakha, former Minister Mr Malkit Singh Dakha, Senior Congress leader Mr Major Singh Bhaini, DCC (Rural) President Mr Gurdev Singh Lapran, Mr Krishan Kumar Bawa, Mr Manjit Singh Bharowal, besides several others also addressed the gathering. Prominent among those who attended the conference included Ludhiana East MLA Mr Sanjay Talwar, Ludhiana Mayor Mr Balkar Singh Sandhu, DCC (Urban) President Mr Gurpreet Singh Gogi, Mr Amarjit Singh Tikka, Mr Paramjit Singh Ghwaddi, Mr Ishwarjot Singh Cheema, Mr Gurdeep Singh Sarpanch, Mr Harjinder Singh Dhindsa, besides several others.>


(MENAFN - Swissinfo) Swiss courts dealt with 52 major cases of economic crime last year that amounted to CHF355 million ($384 million) in losses, the consultancy firm KPMG said on Thursday. Public institutions were especially targeted by fraudsters.
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The total number of documented cases was up by four compared to 2019 – well below the record peak (91) in 2015. The financial losses were also much lower than the CHF1.4 billion registered in 2016.
Fraudsters targeted mostly public institutions (20) and the average loss sustained per case was CHF6.8 million, KPMG said in a statementExternal link on Thursday.
'Crimes affecting public institutions mostly relate to cases of insurance and social security fraud,' said Anne van Heerden, head of the forensic department at KPMG. 'In 2020, we also saw cases of money laundering, disloyal management and tax fraud fairly frequently compared to the other offences.'
The consultancy firm said most of last year's recorded cases were committed by professional fraudsters (19 cases). But there was a sharp increase in offences committed by private individuals. Three major cases in particular were responsible for CHF130 million in losses, KPMG said.
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 6. Iran launched a
new solar power plant with a capacity of 700 kilowatt-hours in its
capital city, Tehran on December 6, Trend reports.
The opening ceremony was attended by Mahmoud Kamani, the deputy
minister of energy, and other officials.
The solar power plant uses photovoltaic panels, which convert
sunlight into electricity. The plant was built by Mapna Electric &
Control Engineering & Manufacturing Company. The company also
installed the three 250-kilowatt inverters in the plant. The
project was completed by local experts in four months.
The electricity generated by the solar power plant is fed into
the national grid, and the state guarantees to buy it.
Iran has a renewable energy capacity of roughly 1,090 megawatts,
largely from solar power facilities.
The country has recently begun the construction of 24 new solar
power facilities with a total capacity of 1,500 megawatts.
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US Welcomes India Pakistan Bilateral talks
The United States on Wednesday applauded the first bilateral meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif. The U.S. said that it supports any steps taken by the two nuclear-powered neighbors to strengthen their cooperation. The two countries have already witnessed three wars since independence.
“We applaud any efforts between India and Pakistan to create economic opportunities for the people of both countries that can contribute to a more secure, stable, and prosperous region,” said Jen Psaki, the State Department spokesperson, according to media reports.
“So we certainly support and applaud the news of the weekend,” Psaki said. “We continue to welcome any and all steps India and Pakistan take to strengthen and deepen their dialogue and cooperation.”
Another senior Obama administration official said that Washington is cautiously hopeful that that the meeting could be a positive indicator, but the U.S. is also mindful that this will be very important to the dynamic going forward. The official said the Obama administration is hopeful that the initial indication between both nations is a positive one.
The bilateral meeting took place on Modi’s first day at office. India’s new prime minister gave a direct message to Pakistan to abide by its commitment to control terrorism from its soil against India.
He also brought up the issue of 26/11 Mumbai attacks and stressed Pakistan to speed up the trial of the suspects. The two leaders discussed the issues pertaining to security and terrorist activities in the region.
Islamabad also echoed positivity after the bilateral talks. Sartaj Aziz, the advisor to Sharif on foreign affairs and national security, said in a press conference that Pakistan had conveyed to India that the people and the government of were committed to fighting terrorism.
The Delhi-Islamabad meeting is visualized as a significant step forward, the interesting part being that Pakistan’s prime minister attended Modi’s swearing-in ceremony apparently against the advice of hardliners in his country.


Findlay’s strategic planning committee met for their first meeting Thursday. Councilman at Large and committee chair Jeff Wobser explained that the committee is designed to focus on residents’ concerns.
Wobser added that these conversations need to be had.
Wobser said that the young committee is still working on what they will focus on. They also needs to figure out how they’ll gather information. Because of this Wobser said that the committee will evolve over time


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BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.13
Azerbaijani Energy Ministry's Chief Parviz Shahbazov left for Russia to participate in the "Russian Energy Week" international forum, Trend reports citing the ministry on Oct.13.
The visit has been organized at the invitation of Russian Presidential Assistant Anton Kobyakov and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
Shahbazov will take part in the discussion at the "Future of traditional energy: is the world ready to give up hydrocarbons?" session within the forum, which will take place in Moscow on October 13-15.
It's planned that within the framework of the event, the minister will also hold a number of bilateral meetings.
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GAZA, Nov 26 (NNN-WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said that, it will hold contacts with donors, to bring new contributors to achieve sustainable funding to cover its budget.
UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, made the remark, during a meeting with Ahmad Abu Holi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)'s executive committee, in Gaza city.
The donors' conference, which was held in Brussels on Nov 16, to collect funds for the Palestinians,“is a positive and successful step, but it is not a magic wand to solve all the problems,” Lazzarini said.
On Nov 16, the international conference, held in Brussels, to support the UNRWA was attended by about 60 countries and international organisations.
Holi told reporters that, it is essential to build on the results of the donors' conference,“to achieve financial stability in the UNRWA's regular budget, and cover the current financial deficit, which has reached 60 million U.S. dollars.”
The UNRWA was established by the UN General Assembly in 1949, with a mandate to provide assistance and protection to some 5.6 million Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.– NNN-WAFA
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UNP puzzled by Govt’s stance on MCC pact
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The United National Party has requested the government to reveal to the public its stance on the Millennium Challenge Corporation agreement.
Speaking to media in Kandana today, Deputy General Secretary of the UNP Former State Minister Ruwan Wijewardena said although the government had announced that the previous administration obtained USD 10 million from the US in relation to the MCC grant, the US Embassy in Colombo has rejected the claim.
He said those part of the government also accused the previous administration of attempting to divide the country through the MCC agreement.
Former MP Wijewardena noted that such claims have been proven wrong and urged the government to refrain from attempting to deceive the public through false narratives.
He said now that the government has resorted to review the MCC agreement, it should also announce whether it intends on signing the agreement with the US in future.
Former State Minister Wijewardena added that the previous administration was honest with the public and will continue to work with the people to build a strong country.


QUETTA: Chief Minister (CM) Balochistan Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch has on Thursday said that the political crisis of Balochistan is complicated. He said that all the stakeholders will have to unite in order to make the reconciliation process successful.
Holding a press conference in a local hotel, CM Balochistan said that the Balochistan crisis is complicated but needs to be solved. He said that the law and order situation has improved in Balochistan due to law-enforcing agencies.
“The coalition government in the province enjoys complete support of the federal government. Democratic forces of the country allowed me to work for solving the political problems of the province”, said the CM.
Baloch said that NTS testing system has been introduced in the province for government jobs. “Our government gave top priority to education and health”, he added. He said that the local body representatives will be given complete support to do their job. He said that land mafia has been eliminated from Gwadar and the province is on the path of progress.


Lebanese president receives culture minister
(MENAFN) President Michel Aoun received Culture Minister Ghattas Khoury at the Baabda Palace where talks focused on the Cabinet formation process and several other issues, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.
"Negotiations will intensify in the upcoming hours, particularly following the consultations held between the President and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri about the government formation," said Khoury after the meeting.
Khoury hoped for "positive atmospheres" that could fall in the interest of the formation process, noting that "some initiatives could be made in the few coming days."
Aoun and Khoury also discussed issues related to the defense ministry and the political situation in the country.
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Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim will tomorrow open the first Abuja automotive road transport exhibition.
This was disclosed by the Driver’s Welfare Club of Nigeria in a statement issued yesterday by its President, Comrade Monday Elimigbe, said the event which is in collaboration with the Federal Road Safety Commission and the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Ethics and Values will feature stakeholders in the automotive and transport sector.
It said several papers have been lined up for presentation at the five-day event by eminent scholars and transportation specialists including the Special Adviser to the President on Ethics and Values who will speak on driving ethics and the need to respect safety measures on the highways.
The statement added that eminent transporters, transport union actors and other contributors to the development of the sector have been lined-up for a prestigious merit award to honour them for their contributions.
The president also said that the seminar was planned to key into the present administration’s transformation agenda for the transport sector and to help enlighten drivers on how defensive driving can avert road accidents on the nation’s highways especially during the current festive season.


Jaipur, Jun 4 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Friday that the state government is working towards strengthening the medical infrastructure up to the panchayat-level.
He also said that the cooperation of donors and industrialists is important in realising the resolve to provide better health services to the people.
Addressing a virtual ceremony for the inauguration and foundation-laying of oxygen plants and other medical facilities in five districts of the state, Gehlot said that medical infrastructure has been expanded and being further strengthened in view of the possibility of the third wave of COVID-19.
The chief minister said that people and donors have also contributed in providing medical and health services and to contain the spread of the infection.
Health minister Raghu Sharma, Revenue minister Harish Chaudhary, Minority Affairs Minister Shale Mohammad were among those who attended the programme. PTI SDA KJ


9 February 2018
A total of 30 local breeders, the members of Myanmar Fisheries Federation gathered at a discussion on the sustainable development of Myanmar Fisheries and Shrimp industries in Yangon on Friday and widely shared the experiences for the development of industry and the approaches to penetrate the international market.
The discussion aims to increase the fish and shrimp breeding industry in Myanmar, to expand export market and also to exchange the needs and challenges of the industry among the breeders for the development of industry in the near future.
CEC Member, Myanmar Fisheries Federation, Min Maung Maung said “We need more support from the government for the development of the fishery and shrimp breeding industry and we also need to educate the public. So, we will discuss the importance of shrimp pond and the support of the government for the development of industry.”
In the meantime, the industrial leaders also highlighted about the situation of production and market conditions at the discussion.


Bush Adamant About Gonzales, Immigration
President Bush had a break from U.S. politics during his G-8 summit sojourn over the last week, but as he geared up for his return on Monday, the president threw down the gauntlet, challenging Democrats in Congress on their votes against Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales and pledging to push his immigration bill through the legislative process despite resistance.
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Addressing reporters at a news conference, Mr. Bush said the vote on Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales — which he called “a political statement on a meaningless resolution” — would have no bearing on Mr. Gonzales’ future, no matter how it turns out.
“They can try to have their votes of no confidence, but it’s not going to determine — make the determination who serves in my government,” Mr. Bush said, adding, “This process has been drug out a long time, which says to me it’s political.”
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Govt confident of achieving FBR tax collection target: Hammad
ISLAMABAD-Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar has said that the government is confident of achieving the tax collection target of 4960 billion rupees set in the next year budget through Federal Board Revenue.
Concluding discussion on the Finance Bill 2020-21 in the National Assembly, he pointed out that the present government inherited a weak economy, but due to its concerted efforts, the government succeeded in stabilizing the economy.
He said that all the international financial institutions are praising Pakistan government performance on economic front.
He said the government tried to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on the economy by pursuing a prudent strategy.
The Minister categorically stated that the federal government has not withheld any funds of the provinces under the National Finance Commission.
The Minister said that the recommendations of the Senate for the Finance Bill 2020-21 would be given due consideration.


France gets blamed for preparing ‘aggression’ towards Niger
(MENAFN) Paris is preparing to interfere in Niger, as it keeps on placing hordes to different nations in the area, the West African district`s army administration has stated. Ties amid Niger as well as previous colonial authority France have worsened since a revolution in July.
“France continues to deploy its forces in several ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) countries as part of preparations for an aggression against Niger, which it is planning in collaboration with this community organization,” Colonel Amadou Abdramane, official for the administration in Niamey, stated in a declaration displayed on national television on Saturday, as cited by a news agency.
ECOWAS has warned to interfere in the nation to reinstate its overthrown leader Mohamed Bazoum to bureau. Best French representatives have also declared many times that Paris would back army performance by the bloc.
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Verdict on Dr Asim case will increase provocation, says Maula Bakhsh Chandio
KARACHI (92 News) – Sindh Advisor on Information Maula Bakhsh Chandio has said that he is disappointed as demands of justice should have been fulfilled in the Dr Asim case.
Talking to the media in response to the ATC verdict on Monday, he said that such decisions will increase provocation.
He said that the PPP was being targeted after nabbing a man. “No one seeks justice when he sees that justice is being done,” he said.
The adviser said that no one was interfering in the court proceeding. “There is the course of law against the law,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Rangers have decided to move court against the investigation officer of the Dr Asim case.


Covid-19 infections rise to 520,213 in Myanmar
Yangon, Nov 26 (IANS) The number of Covid-19 infections has risen to 520,213 with 19,058 deaths in Myanmar, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
Myanmar reported 482 new Covid-19 cases with daily positivity rate of 1.87 per cent and nine more deaths in the past 24 hours, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the release.
The number of recoveries has reached 494,107 after 708 more patients have been discharged from hospitals on Thursday.
Myanmar detected its first two Covid-19 positive cases on March 23 last year.
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LAHORE:A special coronavirus vaccination centre was set up here at the Government College University (GCU) under the auspices of District Health Department for the vaccination of the university’s employees and students.
GCU Vice Chancellor Prof. Asghar Zaidi hoped that the GCU Lahore would achieve the target of 100 percent vaccination of its employees by June 7. “Almost 2000 employees of GCU would be vaccinated at the camp besides students”.
Prof. Zaidi believed that there existed misconceptions and disinformation which was spread through social media about the vaccination and it undermined the confidence of public.
He said they were running awareness campaign for the employees and students against false information about the vaccine.
The VC said the medical teams of GCU and district health department were also present for the guidance of staff and students at the camp.
He said that students aged over 30 walked in and got vaccinated instantly, however those who were younger needed to register by sending their CNIC number at 1166.


Mumbai: An official said that the COVID-19 rally in the Thane district of Maharashtra has increased to 2,33,785 in addition to 461 new cases of the disease.
He said that the number of deaths due to COVID-19 has reached 5,765 as 14 more people are suffering from viral infections.
The official said that the death toll in the Navi Mumbai colony of the district has now crossed 1,000.
So far, the district has 6,748 active COVID-19 cases, while 2,21,272 patients have been recovered.
The official said that the recovery rate of COVID-19 in the district is 94.65 percent, the death rate is 2.47 percent, while active cases comprise 2.89 percent of the total cases, the official said.
Kalyan city of the district has recorded the highest number of 55,090 COVID-19 cases, followed by Thane city-52,874, Navi Mumbai-49,186, and Mira Bhayandar-24,583.
Between the deaths of COVID-19, 1,257, Kalyan-1.073, Navi Mumbai-1002 and Meera Bhayander-763 have been recorded in Thane city so far.
So far, 43,337 COVID-19 cases and 1,164 deaths due to the disease have occurred in the neighboring Palghar district, an official of the district administration said.


A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Thursday reveals that while a growing number of Americans feels that the National Security Agency violates privacy, the party the least critical of the agency’s surveillance activities are Democrats.
The poll found that, overall, an increasing number of Americans believes that the NSA’s activities intrude on their privacy. Sixty-eight percent said that the agency’s activities violate the privacy of some Americans. Forty-eight percent said that those intrusions were unjustifiable; that’s up from 40 percent in a July poll.
Forty-six percent said that agency “goes too far” in its surveillance activities.
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Social media behemoth Facebook has announced its second major update for News Feed to make sure the news people see, while less overall, is high quality.
This week, Facebook announced that the platform will launch a small test in the US focused on prioritising news from publishers that users find trustworthy.
Facebook is also exploring ways to support local news and other news that users find informative. The company will look to expand these efforts globally as information is gathered from the tests.
In 2018, Facebook said it will prioritise news from publications that the community rates as trustworthy, news that people find informative, and news that is relevant to people’s local community.
“There’s too much sensationalism, misinformation and polarisation in the world today,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post.
“Social media enables people to spread information faster than ever before, and if we don’t specifically tackle these problems, then we end up amplifying them.”
“That’s why it’s important that News Feed promotes high-quality news that helps build a sense of common ground.”


Ukrainian Handball Players To Play Israel Twice In Euro 2024 Qualifiers
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) On February 29 and March 2, the Ukrainian women's national handball team will hold regular European Championship qualifiers.
Both matches against Israel will take place in Slovakian Šala, Ukrinform reports.
In the previous two Euro 2024 qualifiers, the Ukrainian national team lost to Germany away and beat Slovakia in a nominally home match.
As reported, head coach Vitaliy Andronov resigned from the Ukrainian national team and the team is being prepared for the matches against Israel by acting head coach Boris Chizhov.
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Saudi- Car bomb kills at least 18 in Iraq's Khalis city
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Baghdad, Shawwal 20, 1437, July 25, 2016, SPA -- At least 18 people were killed Monday in a
suicide attack at a crowded security checkpoint in Iraq's Diyala
province, according to police sources.
Driving an explosives-packed car, the suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance of Khalis city, north-east of the capital Baghdad, the sources added, according to dpa. Thirty people were injured in the attack, which has not yet been claimed by any group.
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AICC Secretary SA Sampath Kumar today dared state ministers to come for a debate with them on any issue related to containment of Covid 19 by the government in the Telangana state. He expressed his anger over the remarks of state ministers KTR and Etela Rajender that rival Congress party leaders were getting monstrous pleasure by lying on the status of the virus.
He alleged that the ministers, who should behave responsibly were lying against their party leaders and insulting the people of the state to hide their failures. He mocked that the ministers were taking part in Harithaharam program and demolishing the state secretariat while the people of the were losing their lives due to the deadly virus. Stating that 1920 positive cases and 11 deaths are reported from the state on Friday, he dared the two ministers to declare the names of all the victims of the virus.
He said that he was ready to quit politics if he failed to prove the lies of the two ministers. He made it clear that the details of the COVID-19 patients and the dead were completely false . He said that the congress Party would continue to raise the on behalf of the people of the State.


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Officials from the Prime Minister’s Office visited Rabi Island last week to check on developments of Government projects intended to benefit the Banaban people.
Rabi Council of Leaders chairperson Paulo Vanualailai said the council showed the visiting team the many projects they had planned, those on the ground and how useful Government support had been for them.
Mr Vanualailai said the officials spoke with people who raised concerns of services and infrastructure.
The team visited schools and inspected development infrastructure and agriculture projects currently ongoing on the island.
“We were happy to receive the officials from the Prime Minister’s office who visited the people because the Prime Minister had promised to look into our problems”.
He said since Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama’s recent visit to the island, the islanders were more determined to work harder on their projects.
A divisional supervisor has been selected by the Government to look after Kioa and Rabi islands.


MTV News reports that the #MeToo movement has forced the media to take a more nuanced stance on the topic.
They report that the trend is being fueled by the social media phenomenon #MeHeals, in which women are sharing their stories of abuse and sexual misconduct.
The article also says that women are taking a stand against #MeInAction, in a bid to help them to keep their voices heard.
MTV News also reports that a new hashtag has begun to trend on Twitter, #MeAgainstWhiteWomen, which was created by a #MeTogether activist.
The movement has also gained attention in the US.
According to the New York Times, a #Trump tweet has been retweeted more than 200,000 times, and has inspired #MeRally and #MeUp.


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ST JOHN'S, Antigua – The Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS) has a new member, strengthening the effort by a group of small island states to seek justice for the harmful impact of Climate Change that they are suffering.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, who is also a founder and co-chair of COSIS, announced today that Vanuatu, a South Pacific Island with a population of 300,000 people, has acceded to membership of the Commission.
Prime Minister Browne said that he welcomed the membership of Vanuatu“which has taken a progressive and strong stand in the struggle for preserving the global environment, not only for small states but also for the global community”.
He revealed that he met with the Vanuatu leadership during COP27 in Egypt where the pledge was made to join Antigua and Barbuda, Tuvalu, Palau and Niue in advancing a case to the United Nations International Tribunal of the Law of Sea (ITLOS). “I am delighted that today the foreign minister of Vanuatu, Jotham Napat, signed the Instrument of Accession to COSIS on behalf of the Vanuatu government”.
Browne said that:“While the islands of the Pacific, Oceania and the Caribbean are separated geographically, we are united in our unwavering commitment to protecting the integrity of our countries and preserving the civilizations of our people”. He also disclosed that“the approach to ITLOS will be made within days” by a contingent of 14 experienced international law experts.
As the depository for the documents related to COSIS, prime minister Browne said that Antigua and Barbuda today also informed the United Nations Secretariat in New York of Vanuatu's accession.
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The floods that hit many parts of the country last year ravaged more than 20 local government areas of the state.
Aliyu, who stated this during a visit to affected communities in Dambam, Misau and Darazo local government areas on Tuesday, said the state had received N400m fund from the Federal Government.
Represented by his deputy, Alhaji Ibrahim Jahun, Aliyu said the visit was aimed at identifying the victims and analysing what they lost.
Promising that the committee would give the money directly to the beneficiaries, Aliyu noted however that the sum was meagre when compared to the destruction caused by the floods.
Chairman of Misau Local Government, Alhaji Ibrahim Hardawa, commended the committee for the visit, saying the loss incurred by the victims was enormous.


Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan said in Beijing Monday that China is willing to further military cooperation and friendly relations with South Africa in various fields.
Cao said in a meeting with Deputy Defense Minister of South Africa Mluleki George that Chinese armed forces attach great importance to the friendship with the armed forces of South Africa.
Cao, also vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and a state councilor, said that the Chinese and South African peoples have a long friendship and bilateral relations have been growing rapidly in an all-round way since the two countries established the diplomatic ties.
Cao noted that the two countries have established a strategic partnership featuring equality, mutual benefit and common development, and bilateral cooperation in various fields have seen continuous development and fruitful achievements.
He also said that relations between the two military forces have made rapid progress in recent years, adding the two sides have a wide range of cooperation in numerous aspects.
He also briefed the guests on China's domestic construction.
George said the friendship between South Africa and China has a long history and China has given a strong support to South Africa's fight against apartheid.
George said the South African government will continue to strengthen the friendly relations between the two nations and the two armed forces.
Zhang Li, deputy chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was also present at the meeting.
(Xinhua News Agency November 21, 2005)