Monday, January 4th, 2021
Virus cases decline due to restrictions, says Turkish health minister
COVID-19 cases in Turkey declined thanks to the restrictions the government imposed to bring the outbreak under control, the health minister has said, urging the public to stick to anti-virus rules as the number of daily infections in the country has dipped below 10,000. “The number of cases fell below 10,000 for the first time after a long period. Even though the cases declined much more than expected, which was due to the restrictions and the drop in demand for [the virus] tests, we can make this [decline] permanent ifRead More
Turkmenistan appoints new ambassador to Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan has appointed a new ambassador to Kazakhstan. The new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Kazakhstan was appointed Batyr Rejepov, the report says. Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are strategic partners. Two neighboring countries indicated the availability of significant potential for enhancing cooperation in the trade and economic sphere, transport and communications sector, energy. Ashgabat and Nur-Sultan regularly discuss partnership issues in the gas sector and the development of cross-border mineral deposits. Kazakhstan is involved in a big project to supply Central Asian gas to China. SinceRead More
Palestinians left out as over 1.2m Israelis receive coronavirus vaccine
Israel has rolled out the fastest COVID-19 vaccination drive in the world. More than a tenth of its population has been immunised. Palestinians living in areas under the Israeli control, however, have not started receiving the doses. Batches of the approved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are being supplied to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, but they are only distributed to Jewish settlers, The Guardian reported. Almost 2.7 million Palestinians living around them won’t be getting the vaccines any time soon. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that two million people will haveRead More
Pakistan imports goods worth over $4.5 billion from China in 5 months
ISLAMABAD, JAN 04 (DNA) –China topped the list of countries from where Pakistan imported different products during the first five months of the current fiscal year (2020-21), followed by United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore. The total imports from China during July-November (2020-21) were recorded at $4523.671 million against the $4025.183 million during July-November (2019-20), showing an increase of 12.38 percent during the period, according to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). This was followed by UAE, where from Pakistan imported goods worth $2709.681 million against the imports of $3070.454 million lastRead More
AIOU Launches Online Fee Payment Method 2021
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) online fee payment 2021 best methods for students to pay their fee online without visiting bank. If you are searching online payment methods for the Aiou fee deposit as admission fee then you can find here Aiou fee payment options in brief details. The AIOU students always asks from me how can they submit fee online and how many methods for online fee submissions are available. There are multiple online payment methods are officially announced by the Allama Iqbal Open University. Students can pay theirRead More
Extraordinary warning to Trump by 10 former Pentagon chiefs
In an extraordinary rebuke of United States President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defence cautioned Sunday against any move to involve the military in pursuing claims of election fraud, arguing that it would take the country into “dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory”. The 10 men, both Democrats and Republicans, signed on to an opinion article “Efforts to involve the US armed forces in resolving election disputes would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory,” they wrote. “Civilian and military officials who direct or carry out such measuresRead More