Month: February 2020

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Boris Johnson#UKPM announces he’s to marry Carrie Symonds as couple announce she’s pregnant.

The couple in relations from years and Carrie expecting in early summer and are engaged, couple announce.

Saudi Arabia yesterday barred citizens from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council from entering two of Islam’s holiest cities, Mecca and Medina, amid fears over the Novel Corona virus, the Foreign Ministry said.

The GCC states include Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar. The Ministry said, the decision excludes GCC citizens who have been in the kingdom for 14 consecutive days and did not show signs of Corona virus infection. Saudi Arabia has so far reported no cases.

Iraq yesterday announced a new case of the Novel Corona virus disease in the capital Baghdad, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to eight. A statement by the Iraqi Health Ministry confirmed the case of a 32-year-old Iraqi woman who returned earlier to Iraq from neighboring Iran.

Iran’s Parliament, the Majlis, stopped work yesterday and was closed until further notice over the outbreak of COVID-19, official IRNA news agency reported. In all, 34 out of 388 people infected with COVID-19, including two Iranian lawmakers, have died so far.

Mexico’s Health Ministry confirmed the country’s first cases of Corona virus yesterday, saying two men who recently returned from Italy tested positive for the virus.  Italy is Europe’s epicentre with 650 cases and 17 deaths centred around cities in the north.

Iceland confirmed the Novel Corona virus had reached the subarctic island after a man in his forties, who had recently returned from a trip to northern Italy, tested positive for COVID-19. Authorities said that efforts were underway to trace the infection path of the virus, as well as anyone exposed to it from the Icelandic patient.

India yesterday pulled out of next month’s shooting World Cup in Cyprus, citing the Novel Corona virus threat there. The shotgun world cup, recognized by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), is scheduled to be held in Nicosia from 4th to 13 th of March.

Major sporting events across the world are being either postponed or cancelled due to the ongoing threat of the Corona virus. The clash between Juventus and title rivals Inter Milan is among five Series A games that will be played behind closed doors this weekend because of the Corona virus outbreak in Italy.

Among the events affected are several football matches, including in Japan and Italy, boxing’s Olympic qualifiers, badminton tournaments, and archery events. Europa League matches are being played behind closed doors, while boxing’s Olympic qualifier has been shifted from Wuhan to Jordan.

The outbreak of the disease has also affected the New Delhi shooting world cup, with seven countries already withdrawing. China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, North Korea, Turkmenistan and Bahrain have opted out due to the Corona virus crisis in these countries.

The Swiss Government also announced it was suspending all events in the country involving more than 1,000 participants.

The Novel Corona virus has infected 83,670 people and killed 2,865 around the world so far. The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday raised its global risk assessment of the virus to its highest level after the epidemic spread to sub-Saharan Africa and caused financial markets to plunge.

China today reported 47 more deaths from the Novel Corona

virus, raising the death toll in the country to 2,835.

The National Health Commission also tallied 427 new cases, an increase from the previous day, bringing the total of number of infections to 79,251.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin will travel to New York for the UN International Women’s Day event on 5–6 March

While in New York, Prime Minister Marin will also meet with UN Secretary General António Guterres at the UN headquarters. The topics of discussion at their bilateral meeting will include equality, global measures to mitigate climate change and Finland’s strong role in the UN.

At the UN Women’s Day event, Prime Minister Marin will participate in a panel discussion on women’s rights and equality.  The Finnish Mission to the UN in New York will also hold an event on the theme of equality, which will be opened by the Prime Minister. The event will be moderated by Thomas Blomqvist, Minister of Nordic Cooperation and Equality in the Marin Government.

Prime Minister Marin will also give an open lecture at Columbia University entitled “The Climate Sustainable Welfare Society: Is it the Model of the Future?” and will meet with Finnish students at the university.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters said that his country recognizes India as one of the fastest growing economies with second largest population.

Peters and New Zealand Minister of Trade and Export Growth David Parker chaired the New Zealand-India Trade for All session at Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai on Friday.

Peters added that India plays an important role on world stage. He also said that New Zealand is committed to invest more in its relationship with India.

David Parker said New Zealand is expertise in renewable energy and it is 85 per cent renewable energy moving towards 100 per cent.

They have the capability in these areas and with such linkages, he added they are not just making profits but making the world a better place. The ministers along with Ashish Chauhan, MD and CEO of BSE rang the Opening Bell of the stock exchange.

Malaysian King appoints seasoned politician Muhyiddin Yassin as new PM

In Malaysia, the King has appointed seasoned politician Muhyiddin Yassin as the new Prime Minister, the latest twist to a weeklong political crisis.

In a statement issued by the palace today, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said Muhyiddin, a former interior minister and president of the Bersatu party, will be sworn in tomorrow.

The appointment came after this week’s shock resignation of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, a move that plunged the country into crisis following a weekend of political wrangling and the collapse of the ruling alliance.

The announcement came hours after Mahathir struck a new deal to work with his former ruling alliance led by rival Anwar Ibrahim and threw his name into the fray again.

United States  today  sign a peace deal accord today with the Talibans to get a breather from what is being termed as the ‘longest war’ which America has fought. India has been invited to witness the historic event as “Observer”.

The Peace deal will be signed in Doha, capital of Qatar. India’s envoy in Qatar, P Kumaran will attend the historic event. India has been an important stakeholder in the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan.

The landmark peace deal will see phased withdrawal of thousands of US soldiers from Afghanistan.

As part of the deal, the Talibans are required to initiate a dialogue with the Afghan government and other civil society and political groups for a permanent ceasefire and power sharing in post war Afghanistan.

It was more than 18 years ago that US president Bush had ordered an attack on the Talibans following the tragic 9/11 happening in America which changed the way it looked at terrorism. US had lost more than 3000 citizen in this deadly terrorist attack on its twin tower.

The U.S. has reportedly spent more than 750 billion dollars, and on all sides the war cost tens of thousands of lives lost . According to a report more than 2300 US soldiers have lost their lives since 2001 in this ’endless war’. Today , America’s top diplomat will stand together to sign this historic accord with leaders of Taliban , the former rulers of Afghanistan who were accused of harbouring Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaida network.

Although India has been against negotiating with any terrorist group but it has been an important stakeholder in Aghanistan’s peace and reconciliation process. It was during the recent Trump’s visit, that India was taken on board. US President in the press conference in New Delhi said that he had spoken to PM Modi about it and India would like to see it happen. India sent the Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringlaa as a special envoy to Afghanistan yesterday with PM Modi’s special message.

“Foreign Secretary conveyed India’s support to government and people of Afghanistan in their efforts to bring peace and stability through an inclusive & Afghan-led, Afghan-owned & Afghan-controlled efforts,” Foreign Minister Raveesh Kumar said in a series of tweets. Ahead of the signing of the deal, the US and the Taliban had agreed to a seven-day  cooling-off period which passed peacefully. The truce came last Friday night.

In November 2018, India had sent two former diplomats in “non-official” capacity to a Russia-organised conference on Afghan peace process in Moscow. A high-level Taliban delegation, representatives of Afghanistan as well as from several other countries, including the US, Pakistan and China, had attended the conference. Though Observers are a little skeptic of this deal , peace should always be given a chance.

Preparation of legislation on public vehicle procurement proceeds. low-emission vehicles and services to Finland. Electric vehicles (or EV’s) have a high profile at this weekend’s Auto 2016 car fair in Helsinki. The Purosuos, a couple from Vantaa, are test-driving an electric car for the first time.

The government aims to significantly boost sales of low-emissions cars. Yle has learned that the cabinet wants to earmark 100 million euros in subsidies for electric and biogas cars in an effort to bring hundreds of thousands of them onto the road in the next decade or so.

A working group is preparing the implementation of the EU Directive concerning the promotion of clean vehicles in public procurement in Finland. The aim is to increase the proportion of zero- and low-emission vehicles in public procurement concerning vehicles and transport services. A study on the matter was completed just recently, and now the working group will use this to assess different options to draft the national legislation in a way that is cost-efficient and takes regional differences into account.

WHO appears to have its interest in giving adjectives to name of virus epidemic or pandemic but it lack its expertise to caution the thirty nations where it is spreading rapidly to gives its guidelines to tackle the enormous horrendous health harazrd  history in making across  world.

WHO pose the Global regulator of health services across world with statistic and sermons round the clock but no  action on the ground with coordination of NHS of nations and let the epidemic spread to thirty countries each week countries are added to the list.

With such inaction from the date of Coronavirus detected WHO has failed in its empirical object to provide anything substantive to decimate virus spreading such spraying disinfectants or cleanliness, washing bathing  each day with antiseptic solvents in place.

Michael Ryan, head of the WHO’s health emergencies program, said it was “unhelpful” to ask if the outbreak could now be considered a pandemic. If the WHO called it a pandemic “we’re essentially accepting that every human on the planet will be exposed to that virus. The data does not show that,” he said. “If we don’t take action… that may be a future that we have to experience,” he said, adding that “a lot of the future of this epidemic is in the hands of ourselves.”

Act on the Monitoring of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment requests for comments on the amendments to the Act on Foreign Corporate Acquisitions in Finland. The Act will be amended to meet the requirements of the EU Regulation establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union. Needs for amendments due to national considerations that have arisen when implementing the Act will also be assessed.

The Act on the Monitoring of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions has been in force for almost eight years. Because of the changes in the national security environment, it is necessary to assess on a regular basis whether the national legislation is up-to-date and functions as it should.

In October 2020, the EU will start to use a common framework for the screening of direct foreign investments and a cooperation mechanism to improve the exchange of information between the Member States and Commission. The EU Regulation was adopted on 10 April 2019 and it will be applied in its entirety from 11 October 2020.

New tasks to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

New provisions are proposed to be included in the Act concerning circumvention of the Act and disclosure of secret documents to an authority. Similar provisions are contained in the EU Regulation on screening foreign direct investments. As a new obligation, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment would serve as the national contact point in the cooperation between Member States and the EU, exchange of information and matters relating to the implementation of the Regulation.

The definitions would be specified in more detail to clarify the application of the Act. Corporate acquisitions in the security sector would be added to the provision concerning corporate acquisitions in the defence sector, which are subject to advance confirmation by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. A new provision on decisions not to screen a particular matter would be added to the Act.

The draft legislative proposal also contains a new provision that would enable the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment to establish conditions for the confirmation of a corporate acquisition and, where necessary, enforce the compliance with the conditions by a conditional fine.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment requests comments to the draft government proposal by 3 April 2020 at the latest. After that, the preparation of the Act will continue as part of official duties at the Ministry. The government proposal is to be submitted to Parliament in June 2020.