Latest world news At first meet, PM Modi’s Cabinet clears 3 poll promises to farmers, traders. LyrArc Article Gist At the first meeting of the new cabinet the Modi government extends the Rs. 6000 per year guaranteed income for farmers with less than 2 hectares of land to all farmers in India. The program was announced earlier this year to help farmers facing low crop prices and covered 125 million farmers. It now covers 145 million farmers in India. Additional steps to boost rural consumption are pension schemes for farmers and traders. The government will set up contributory pension schemes for farmers and traders above the age of 60. Fifty million traders are expected to join in the next 3 years. All traders, shopkeepers, self employed in shops with sales of less than 15 million rupees and between the age of 18-40 years are eligible to join this pension scheme. As India faces lower demand from existing middle class because of saturation levels in purchases of a...
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Latest news Apc deni Latest news Apt Denies fraud The Ondo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , has denied claims that it defrauded aspirants who sought to contest in the local government elections in September 2018. The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Alex Kalejaiye, made the denial in a statement on Friday in Akure, the state’s capital. Kalejaiye said that that the state’s party chairman had met with the entire aspirant that obtained form, to assure them of the party’s readiness for local government election. HOME HEADLINES LATEST HAUSA NEWS POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS SPORTS CONNECT WITH Hyperrealisticmarveart. Blogspot. ComLatest news HyerHyNaija The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Alex Kalejaiye, made the denial in a statement on Friday in Akure, the state’s capital. Kalejaiye said that that the state’s party chairman had met w...
latest news in entertainment I’m not a celebrity, I’m an icon – Mr. 2kay declares Nigerian singer, Mr. 2Kay has declared himself more than a celebrity, as he proclaimed himself an icon. According to the singer, he rose from the slums to the palace all by himself and stands in a competition with no one. Mr. 2kay chose to call himself an icon because, in his opinion, celebrities come and go while icons remain alive forever. In a sense, what 2kay is trying to say is that the likes of Davido and Wizkid who are super celebrities, will one day fade off while he remains. He shared a short documentary of his rise to fame, noting that his journey has been that of an icon. In his documentary, he mentioned that no one believed in him while he was working hard to build his music career. Be that as it was, he kept the faith and reaped the fruit of his perseverance. Having gone through all that, 2kay is positive that he deserves the crown of icons, no...
latest news world wide Iran facing 'unprecedented' pressure from international sanctions, Rouhani says Iran is facing "unprecedented" pressure from international sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani has said. Renewed US sanctions had led to worse economic conditions than during the country's 1980-88 war with neighbouring Iraq, Mr Rouhani said. His comments came amid rising tensions with the US, which last week deployed warships and warplanes to the Gulf. Mr Rouhani, who has come under domestic political pressure, called for political unity to face down sanctions. "During the war we did not have a problem with our banks, oil sales or imports and exports, and there were only sanctions on arms purchases," Mr Rouhani told political activists in the capital, Tehran. "The pressures by enemies is a war unprecedented in the history of our Islamic revolution ... but I do not despair and have great hope for the future and believe that we ...
latest global news Media groups and human rights advocates are celebrating the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo who spent more than 500 days in detention for their role in investigating the massacre of some Rohingya residents in northern Myanmar. But despite their release, the state of free speech in the country is still undermined by the continued detention and persecution of some artists, journalists, and activists. Consider the following cases: Defamation case against The Irrawaddy A defamation complaint was filed by the military's Yangon Region Command against The Irrawaddy's Burmese-language editor U Ye Ni over the news website's alleged unfair coverage of the armed clashes between government forces and the insurgent Arakan Army in Rakhine State. The Irrawaddy said it did nothing but report the escalating armed clashes in the region since the start of 2019. Here is U Ye Ni’s response to the case filed by the military: I feel sor...
Latest news global a mixed welcome for trinidad and to bagos plan to normalise venezuelan migrants As Venezuela continues to grapple with its political and socioeconomic crisis, the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is also struggling to manage the resulting influx of Venezuelan migrants. Trinidad lies just north of Venezuela — at the closest point the distance between the two land masses is only 14km (8.7 miles) — and for Venezuelans fleeing hardship and violence, it's one of the destinations of choice. Some arrive covertly, others come through official ports of entry. Estimates suggest that the country has already taken in as many as 60,000 migrants, and the figure is climbing. In addition to being increasingly visible, the local Venezuelan population is vocal and politically active, demonstrating most recently in Trinidad's capital in support of opposition leader Juan Guaidó's ...