Muslims Unite behind Congress amid ‘Hijab, Halal’, Fearing JD(S) Might Join Hands with the BJP
14 May 2023
Muslim students wearing
burqas and hijabs protest outside the Shivamogga district collector’s office on
February 17, 2022. (HT file)
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• Muslims Unite behind Congress amid ‘Hijab, Halal’, Fearing
JD(S) Might Join Hands with the BJP
• Banning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Only Solution,
Insists Interior Minister
• Having Muslim President, VP, Senate President,
Speaker Not Good for Nigeria’s Stability: Vice President-Elect
• Posing As Islamists, Russian Hackers Take Aim at
Sweden
• Gaza under Attack: Israel, Islamic Jihad Signal No
Near-Term Truce
India
• Allahabad HC Overturns District Court Order, Directs
Carbon Dating Of ‘Shivling’ At Gyanvapi Mosque
• Breach of Azam Khan’s fortress gives NDA its 1st
Muslim MLA in UP
• ‘Division’ in Muslim votes helps BJP paint West U.P.
saffron
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Pakistan
• Six terrorists killed in Muslim Bagh operation
• SCBA urges restraint as PDM gears up for sit-in
• Nadra launches platform to track sex offenders
• Poliovirus found in another environmental sample from
KP
• Zartaj Gul among 55 booked on terrorism charges in
DG Khan
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Africa
• FRSC: Sharia Law Won’t Be Incorporated into Traffic
Regulations
• Nigerian Army to deploy 6,251 new soldiers against
Boko Haram, bandits, others
• Tackle insurgency with dialogue, not kinetic
approach, CITAD tells Tinubu
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Europe
• SNP Leader Says Labour Has Become A ‘Replica’ Of The
Tories
• Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskyy lands in
Berlin for talks
• Inside Kate and William's £635m Kensington Palace
apartment including family portraits and modern touches
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Mideast
• Iraq and Iran Ignore U.S. Sanctions in Talks to
Expand Energy Ties
• Iranian, Saudi FMs underscore mutual determination
to improve ties
• Despite US pressure, Iran continues to engage in
constructive cooperation with UN
• The Shell-backed gas project poised to profit Iran
• Frenchman 'Weakened' by Iran Prison Ordeal
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South
Asia
• Halal Industry to Boost Vietnam’s Links with Muslim Countries:
Official
• Pakistan and China Agree to Extend CPEC to
Afghanistan, Stress on Combating Terrorism
• Russia Calls for Creation of 'Inclusive Leadership'
in Afghanistan
• Bangladesh won’t buy anything from countries that
impose sanctions: PM Hasina
• Bangladesh medical tourists back, city hospitals see
pre-Covid numbers
• Islamic Finance’s profit dips 77%
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Southeast
Asia
• Umnoin Unity Govt Not a ‘Forced Marriage’, Says
Youth Chief
• BN won’t take state polls lightly, says Tok Mat
• Johari Ghani: Political stability important to
attract foreign investment
• Anthony Loke: JPJ aims to go for full digitalisation
to ensure more effective services
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Arab
world
• Islamic Development Bank Group Signs Financing
Agreements worth USD5.4bn
• Islamic Jihad says committed to cease fire brokered
by Egypt with Israel
• Estonia follows Saudi reforms closely, wants to help
with Kingdom’s transformation
• Guatemala president receives Saudi foreign minister
• Saudi Arabia arrests 11,549 illegals in one week
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North
America
• US Welcomes Ceasefire between Israel, Islamic Jihad:
White House
• Police arrest man after being found with BB gun near
Scarborough mosque
• Is the UK too late to beat the US in the global
trade war?
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Muslims Unite behind Congress amid ‘Hijab, Halal’, Fearing JD(S) Might Join Hands with the BJP
Muslim students wearing burqas and hijabs protest outside the Shivamogga district collector’s office on February 17, 2022. (HT file)
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By Arun Dev
May 14, 2023
For the first time since 2008, a Muslim has failed to
win on a Janata Dal (S) ticket -- the party has a strong presence on Old Mysuru
region, which has about 11% Muslim population -- indicating one of the
interesting sub-strands of the Karnataka election results, a consolidation of
Muslim votes in the region in favour of the Congress.
Political experts said that Muslims appeared to have
consolidated in favour of the Congress, especially in the Old Mysuru region at
the cost of Janata Dal (Secular), which usually banks on VM (Vokkaliga-Muslim)
factor to win big in the region. The JD (S) was the only party, which openly
spoke against the hijab ban and halal issue.
“In the Old Mysuru region, along with the Vokkaliga
votes, Muslim votes have moved to the Congress from the JD(S). Even though the
JD(S) had taken a strong stand against hijab issue hoping to get more Muslim
votes, the vote bank has rallied behind the Congress fearing JD(S) might join
hands with the BJP,” said the political analyst A Narayana.
Indeed, while nineof the 15 Muslim candidates fielded
by the Congress in Karnataka won, none of the 22 fielded by the JD(S) did. In
2018, of the seven Muslim candidates who won, five were from the Congress and
two from the JD (S). In that election, 25 Muslim candidates were given tickets
by the two parties, 17 by the Congress and 8 by the JD (S). The BJP did not
field any Muslim candidates in 2018 and 2023.
Political analysts and party workers say Muslim votes
matter in about 65 of the 224 constituencies in the state. An analysis of the
election data showed that the Congress was able to win almost half of the 65
assembly seats where Muslims matter. According to Census 2011, the latest
available, Muslims account for almost 13% of the state’s population.
In coastal Karnataka, the BJP won 12 of the 19 seats
as compared to 16 in 2018. The Congress won five seats as compared to three in
2018 and the JD (S) won one. Of the 15 Congress Muslim candidates, only three
were fielded from coastal Karnataka.
The BasavarajBommai headed BJP government in Karnataka
introduced a slew of measures, which were seen as targeting the Muslim
community. In 2022, the government banned Hijab in the pre-university colleges
across the state, leading to protests in coastal Karnataka districts such as
Udupi, which the BJP swept by winning all the five seats.
But Karnataka Education Minister and BJP leader BC
Nagesh, who had enforced the Hijab ban and had urged an economic boycott of
Muslims , lost from the Tiptur assembly constituency in Tumkur district.
In 2022, the BJP government passed laws against
religious conversion and transportation of cattle in the state. Some BJP
leaders also called for a ban on Halal meat in the state.
The BJP government’s decision to scrap 4% reservation
for Muslims under the other backward classes category was seen as another
onslaught on the minority population even though Bommai justified it saying
reservation was not allowed for religious lines under the Constitution and that
the community could get the benefit of reservation under the 10% quota for
economically weaker sections. The matter was challenged in the Supreme Court
where the state made a tactical retreat and announced that it would not
implement the decision. The Congress has promised to restore the quota.
The Congress manifestor promised to ban organisations
such as Popular Front of India and BajrangDal . PFI has already been banned by
the Indian government, and the party’s invocation of the RSS affiliate Bajrang
Dal did not go down well with the BJP with even Prime Minister Narendra Modi
lashing out at it. The move, Congress leaders say, was thought ot.
“Before making the manifesto promise on Bajrang Dal,
we calculated that the Hindu consolidation will not happen for the BJP. The
reason was our surveys showing that BJP’s polarisation plank had peaked in 2018
assembly elections. So, Bajrang Dal was a gamble which has worked for us,” said
a senior Congress leader who asked not to be named.
Although on Saturday there was no data available to
gauge the Muslim consolidation in favour of the Congress, the India Today-Axis
My India exit polls on Wednesday suggested that there would 10% increase in the
Muslim votes for the Congress and results suggest a similar trend. Axis had
projected 122-140 seats for the Congress. The Congress won 136.
In Old Mysuru, which falls in southern region of
Karnataka having, 46 seats, the Congress won 29, the JD (S) 11 and the BJP 5.
In 2018, the Congress won 11 and JD (S) 25. The BJP won 9.
Similarly, its success in constituencies in Bombay
Karnataka where Muslims can influence the decision,helped the Congress win more
seats in the region (17) than the BJP . This time, the Congress won 33 and BJP
16. In 2018, the BJP won 30 of the 50 seats in this region. “The Congress party
is the only true secular party that cares for all communities. That is reason
all communities including the Muslims have rallied behind us,” Congress leader
MB Patil said.
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Banning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Only Solution,
Insists Interior Minister
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah speaks to the media
in Islamabad on Saturday. — Photo courtesy: PID
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Iftikhar A. Khan
May 14, 2023
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on
Saturday said banning the PTI was the only solution and accused party chief
Imran Khan of recruiting, organising, training and arming thousands of
miscreants across the country over a decade.
Mr Sanaullah also criticised the Supreme Court and the
Islamabad High Court for giving “extraordinary relief” to the PTI chairman in
several cases — an assertion also hammered home on Saturday by other key
ministers, including Climate Minister Sherry Rehman and Defence Minister Khwaja
Asif.
Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, Mr
Sanaullah even said that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari — who earlier
this week turned down suggestions to ban the PTI — had not opposed the idea.
What Mr Bhutto-Zardari actually said, according to Mr
Sanaullah, was that he did not like a ban on political parties but also
stressed that “we will be compelled to do it if he (Imran Khan) does not change
his behaviour”.
On the judiciary’s role, he said the chief justice not
only welcomed the “criminal” but also passed an order for Mr Khan’s stay at a
government building as a guest with the freedom to meet visitors of his choice.
The protesters who took part in the arson and
vandalism of May 9 after Mr Khan’s arrest would not be spared, Mr Sanaullah
said, repeating a warning also issued by the prime minister and the military
over the past days.
He alleged all these “goons” burnt houses and defence
installations on Mr Khan’s directives and warned that they would be identified
through CCTV camera footage.
Sharing the number of protesters, he said some 40,000
to 45,000 people had participated during the three days of riots erupted after
Mr Khan’s arrest in a corruption case on Tuesday.
He, however, could not give a clear reply when asked
why the army had been called in under Article 245 of the Constitution if the
number of protesters was so small and why the government appeared to be
helpless despite the presence of thousands of law-enforcement officials.
Asked how the government would react in case of
contempt proceedings were initiated over the failure to hold Punjab Assembly
polls on May 14, he said: “Let it happen and we will see.”
Meanwhile, Climate Minister Rehman accused Mr Khan of
prioritising his own interests over those of the state, government and
citizens.
“No one is above Pakistan, despite Imran Niazi’s
messaging of being above the state,” she told reporters in Islamabad. “Imran
Khan Niazi neither believes in politics nor in the democratic process. His
tactics boil down to a premeditated bonfire of violence and chaos.”
She said the PTI chief was once again targeting state
institutions, with his latest target being the army chief, as Mr Khan seemed
desperate to cut a bargain. “But this time, no one is going to adopt him except
his current connections in the courts,” she said.
The climate minister also highlighted what she said
were injustices in the legal system and pointed out contrasts between the
treatment of Mr Khan and other political leaders.
In Sialkot, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif also
questioned the alleged facilitation provided to Mr Khan by courts, insisting
that the “unprecedented relief” given to the PTI chief has dented the
judiciary’s impartiality.
The judiciary should act according to the Constitution
and law instead of personal liking and disliking, he said at a presser at his
home on Saturday, the state-run APP news agency reported.
On violent protests, he said if the army and police
had reacted to those incidents, the state would have suffered and Mr Khan’s
“ulterior motives” would have been fulfilled.
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Having Muslim President, VP, Senate President, Speaker
Not Good for Nigeria’s Stability: Vice President-Elect
Kashim Shettima
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Ahmed Oluwasanjo
MAY 13, 2023
Vice President-elect KashimShettima says having
Muslims as president, vice president, senate president and speaker is not good
for the country’s stability as it will validate the negative narrative of
Islamisation agenda.
“What we are trying to avoid is a situation whereby
the number one citizen, number two citizen, the number three citizen, and the
number four citizen are all of the same faith. That will lend credence,
validate the negative narrative of Islamization of Nigeria,” Mr Shettima said
Friday in a meeting with elected House of Representatives members.
“This is why my principal, a fair-minded leader,
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is more inclined towards having the number three
citizen from the South/south or the south-east. Even in the current
circumstance that we find ourselves in, the stability of the nation is much
more important than any other consideration. All other considerations have to
be relegated to the background because we are talking about the stability of
the nation,” he added.
Mr Shettima’s statement comes as the push for who
becomes senate president and speaker of the 10th National Assembly continues
with elected members scrambling for the positions.
Mr Shettima and his principal, Mr Tinubu, both
Muslims, emerged winners of the February 25th presidential election, despite
criticisms against same faith ticket.
Their emergence disrupted long-time political
arrangement that has seen Muslims and Christians share leadership positions in
the country.
In July 2022, before the presidential election,
Peoples Gazette exclusively reported that the State Security Service in a
secret memo to President Muhammadu Buhari warned that Mr Tinubu’s choice of
vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential election would trigger a
sectarian crisis that could destabilise Nigeria.
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Posing As Islamists, Russian Hackers Take Aim at
Sweden
A poster at the Swedish
Psychological Defence Agency in Solna, Sweden.Photographer: Erika
Gerdemark/Bloomberg
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May 14, 2023
Since February, a mysterious hacker group calling
itself Anonymous Sudan has targeted dozens of Swedish airports, hospitals and
banks with distributed denial-of-service attacks, ostensibly in response to the
burning of a Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm earlier this
year.
The so-called DDoS attacks, which push websites and
services offline by overwhelming them with internet traffic, disrupted online
programming at Sweden’s national public broadcaster and knocked out the
websites of Scandinavian Airlines, state-owned power company Vattenfall, and
defence firm Saab AB. Extensive media coverage has made the attacks — and A
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Gaza Under Attack: Israel, Islamic Jihad Signal No
Near-Term Truce
Rockets are launched by
Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza, Saturday,
May 13, 2023. AP/PTI
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13 May, 2023
Early on Saturday, Palestinian fighters fired rockets
from Gaza towards Israel in response to attacks by Israeli aircrafts on the
fifth day of aggression on the coastal enclave.
The violence also spilled onto the occupied West Bank,
where two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid on the outskirts of
Nablus.
A new ceasefire proposal was circulated late on Friday
by Egypt, which has been mediating between the two sides after a previous bid
fell through, a Palestinian source has said.
A Palestinian official familiar with the truce talks
described them as "complicated" and "tough" but confirmed
that Cairo was pressing ahead with its efforts.
The New Arab brings you the latest developments with
our live blog on the Israeli attack on Gaza. Join us on Twitter, Facebook and
Instagram to stay updated.
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India
Allahabad HC Overturns District Court Order, Directs
Carbon Dating Of ‘Shivling’ At GyanvapiMosque
By: Abhinav Singh
May 13, 2023
The Allahabad High Court on Friday set aside a lower
court order and directed the authorities to conduct a 'scientific survey',
including carbon dating of the ‘shivling’ (a sacred Hindu symbol of Lord Shiva)
that was discovered last year at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi during
a videographic survey.
In October 2022, the Varanasi district court had
rejected the demand for carbon dating the structure. However, Justice Arvind
Kumar Mishra not only accepted the revision petition filed by Laxmi Devi and
three others against the district court order but also directed the Varanasi
district judge to proceed in accordance with the law on the application by
Hindu worshippers.
"The district judge passed the order without any
basis as it should have called for expert opinion from Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) on whether carbon dating of the shivling could be done without
causing any harm. Therefore, the order should be quashed," argued Advocate
Vishnu Shankar Jain who appeared for the revisionists.
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Breach of Azam Khan’s fortress gives NDA its 1st
Muslim MLA in UP
May 14, 2023
LUCKNOW: BJP-led NDA got its first Muslim MLA in Uttar
Pradesh on Saturday when Shafiq Ahmad Ansari of ally Apna Dal (S) defeated SP’s
AnuradhaChaudhan in the byelectiontotheSuar assembly seat in Rampur, completing
a final assault on disqualified MP Azam Khan’s fortress.
Anupriya Patel-led AD(S) also retained the Chhanbey
reserved seat in Mirzapur district that fell vacant with the death of the
incumbent, Rahul Kol, thisFebruary. The latter’s wife, RinkiKol, defeated
Samajwadi Party’s KirtiKol by 9,587 votes.
The Suarbypoll was necessitated by Azam’s son Abdullah
Azam being disqualified as an MLA following his conviction in a criminal case
in February. The twin victories take the party’s tally in the assembly to 15
and NDA’s to 276. Akhilesh Yadav’s SP is down to 110.
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‘Division’ In Muslim Votes Helps BJP Paint West U.P.
Saffron
By S Raju
May 13, 2023
MEERUT As Muslim votes got divided among parties like
Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), BahujanSamaj Party (BSP), and All India
Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (AIMIM), it got easy for the incumbent Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) to sweep the mayoral elections in the western part of Uttar
Pradesh.
Taking everyone by surprise, AIMIM candidate Anas
received 1,28,547 votes in Meerut, which was way more than 12,583 votes of
Samajwadi Party candidate Seem Pradhan, who secured 1,15,964 votes. Meanwhile,
BSP candidate Hasmat Ali received 54,076 votes. This division in votes of
Muslims paved the way for a thumping victory of BJP candidate HarikantAhluwali,
who received 2, 35 953 votes and defeated AIMIM’s candidate by a margin of
1,07,406 votes.
This division of Muslim votes took place despite a
nine-km-long roadshow of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in the old city area. The
division in Muslim votes was expected because party’s Muslim voters were
annoyed with the decision of giving ticket to Seema Pradhan, who is a Gurjar.
Notably, the city has only about 22,000-24,000 Gurjar voters.
A party leader, on the condition of anonymity, said
that the city has more than four lakh Muslim voters and therefore, party’s city
MLA Rafeeq Ansari had demanded ticket for his wife. However, the SP brass chose
Seema. The SP leader added that Akhilesh Yadav was aware about the annoyance of
Muslim leaders and therefore, he even visited the house of Ansari after his
road show. Nevertheless, his efforts could not salvage the loss of Muslims
votes in favour of AIMIM candidate Anas.
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Pakistan
Six terrorists killed in Muslim Bagh operation
Tahir Niaz
May 14, 2023
ISLAMABAD -Pakistan’s security forces killed at least
six terrorists during the clearance operation at Frontier Corps (FC) compound
Muslim Bagh in Northern Balochistan, said the ISPR on Saturday adding that
seven sons of the soil including a civilian also embraced Shahadat. The
clearance operation at Frontier Corps (FC) compound Muslim Bagh in Northern
Balochistan, which started on the evening of May 12 after repulsing the initial
onslaught of the terrorists, was completed in the morning of May 13, according
to the media wing of the military. The complex clearance operation involved
hostage rescue operation as well to save three families from a residential
block. The terrorists had not even spared children of their horrendous
approach, said the ISPR further. “All six terrorists in the compound, who were
well-equipped, have been sent to hell. Necessary intelligence follow-up will
continue to trace their linkages and arrest facilitators and expose their
sponsors,” said the ISPR in the statement. In the process of clearance
operation, however, the ISPR added, seven sons of the soil including a civilian
embraced Shahadat while another six individuals including a woman were injured.
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SCBA urges restraint as PDM gears up for sit-in
Nasir Iqbal
May 14, 2023
ISLAMABAD: As the ruling coalition goes ahead with its
plan to stage a sit-in against the judiciary for allegedly favouring PTI chief
Imran Khan, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has urged political
parties to refrain from such a move.
And to pre-empt any untoward incident, the Supreme
Court’s registrar, Ishrat Ali, on Saturday called a meeting of the Islamabad
administration and police for a briefing on security arrangements.
The protest was announced by JUI-F chief MaulanaFazlurRehman,
who also heads the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance, on Friday. The
sit-in has been planned at Constitution Avenue in Islamabad, outside the
Supreme Court building, on Monday, when the top court is set to start hearing an
Election Commission’s petition seeking to revisit its verdict on the Punjab
polls date.
In a statement, SCBA President Abid S. Zuberi and
Secretary Muqtedir Akhtar Shabbir requested the ruling political parties not
to hold the protest or take action that may undermine the integrity and
functioning of the judiciary.
They also called upon the political stakeholders to
reduce the political temperature in the best interest of the country’s
progress.
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Nadra launches platform to track sex offenders
Iftikhar A. Khan
May 14, 2023
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority
(Nadra) has developed National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform coupled
with an SMS verification service to help citizens and institutions identify and
track individuals convicted of sex crimes against children and women.
It is a dynamic database of sexual convicts. The links
are established with various law enforcement departments and provincial
governments so that updates are made in real time.
This move is aimed at making the service more dynamic
and responsive to the needs of the institutions and people at large in
preventing sexual violence and abuse.
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Poliovirus found in another environmental sample from
KP
Amin Ahmed
May 14, 2023
ISLAMABAD: While the Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the
National Institute of Health confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus in an
environmental sample from district South Waziristan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the
Islamic Development Bank approved a financing contribution of $100 million,
inclusive of a $35 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to
the fourth phase of polio eradication project in Pakistan.
According to the Pakistan Polio Lab, the wild
poliovirus Type-1, which was isolated from a sewage sample collected from
Qureshi Mohalla in the district’s WachaKhaura union council, was genetically
linked to poliovirus found in sewage sample collected from the same district in
September 2022.
Since three of the six positive samples detected in
Pakistan this year belong to Afghanistan, officials believe there are 75pc
chances of its spread from the neighbouring country where 22 environmental
samples have been found positive, though both countries have reported one case
each.
Talking to Dawn, National Emergency Operations Centre
(NEOC) for Polio Eradication Coordinator Dr ShahzadBaig said: “As per genome
sequencing three of six samples reported from Pakistan belonged to Afghan
origin.” He believed there were only 25pc chances of local spread of virus in
Pakistan, as there were 75pc chances the virus would spread from Afghanistan.
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Zartaj Gul among 55 booked on terrorism charges in DG
Khan
Our Correspondent
May 14, 2023
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police have registered a case against
55 PTI protesters, 25 of them nominated, including former federal minister Ms
Zartaj Gul and a former adviser to the chief minister, under the Anti-Terrorism
Act (ATA) and various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
Those booked by Gaddai police include former federal
minister Zartaj Gul, former health advisor HanifPatafi, Malik Iqbal Saqib and
others, for allegedly disturbing peace, blocking roads, shouting slogans
against the government and the army, attacking police personnel and taking
other illegal actions.
According to the FIR registered on the complaint of
Gaddai police station Sub-Inspector ImtiazAlam, he was present at Pul Dot,
along with a police team, when Ms Zartaj Gul, HanifPatafi, Malik Iqbal Saqib,
RuqiyaRamzan, 25 nominated and 30 unidentified protesters, blocked the
inter-provincial Indus Highway and Dera-Quetta road on SangamChowk.
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Africa
FRSC: Sharia Law Won’t Be Incorporated into Traffic
Regulations
14-05-2023
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that
Sharia law will not be introduced in the enforcement of traffic regulations.
In a statement issued yesterday by the Corps
Spokesperson, BisiKazeem, the FRSC also disclosed that its sector commander for
Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi has been recalled to Abuja.
Abdullahi had on Thursday called for the application
of Sharia law to prosecute traffic offenders to stem road crashes in the
country.
However, the corps explained that it is neither a
religious nor sectional organisation, but a federal Government agency
established with a mandate that is guided by the provisions of an establishment
Act.
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Nigerian Army to deploy 6,251 new soldiers against
Boko Haram, bandits, others
May 13, 2023
By Ripples Nigeria
The Nigeria Army will deploy the newly-recruited 6,
251 soldiers to check the activities of Boko Haram insurgents and other
criminal elements in the country.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. FarukYahaya,
disclosed this at the passing-out parade of the 84 regular recruits intake held
on Saturday in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Yahaya noted that Nigeria was faced with numerous
security challenges occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram/ISWAP
terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, separatist agitators, religious extremists,
and other criminal elements.
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Tackle insurgency with dialogue, not kinetic approach,
CITAD tells Tinubu
By Ezra Ukanwa
14-05-2023
THE Centre for Information Technology and Development,
CITAD, has urged the Federal Government, FG, to opt for dialogue, rather than
kinetic approach, as part of efforts to curb activities of Boko Haram in
certain parts of the North East.
Executive Director of CITAD who is also a co-editor,
Engr. Yunusa. ZakariYa’u, made the call while presenting a book, on Friday, in
Abuja, titled Boko Haram: Community Perceptions of Dialogue and Reconciliation
in Northern Nigeria.
While bemoaning the activities of Boko Haram
insurgents in the country, he pointed out that the de-radicalisation of Boko
Haram may not be effective, particularly seeing how the communities are not
carried along.
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Europe
SNP leader says Labour has become a ‘replica’ of the
Tories
Tom Sanders
13 May 2023
Speaking at the Progressive Britain conference on
Saturday, the Labour leader said he ‘didn’t care’ if he sounded conservative
when committing to preserving ‘precious things in our way of life’.
Elsewhere in the speech, Sir Keir said the Tories ‘can
no longer claim to be conservative’ and said they have ‘contempt for those who
fly our flag’.
Starmer told the Blairite think tank that his party
must go further than Tony Blair did when he re-wrote the so-called ‘Clause
Four’ and rejected public ownership.
Tweeting after the speech, Humza Yousaf said: ‘This
week, I accused Labour of being a pale imitation of the Tories, I was wrong,
they are a replica.
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Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskyy lands in Berlin
for talks
14 May ,2023
Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskyy announced his
arrival in Berlin for an official visit Sunday, having flown out of Rome after
meetings with Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister GiorgiaMeloni.
Zelenskyy’s schedule for Germany has not yet been
officially confirmed but, according to local media reports, he is expected to
meet in the morning with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German President
Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
He may also head to the western German city of Aachen,
which this year is awarding him and the Ukrainian people the Charlemagne Prize
-- an honor awarded for efforts to foster European unity.
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Inside Kate and William's £635m Kensington Palace
apartment including family portraits and modern touches
By Sarah Tulloch
13 MAY 2023
The Prince and Princess of Wales have given a rare
glimpse inside their £635m Kensington Palace apartment.
The royal residence could be seen in a
behind-the-scenes video showing the Wales family as they readied themselves for
the King's Coronation.
Although the family's primary residence is now
Adelaide Cottage in Windsor, where they relocated in September 2022, Prince
William and Kate called the Kensington Palace apartment home from 2013, and had
it completely transformed to their tastes prior to moving in with their first
child, Prince George.
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Mideast
Iraq And Iran Ignore U.S. Sanctions In Talks To Expand
Energy Ties
By ZeroHedge
May 13, 2023
Iran and Iraq signed an agreement on Wednesday to
expand energy ties and establish a joint office aimed at overlooking
cooperation between the two countries, the Iraqi Oil Ministry announced, coming
as part of Iranian Oil Minister JavadOwji’s visit to Baghdad.
Upon arriving in the Iraqi capital, Owji was received
by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and discussed with him “the overall
cooperation between Iraq and Iran, and ways to develop them,” as well as the
ability to jointly confront “global economic challenges.”
The energy agreement was signed between Owji and Iraqi
Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghanni. The meeting between Sudani, Owji, and Abdul
Ghanni “resulted in an agreement to establish committees to discuss the
development of joint fields under international agreements and cooperation in
refining, petrochemicals, as well as oil exploration and infrastructure
development,” an Iraqi Oil Ministry statement reads.
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Iranian, Saudi FMs underscore mutual determination to
improve ties
2023-05-13
Tehran, May 13 (IANS) The Iranian and Saudi foreign
ministers said the determination of the two countries to expand bilateral
relations is evident in the measures and steps they have taken so far toward
normalising ties, the Iranian Foreign Ministry website reported on Saturday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and
his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Friday evening held a
phone call to discuss the latest progress toward the implementation of a
Beijing-brokered agreement in March, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Iranian foreign minister reviewed the progress
achieved by the two sides toward normalising ties, adding that Iran has
implemented the necessary measures for the official opening of its embassy and
consulate general in the Saudi capital of Riyadh and the port city of Jeddah.
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Despite US pressure, Iran continues to engage in
constructive cooperation with UN
by Sakina Fatima
13th May 2023
Tehran: Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of the Iranian
Foreign Ministry, has said that despite political pressure from the United
States to its allies, the Islamic Republic’s principled stance is to maintain
constructive cooperation and contact with the UN Human Rights system, IRNA
reported.
Kanaani made these remarks in response to an inquiry
from IRNA over comments made by some American officials against the choice of
an Iranian ambassador to serve as chair of the important Geneva Human Rights
Forum in 2023.
Their comments are absurd, the spokesman said, adding
that US officials should respect the appointment because it was done with
backing from other nations and a majority of votes, as per IRNA.
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The Shell-backed gas project poised to profit Iran
Tom Wilson
14-05-2023
An Iranian company is the biggest beneficiary of a
power plant poised to supply a Shell-backed gas project in Iraq, showing the
pervasive presence of Tehran’s business interests in its neighbour and putting
the UK group at odds with the west’s shifting geopolitical priorities in the
Middle East.
Basrah Gas Company, which is 44 per cent-owned by the
London-listed energy major, will become a major consumer of power from Rumaila
Independent Power Plant in southern Iraq when the gas company’s new facility
starts operations in June.
The Rumaila plant is owned by Jordan-based Shamara
Holding but was built by Tehran-based Mapna Group, which is entitled to 78 per
cent of the revenue from electricity sales, according to documents seen by the
Financial Times and three people involved in the contracts.
Shell’s joint venture, which has received World Bank
funding, has been widely praised for its role capturing gas that was previously
flared at Iraq’s oilfields and processing it for use in local power generation,
cooking or export. Iraq’s state-owned South Gas Company owns 51 per cent of the
project and Japanese trading house Mitsubishi owns 5 per cent.
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Frenchman 'Weakened' by Iran Prison Ordeal
May 13, 2023
PARIS —
The family of a Frenchman released this week after he
had been jailed by Iran said on Saturday he was "relieved" to be back
in France.
On Friday, Benjamin Briere, whose ordeal in Iran
lasted three years, and French-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan, held since
October, were freed from their prison in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the
French foreign ministry said.
"We were able to hold him in our arms at 1930
(1730GMT) on Friday, May 12, after three years of hell," Briere's family
said in a press release.
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South
Asia
Halal industry to boost Vietnam’s links with Muslim
countries: official
May 14, 2023
Hanoi (VNA) – With sound partnerships with
Muslim-majority countries, the Halal industry will become an important field of
cooperation, helping further promote Vietnam’s substantive ties with such
partners and contribute to common development and prosperity, said former
Deputy Foreign Minister Pham QuangHieu.
Hieu, who is now Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan, made
the remark during a recent interview granted to the press about the
implementation of the plan on enhancing international cooperation to develop
the Halal industry of Vietnam by 2030.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated with other
ministries and sectors as well as consulted domestic and international experts,
Vietnam’s overseas representative agencies, localities and businesses to make
the plan, which was approved by the Prime Minister on February 14.
Hieu said this is the first plan to outline
national-level orientations for mobilising international resources for building
and developing the Halal industry in a methodological, professional, and
comprehensive manner.
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Pakistan and China Agree to Extend CPEC to
Afghanistan, Stress on Combating Terrorism
By: Majid Alam
MAY 14, 2023
Pakistan, China and Afghanistan have agreed to forge
closer economic ties by extending the Beijing-backed China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan to fully harness the country’s potential as a
hub for regional connectivity.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, his
Chinese counterpart Qin Gang and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed acting Foreign
Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi held the 5th China-Afghanistan-Pakistan
Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue, where they also underlined the need to prevent any
group from using their territories for terror activities against any nation.
The ministers held in-depth talks on various issues
and reached common understandings on good neighbourliness, mutual trust,
security cooperation, counterterrorism, connectivity and trade and investment,
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in a media briefing in
Beijing on Tuesday.
The three countries reiterated their resolve to fully
harness Afghanistan’s potential as a hub for regional connectivity and
reaffirmed ”their commitment to further the trilateral cooperation under the
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and to jointly extend the China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor to Afghanistan,” according to a joint statement issued on
Monday, two days after the meeting here on May 6.
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Russia Calls for Creation of 'Inclusive Leadership' in
Afghanistan
By Mohammad FarshadDaryosh
14-05-2023
TASS news agency cited Kabulov in a report as saying
Western countries "are putting the cart before the horse," believing
that the Taliban must first solve legal issues." "This is not a
workable approach.”
“We, the regionalists - Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan,
Central Asian countries, and India - believe that the priority should be to
create inclusive leadership in Afghanistan. And creating such a leadership
structure will lead to the resolution of other very important issues like
women’s rights in Afghanistan," Kabulov added.
"Prior to establishing an inclusive government.
The rights of the people must always be taken into consideration,” said Suraya
Paikan, a women’s rights activist.
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Bangladesh won’t buy anything from countries that
impose sanctions: PM Hasina
14th May 2023
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has
said that Bangladesh will not purchase anything from countries that impose
sanctions against it.
The prime minister made the remarks on Saturday when
inaugurating the 60th convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh
(IEB) in Dhaka, Xinhua news agency reported.
“There is now a tendency to impose sanctions, and
sanctions on those by whom we contain terrorism. We have made a decision. I
have said that I will not buy anything from those who will impose sanctions,”
said the prime minister.
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Bangladesh medical tourists back, city hospitals see
pre-Covid numbers
May 14, 2023
KOLKATA: Patients from Bangladesh have started
streaming back to Kolkata's private hospitals, several of which now have more
patients from the neighbouring country than they had before the pandemic. The
numbers are set to swell further in the course of this month following a lull
because of Eid celebrations last month, say hospitals.A number of these
hospitals are gearing up to bolster their 'Bangladesh desk' and enhance their
outpatients departments (OPD) to cater to the additional patient load from across
the border.
At RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac
Sciences (RTIICS), the Bangladesh patient count has touched 15% of the total
footfall, which is higher than the pre-pandemic number. Whereas RTIICS used to
have 150 OPD patients from Bangladesh daily till early 2020, the count has now
touched 200. Around 15 patients from the neighbouring country are now admitted.
This figure, too, is higher than the pre-pandemic average of 10.
"This is the result of the pent-up demand due to
the pandemic, when patient flow had stopped," said R Venkatesh, zonal
head, Narayana Hospitals (RTIICS). "Visa requirements, too, have been
eased, facilitating travel. We had seen a brief lull during Eid last month, but
things are now back to normal. The Bangladesh patient count is the highest we
have ever had. Going by the number of visa invitation letter applications and
enquiries, the number is set to rise further."
RTIICS is planning to enhance its OPD rooms and area
to cater to the overall increase in footfall. "The Bangladesh patient flow
has necessitated this," added Venkatesh.
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Islamic Finance’s profit dips 77%
May 14, 2023
Islamic Finance & Investment Ltd's profit
plummeted to more than 77 per cent year-on-year to Tk 4.21 crore in 2022.
Islamic Finance, thus, reported earnings per share of
Tk 0.30 for the financial year that ended on December 31, which was Tk 1.32 a
year ago.
"The EPS declined due to an increase of
provisioning and profit suspense against investments," said the company in
a filing on the Dhaka Stock Exchange.
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Southeast
Asia
Umno in unity govt not a ‘forced marriage’, says Youth
chief
14 May 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — Umno’s participation in the
formation of the unity government after the 15th General Election (GE15) was
not a ‘forced marriage’, as claimed by certain parties.
Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh said that
although some of the parties which form the government today have never
established cooperation or had chemistry before, that is no reason not to
create equality for the sake of the country.
“Some people say that we are in a forced marriage, but
our parents, our grandparents, they didn’t even know each other when they got
married, if people were in love for 10 years but the first year of marriage,
the man was cheating, what is the point?
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BN won’t take state polls lightly, says Tok Mat
13 May 2023
SEREMBAN, May 13 — BarisanNasional (BN) will not take
the impending state elections lightly, including in the three states
administered by the Unity Government, said BN deputy chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad
Hasan.
Mohamad, who is also BN election director, said focus
would be given to all the six states involved, especially regarding the
readiness of the party machinery.
“We cannot say we have the advantage in Negeri
Sembilan, Selangor and Penang (which are led by the Unity Government). There is
no such thing because an election is just like a football game,” he told
reporters after officiating at the SekolahKebangsaan Taman TuankuJa’afar
Parent-Teacher Association’s meeting here today.
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Johari Ghani: Political stability important to attract
foreign investment
By R. Loheswar
14 May 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — Umno vice president Datuk Seri
Johari Abdul Ghani wants Malaysians to put aside their political affiliations
and focus on finding ways to improve the nation’s food security, education
levels and ensure job opportunities for struggling Malaysians.
The MP for Titiwangsa said in order to do so everyone
must put aside their differences and focus on ensuring Malaysia’s political
landscape is stable for the future generations.
Johari, a former finance minister, also said the
Malaysian economy must be capable of bringing in lots of foreign investments
and the only way to achieve this is by improving investor confidence in
Malaysia’s capability.
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Anthony Loke: JPJ aims to go for full digitalisation
to ensure more effective services
14 May 2023
SEREMBAN, May 14 — The Road Transport Department (JPJ)
intends to go for full digitalisation in the future to ensure the quality of
the agency’s delivery to the people runs smoothly and effectively.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the
digitalisation concept had already been initiated through the JPJ
Digitalisation Strategic Plan 2021-2025 with various initiatives including
information technology infrastructure plans, governance and competency.
“We do hope that there will be full digitalisation,
but it will take time because there are many systems that need to be
integrated. Now in 2023 we already have several initiatives such as the
Digitalisation of Motor Vehicle Licence (eLKM) and Malaysian Driving Licence
(eLMM) in line with the digitalisation drive.
“JPJ eBid has been in place since 2019 and in the next
two years, many more digitalisation initiatives will be implemented by JPJ,” he
told reporters after officiating JPJ’s 77th anniversary celebration themed
‘‘DigitalisasiKebitaraan JPJ’’ which was held for three days from Friday here.
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Arab
world
Islamic Development Bank Group signs financing
agreements worth USD5.4bn
14-05-2023
JEDDAH, 14th May, 2023 (WAM) – The Islamic Development
Bank (IsDB) Group concluded on Saturday its annual meetings held under the
auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al
Saud from 10th to 13th May 2023 in Jeddah under the theme "Partnerships to
Fend off Crises", Saudi Press Agency reported.
The four-day annual meetings witnessed the attendance
of 4,452 participants from 90 countries, in addition to the participation of 89
international and regional partner organizations.
The meetings included launching several significant
projects and signing financing agreements between 24 member countries worth
$5.4 billion to address the severe challenges facing the countries of the south
of the world.
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Islamic Jihad says committed to cease fire brokered by
Egypt with Israel
May 14, 2023
During a telephone interview with “AlQahera News”
channel, Hindi said that “The cease-fire entered into force at ten o’clock
(Cairo Time), and we are monitoring Israel’s commitment.”
“We are committed to this agreement, which Egypt
sponsored and made strenuous efforts over the past days, and the enemy has
learned a lesson and will abide by it.”
Hindi added that the Israeli occupation state wants to
transgress the rights of the Palestinian people and does not recognize
negotiations or any peace agreements, only seeking Palestine’s surrender.
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Estonia follows Saudi reforms closely, wants to help
with Kingdom’s transformation
FAISAL J. ABBAS
May 13, 2023
TALLINN: Estonia is closely following the rapid
transformation of Saudi Arabia, with Alar Karis, the country’s president,
expressing an interest in becoming part of the Kingdom’s transformation and
development story.
In an interview with Arab News in the Estonian capital
Tallinn on Saturday, Karis said: “We follow very closely what’s happening in
Saudi Arabia, especially about women’s rights and the (social) reforms and
everything.”
He said Estonia went through a similar transformative
reform journey 30 years ago. “It’s not that long ago. So, we have some
experience (and) we can share that with Saudi Arabia.”
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Guatemala president receives Saudi foreign minister
ARAB NEWS
May 13, 2023
GUATEMALA CITY: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal
bin Farhan was received by President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei on the
sidelines of the ninth Summit of Heads of States and Government of the
Association of Caribbean States.
Prince Faisal conveyed the greetings of King Salman
and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the president and their good wishes to
the government and the people of Guatemala.
The Guatemalan president likewise extended his
greetings to the Saudi king and crown prince and expressed his wishes for the
Kingdom’s continued progress.
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Saudi, Iranian foreign ministers hold phone call
ARAB NEWS
May 13, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal
bin Farhan received on Saturday a phone call from Iran's Foreign Minister
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
During their call, they discussed a number of issues
of concern to both countries and also discussed the next steps in the recently
agreed China-brokered deal.
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North
America
US welcomes ceasefire between Israel, Islamic Jihad:
White House
14 May ,2023
The White House welcomed the announced ceasefire
between Israel and the Gaza-based militant Islamic Jihad group on Saturday
night, thanking Egypt for helping to broker a halt to escalating cross-border
fighting.
“The United States welcomes tonight’s announcement of
a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza-based militants brokered by the Egyptian
government after nearly five days of fighting,” White House Press Secretary
Karine Jean-Pierre said.
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Police arrest man after being found with BB gun near
Scarborough mosque
May 13, 2023
Toronto police are investigating after a man was
located with a BB gun near a mosque in Scarborough on Saturday evening.
Police say they received reports of a man seen with a
gun in the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Midland Avenue shortly after 8:30
p.m.
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Is the UK too late to beat the US in the global trade
war?
By Faisal Islam
14-05-2023
US manufacturer Ascend Elements has chosen the site to
build a factory for electric car batteries made from recycled ones - an
industry previously almost entirely based in China.
It has been drawn here by US incentives. The country
is spending billions in new subsidies via loans and tax breaks targeted at
green energy and vehicles.
Half of Ascend's initial $1bn build costs were covered
by the US government under this new scheme, known as the Inflation Reduction
Act (IRA).
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