14-09-2020

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1 civilian killed, 4
injured in Indian
firing : Pakistani army
Pakistani army said on
Sunday that one civilian
was killed and four others
were injured in Indian
forces' indiscriminate firing
along the Line of Control
(LoC) in the disputed
Kashmir region, reports
UNB.
An army statement said
the Indian troops
committed "unprovoked
ceasefire violations along
the LoC, targeting civil
population with automatics
and mortars in Hotspring
and Rakhchikri sectors."
A girl was killed while four
civilians including a 75-yearold
woman and two young
boys sustained injuries,
according to the statement.
Gangchil Foundation distributed masks among the unconscious people in Jessore. They distributed 500 masks in different
places of Jessore. In addition, at the beginning of the corona outbreak, they distributed food to needy people on Eid and
provided financial assistance for the treatment of a child suffering from a complex disease.
Photo : Shohid Joy
Thousands of Israelis protest
outside Netanyahu's residence
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official
residence in central Jerusalem late Saturday,
demanding he resign over his trial on
corruption charges and what is widely seen as
his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic,
reports UNB.
With Israel reporting record levels of new
coronavirus cases each day, the country
appears to be headed toward a nationwide
lockdown this week ahead of the Jewish New
Year.
Saturday's demonstration came a day after
Israel announced an agreement to establish
diplomatic relations with Bahrain, the second
Arab country to normalize ties with Israel in
under a month and just the fourth overall.
But the surprise announcement had little
effect on the thousands of demonstrators, who
have been gathering outside Netanyahu's
residence every Saturday throughout the
summer.
Protests against Netanyahu over his
corruption trial have expanded to include
demonstrations against his handling of the
health crisis and the resulting economic pain.
Late Saturday, police detained several
protesters.
Israel earned praise last spring for its early
handling of the virus crisis, moving quickly to
seal the country's borders and appearing to
bring an outbreak under control.
But Netanyahu has come under criticism for
reopening the economy too quickly in May.
Since then, new cases have soared, the
government has been blamed for
mismanaging the resurgence and
unemployment has soared to double digit
levels. Many struggling workers and business
owners fear another closure will be
devastating. Many of the demonstrators are
unemployed.
Last week Netanyahu announced overnight
curfews on some 40 cities and towns hit hard
by the coronavirus, but backed away from
reported recommendations for full lockdowns
after an uproar by politically powerful religious
politicians.
Pompeo says "deeply
concerned" over Turkish
energy exploration in
Mediterranean
Visiting U.S. Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo said Saturday
that the United States is
"deeply concerned" over
Turkey's gas exploration in the
eastern Mediterranean amid
growing tensions between
Turkey, Cyprus and Greece,
reports UNB.
"We remain deeply
concerned by Turkey's
ongoing operations surveying
for natural resources in areas
over which Greece and Cyprus
assert jurisdiction in the
Eastern Mediterranean,"
Pompeo said at a joint press
conference with Cypriot
President Nicos Anastasiades.
Turkey and the two
European Union members
are engaged in a war of words
over oil and gas reserves and
maritime rights in the
disputed region, prompting
fears that tensions will
continue to rise.
Anastasiades, for his part,
voiced readiness to enter
negotiations for a
comprehensive solution of the
disputes, urging Ankara to
end "aggressive actions."
Seven Mediterranean states
on Thursday urged Turkey to
resolve territorial disputes
with Greece and Cyprus
through negotiation, warning
of "further restrictive
measures" if Turkey does not
halt its "unilateral activities."
On Friday, Turkish Foreign
Ministry spokesman Hami
Aksoy said EU countries
should abandon a policy of
"blindly" taking the side of
Greece and Cyprus, and called
on Greece to enter
unconditional and direct talks
to settle down disputes.
Lebanese protesters clash with
army near presidential palace
Lebanese soldiers on
Saturday fired rubber bullets
and live rounds in the air to
disperse hundreds of
protesters trying to march to
the presidential palace during
an anti-government
demonstration.
Tension is high in Lebanon
following last month's
devastating explosion at
Beirut's port that killed nearly
200 people, and after another
mysterious and huge blaze at
the same site Thursday,
reports UNB.
The Aug. 4 explosion was
caused by the detonation of
nearly three thousand tons of
ammonium nitrates that had
been improperly stored at the
port for years. More than five
weeks later, it is still not clear
what started the fire that
ignited the chemicals, and no
one has been held
accountable so far.
The explosion, which created
a massive shockwave that
shattered glass and blasted
windows, doors and injured
6,500 people, came on top of an
unprecedented economic and
financial crisis blamed on
decades of corruption and
mismanagement by the
country's political class.
Protesters had called for the
march Saturday to the
presidential palace in the
suburb of Baabda to express
their anger and call for
accountability. Supporters of
President Michel Aoun called
for a counter-protest at the
same location, adding to the
tension.
Hundreds of Lebanese
soldiers separated the two
camps. Later, as anti-Aoun
protesters attempted to break
a security cordon blocking
their path on the highway
leading to the palace, troops
fired at first live rounds in the
air, then rubber bullets, in an
effort to disperse them.
Some protesters threw
stones and tree branches at
the troops, injuring several of
them. Some sat in the middle
of the highway vowing to stay
there. A group climbed on a
sign post and hung ropes tied
into nooses.
Some soldiers threw stones
and sticks back at protesters,
and pointed their M-16
machine guns at them as well.
The military later issued a
statement saying it had to
form a human barrier to
separate the two groups of
demonstrators near the
presidential palace, and was
forced to fire in the air after
protesters pelted soldiers with
stones and beat them with
sticks in an attempt to reach
the presidential palace.
The public blames the
corruption and negligence of
Lebanon's politicians, security
and judicial officials, many of
whom knew about the storage
of the chemicals that exploded
and did nothing.
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India's health ministry
suggests yoga as
post-COVID protocol
India's health ministry on
Sunday came out with
fresh guidelines of yoga
practice and dietary
supplement to be followed
by those who recovered
from COVID-19 pandemic,
reports UNB.
The guidelines included
adopting a yoga routine,
regular use of turmeric
and consumption of
Chyawanprash made of a
mixture of herbs and
spices.
As many as 3,702,595
people have been
successfully cured and
discharged from hospitals
in the country so far.
"The use of one spoon of
Chyawanprash in the
morning with lukewarm
water or milk is highly
recommended as in the
clinical practice it is
believed to be effective in
post-recovery period," said
the ministry's guidelines.
Titled "Post-COVID
Management Protocol," it
said a holistic approach is
required for follow up care
and well-being of all post-
COVID recovering
patients.
The guidelines are not
meant to be used as
preventive or curative
therapy. It provided an
integrated holistic
approach for managing
patients who have
recovered enough from
COVID for care at home.
According to an official
statement by the federal
health ministry, the
management protocol is to
be followed both at the
individual and community
levels.
It also recommended
daily practice of yogasana
(a set of physical
exercises), pranayama (a
set of breathing exercises)
and meditation, besides
daily morning or evening
walk.
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