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The original deadline was 10 p.m. on July 20, but the JEC granted the extension on Thursday at the request of the country’s postal service (Correos) to enable citizens who had not been able to collect the requisite documents to do so, Xinhua news agency reported.Since this year’s general election is being held on July 23, in the middle of the summer holiday season, a record number of Spaniards — 2.6 million — have requested to vote by post, twice as many as in the previous election in November 2019.Ninety-one per cent of those who opted to vote by post…

The operation arrested 79 Syrians who entered Lebanon illegally through the network, including 13 passengers who were planning to leave Lebanon by sea for Europe, said the report on Thursday.The arrested were referred to judicial bodies for investigation and other legal procedures, it added.Lebanon’s security forces have been stepping up efforts to crack down on the smuggling of Syrians into and out of the country, Xinhua news agency reported.Lebanon remains the country hosting the largest number of refugees per capita, with an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees scattered across the country.Lebanon has urged the international community to secure a safe…

Wijesekera told the media on Thursday that the decision was taken after evaluating fuel stocks and needs.The Minister said in a Twitter message that the fuel cargo plan and supply for the next six months was reviewed with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Xinhua news agency reported.Fuel import plans, refinery operations, refinery upgrade proposals, QR quotas, storage capacity, stock automation, agreements with fuel stations, and distribution were reviewed and discussed, he added.Sri Lanka introduced the fuel quota last year following difficulties in purchasing adequate quantities of fuel due to foreign reserve shortages.The quota has already been increased twice this year.–IANBSint/khz

This rate put Vietnam among the seven countries with a proportion of young people among total new HIV infections higher than the regional and global average — together with Myanmar (53 per cent), Indonesia (48 per cent), Thailand and the Philippines (47 per cent), Cambodia (43 per cent), and Laos (42 per cent), local newspaper Vietnam News reported on Thursday.However, the positive note is the rate does not appear to be on an increasing trend, the newspaper quoted a UNAIDS Asia Pacific representative as reporting.The National Strategy to End AIDS by 2030 set Vietnam for the target of 90 per…

Albino Akol Atak, Minister of humanitarian affairs and disaster management, said on Thursday that the $5.3-million budget released by the cabinet in June to respond to the humanitarian situation at the border with Sudan is not enough as it could only last for three months.”The government and partners put in money but we still have funding gaps because of the big number that are arriving every day, and they are congesting some entry points in Renk, Paloch and Malakal,” Akol told journalists after meeting humanitarian partners in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.He said supplies in the local markets will…

The wave of sandstorms, the fourth one that hit the province since June 22, caused 709 people to seek medical treatment for respiratory, heart or eye conditions, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, citing Majid Mohebi, head of the province’s Disaster Mitigation and Management Organisation.He added that 44 individuals have been hospitalised, and the counties most affected by the sandstorms include Zabol, Zehak, Hamoun, Hirmand and Nimrouz, Xinhua news agency reported.According to Mohsen Heidari, the director general of the province’s meteorological organisation, over the past two days, the province saw winds with maximum speeds between 85 and 104 km/h.He added…

Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress President Beena Naik and other state Congress leaders protested against the sharp spurt in vegetable prices and said that the Central government has failed to control the prices.”Tomatoes have become so expensive. It is very sad that the government failed to control the prices. Farmers are paid doit, while when it reaches to market the prices are seen skyrocketed. The Modi government has failed to double the income of farmers and provide essential goods at affordable prices to the public,” Naik said.”How a family with low salary live in these circumstances of increasing prices. People are…

She also expressed her displeasure over the delay in filing the report in this matter and not taking immediate action against the accused persons.Speaking to a news channel, the Governor termed it as a “shameful incident”.She said the people of the country are shocked to know that the incident took place on May 4, but it came to light on July 18 and even after so many days, “I don’t know why the police didn’t take cognisance of the matter”.The Governor added: “I called the DGP today regarding the matter and asked him to take strict action against the in-charge…

The Rajasthan government on Thursday came up with a Bill to honour dead bodies, which was passed after a debate in the Assembly. However, the opposition BJP has compared it to the MISA Act of Emergency.In the Bill, a provision has been made for punishment and fine for those protesting with dead bodies instead of performing the last rites on time.According to the provisions of the Rajasthan Respect for the Dead Body Bill, the family will have to perform the last rites of the deceased on time.If any family member uses the dead body to protest or allows or gives…

Azad Gandhi was held guilty in a case 361/2007 lodged in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan police station. He, along with his supporters, were involved in assaulting an ADM and three executive magistrates in Patna District Magistrate’s office in 2007. Special MP/MLA cases judge Sangam Singh held him guilty under various sections of the IPC, holding that his act was unforgivable. Azad Gandhi was a former MLC from Patna Graduates seat. In 2020, the JD-U candidate had defeated him.–IANSajk/vd