Agriculture and housing loans — along with micro, small and medium enterprises( MSME) finance — are vital for boosting economic activity.... Currently, though, banks are not wholesomely engaged in such an exercise.... Policies introduced for accelerating housing loans offer an added advantage to the government — they make room for politically-motivated tax amnesty in the name of the documentation of the economy....

PETALING JAYA: The immunity level in the community as well as hospitalisation admissions should be assessed first ahead of plans to relax Covid-19 guidelines for those who have been fully vaccinated, say health experts. Prof Datuk Dr Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud, who is the head of the Independent Covid-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee, said it had always maintained that non-pharmaceutical interventions( NPIs) should remain in place until some degree of immunity level in the population had been d

Hakeem Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat, said of the map Tuesday.He said it would fracture Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, which he represents.... Some Manhattanites blasted a proposal to merge the Upper East Side and Upper West Side neighborhoods, which are divided by Central Park. The neighborhoods have long been in separate congressional districts and are currently represented by Democratic Reps.... ” The redistricting process was once expected to be conducted by a bipartisan commi

？ Speaker allows passage of over 100 amendments without formal presentation before house？ Balochistan MNA asks military to refrain from engineering elections in provinceISLAMABAD: On the opening day of its farewell session on Thursday, the National Assembly hastily carried out crucial legislative business without a quorum as Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf bulldozed the procedure by allowing a minister to completely change the drafts of two bills and getting them approved with a voice vote without t

Ashraf Ghani tried to inhabit many roles during his years as Afghanistan’s president. But after fleeing the Taliban’s advance into Kabul this weekend, Mr.... Some reports suggested that he had gone to neighboring Uzbekistan or Tajikistan or perhaps even Oman.... There was talk that Saudi Arabia had agreed to give him asylum, and rumors that he had been accompanied by as many as 200 aides, ministers and Parliament members. There were also reports that Mr....

This news has been read 2419 times!... KUWAIT CITY, March 25: The Ministry of Education’s abrupt decision to suspend inperson schooling and transition to online learning via the ‘Teams’ program due to rainfall has drawn criticism from various quarters, reports Al-Jarida daily.... The decision, perceived as illogical and disruptive, has raised concerns about the preparedness of students and teachers for such a shift and the efficacy of online education compared to in-person classes....

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