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Abu Dhabi: General Directorate of Residency & Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai is running a three day campaign for residents, visitors and tourists who are facing visa or residency-related issues.
‘A Homeland for All’ initiative runs from Saturday, February 25 to 27 at Deira City Centre, and will be open from 10 am to 10 pm.
The campaign, will help those who have any issues with their visa, including those who have overstayed their permits and those with expired documents.
According to GDRFA Twitter post, “the campaign hopes to encourage a culture of compliance with entry and residence laws.”
Speaking to ARN News, Lieutenant-Colonel Salem bin Ali, Director of the Client Happiness Department at GDRFA in Dubai and its official spokesperson, said that the campaign is a great opportunity for people to seek help and discuss their issues directly with the authority.
Dharali: The residents of Paingadh village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district have been forced to vacate their homes and live in a government school, even as no proper action has been taken by the administration regarding their rehabilitation after the incidents of land subsidence and development of cracks in the village since the past few months.
Minor cracks initially appeared at a peak located just above the village in October, 2021.
However, on October 21, 2022, land subsidence occurred in the cracked area and huge boulders fell on the village, causing many houses to collapse in which four persons lost their lives.
More than 40 families of the village, which is part of the old settlements on the left bank of Pindar river, remain homeless.
A total of 90 families have lived in the village for generations.
The affected residents alleged that they were forced to leave their homes and seek refuge in schools or live with their relatives.
The only government primary school in the village has turned into a relief camp since the incident, which is now being run from the junior high school building.
Tharali Block Education Officer, Adarsh Kumar, said that there is no proposal regarding resuming operations in the building so far.
The District Disaster Management Officer, N.K. Joshi, said that a tin shed has been constructed in the village for the affected people.
Joshi also said that the affected people of Paingadh have been compensated as per the rules and the process of rehabilitating 44 families is underway as per the displacement policy.
Surendralal, an affected resident, said that the tin shed is being built at a place surrounded by pine forests without water and electricity.
He added that the area cannot be accessed by foot and the constant danger of forest fire incidents will loom in the summer since dry pine leaves are highly inflammable.
He alleged that a sum of Rs 5,000 was provided to the affected people around four months ago in the name of disaster relief.
Gopal Dutt, another local, said that the state government is being requested to construct houses, but the matter has not progressed so far.
Abu Dhabi: As per the new visa rules in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), residents can now sponsor their family and friends in the country by applying for a three-month visitor visa, local media reported.
Residents can access this service if they have a residence visa issued in the emirates of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, Umm Al Quwain and Dubai.
According to Khaleej Times, the host is required to pay a refundable deposit of Dirhams 1,000 (Rs 22,519) for this visa.
Cost of visa?
As per media reports, the final cost of the visa depends on the details of the application and the sponsor must pay a security deposit.
The ICP mobile app – ‘UAEICP’, is available for Apple and Android devices.
A typing centre authorised by ICP – you can find the list of approved typing centres in each Emirate by visiting the website.
How to apply?
If you have a UAE Pass or an ICP online account, use either one to log in
Once successfully logged in, you will be directed to your personal dashboard within the app
Next, click on the ICP section of your emirate, for example – Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship\Abu Dhabi or Sharjah
Then, search for “Visit Visa For Friend or Relative 90 Days (Single Entry) – Issue” in the search bar. This service appears below
Click ‘Start Service’
Fill out the application and upload the required documents
Next, pay the service fee using a credit or debit card
After payment, you will receive a confirmation from ICP that the application has been placed.
It is reported that it takes approximately two to five working days to issue a visitor visa after approval. You will receive an e-visa to the email address you provided in the application form.
Paingadh: Like subsidence-hit Joshimath, villagers of Paingadh village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand have also been forced to leave their houses due to landslides and cracks appearing in their accommodations.
The hapless villagers are taking shelter in relief camps, tin sheds and even schools.
More than 40 families of the village, which is among the oldest settlements on the bank of the Pindar River near Tharali on the Karnaparayag-Almora National Highway, have become homeless and are living like refugees.
There are over 90 families in the village living there for generations.
The problem of landslides began in the village in 2013 with the Kedarnath disaster, but the matter worsened in October 2021 when cracks began to appear in fields above the village.
“The cracks were small initially and in a year’s time, they widened into holes,” Gopal Dutt, a villager, said.
On October 21 last year, a landslide occurred at around the same place where cracks had appeared and huge boulders fell on houses, killing four people.
The rubble of this landslide has affected almost half of the village and people who used to live in the zone have had to leave their homes and take shelter elsewhere, he said.
Some of the affected families have taken shelter in the houses of relatives, while others have shifted to a school building in the village. .
The only government primary school of the village has been turned into a relief camp, forcing authorities to hold the classes in the junior high school building about one kilometer away.
Children aged between 5-11 years have to walk to their school and also cross a stream on the way.
“There is no proposal yet to resume classes in the primary school building. Something definitive about it can be said only after the district administration makes a rehabilitation policy for the village,” Education Officer of Tharali block, Adarsh Kumar told PTI.
Meanwhile, Chamoli District Disaster Management Officer N K Joshi said a tin shed is being built in a secure location where the affected people of the village will be shifted.
However, a villager, Surendra Lal, alleged the shed is being built near a pine forest where there is no water or electricity supply.
One cannot go on foot to the place which can also pose a danger to lives during summer when pine leaves easily catch fire, Lal said.
Dutt said the government was requested to give readymade or prefabricated houses to the affected, but no progress has been made.
The affected families were given Rs 5,000 as disaster relief by the government four months ago.
“Geological scientists also conducted a survey of the village after the landslide, but no one knows what came out of it,” Surendra Lal said.
Jagmohan Singh Gadiya, who retired from the Army and lives in the landslide-affected zone, said, “I now regret my pledge not to migrate from my village”.
District Disaster Management officer Joshi said owners of the damaged houses have been given compensation as per norms. Relocation will be done in accordance with the rehabilitation policy and safe locations are being identified, he said.
Singapore residents can now transfer money to India through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) starting today. This move is expected to ease the money transfer process for Singaporean residents who have family and friends in India.
The UPI is a real-time payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) that allows users to transfer money instantly between bank accounts via a mobile device. With this new feature, Singaporeans will be able to transfer money to any UPI ID or bank account in India using their mobile phones.
According to the Times of India, the Singaporean High Commission in India and the NPCI have collaborated to enable this new service. Singaporean residents will need to download the UPI app and register for the service. They can then link their bank accounts to the UPI app and start transferring money to India.
This move is expected to have a positive impact on the remittance market in India. India is one of the world’s largest recipients of remittances, with an estimated $83 billion in remittances in 2020, according to the World Bank. Singapore is also a major source of remittances to India, with an estimated $6.5 billion in remittances in 2020.
By enabling Singaporean residents to transfer money to India through UPI, the process is expected to be faster, cheaper, and more convenient for both the sender and the recipient. This could potentially lead to an increase in remittances to India from Singapore.
This move also highlights the increasing collaboration between India and Singapore in the fintech space. The two countries have been working together to promote digital payments and fintech innovation. In 2018, the NPCI signed a memorandum of understanding with the Monetary Authority of Singapore to collaborate on digital payments and fintech innovation.
In conclusion, the new feature allowing Singapore residents to transfer money to India through UPI is a welcome move that is expected to have a positive impact on the remittance market in India. With faster, cheaper, and more convenient money transfers, this could potentially lead to an increase in remittances from Singapore to India. This move also highlights the increasing collaboration between India and Singapore in the fintech space.
Israa Wal Miraj, the Islamic calendar event celebrated on the 27th night of Rajab 1444, falls on February 18 this year. It is the night that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) journeyed from Makkah’s Masjid Al Haram to Jerusalem’s Masjid Al Aqsa.
According to the countries’ news agencies, Oman and Kuwait have declared Sunday, February 19, 2023, as a holiday for both public and private sector employees.
The UAE, on the other hand, will not observe the occasion with a holiday.
It was announced in 2019 that Israa Wal Miraj would no longer be a public holiday for UAE residents. Rather, the Eid Al Adha and Eid Al Fitr holidays were extended.
The official holiday calendar approved by the UAE Cabinet dates Eid Al Fitr from Ramadan 29 to Shawwal 3. This would be from Thursday, April 20, to Sunday, April 23 based on astronomical calculations. Actual dates are dependent on moonsighting.
The Eid Al Adha (Arafah Day and Eid Al Adha) holiday will take place from Tuesday, June 27 to Friday, June 30.
Panaji: Goa Police have detained 11 people and one of them is alleged to be having links with banned Popular Front of India (PFI) for allegedly kidnapping two persons from Hyderabad and demanding ransom of Rs 4 crore in connection with mining trade, police said.
Crime branch Superintendent of Police Nidhin Valsan said that the accused persons and the victims have been handed over to the Hyderabad Police.
He said that the one accused person, namely Altaf Shah Sayed from Margao-Goa, is suspected to be involved with a banned organisation, namely PFI.
“After getting information, we formed a special team in this connection and nabbed the accused persons. Hyderabad Police were also a part of this operation,” Valsan said.
“A team of Crime Branch officials rescued two male victims from one office cum residential complex at Bambolim-Goa, who were kidnapped and put in wrongful confinement by 11 accused persons for extortion,” he said.
Hyderabad Police are further investigating the case.
Uri, Feb 19: As the guns have fallen silent along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the residents now demand better road connectivity, play fields and better infrastructure of government schools.
Earlier, the border residents were demanding community bunkers but with the improvement in situation, they are now demanding better roads, repair of government buildings and residential houses besides upgradation of sports infrastructure.
Locals of Uri area of northern district of Baramulla, while talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) complained that the roads, government buildings, and residential houses are in shambles while there is a dire need of upgrading the sports infrastructure.
“The road stretches at Dardkote in Uri are dotted with potholes which speaks volumes about the tall claims of the government of improving road connectivity,” the residents said. “The road is dotted with huge potholes and has not been repaired for the last several years and the authorities concerned are least bothered about the sufferings of people”, said Faisal Khan, a Sarpanch. “The road acts as an important link which connects several areas and thousands of commuters, transporters pass through potholes every day. “The road is in a bad condition. Big pot holes filled with water dots, making the movement of people very difficult.”
The residents expressed concern over the condition of government schools. “Four classes are functioning in a single room at Dardkote,” they said, adding that similar conditions are in maximum government based schools”.
The administration makes tall claims about changing the sports infrastructure at the best, but the areas like Uroosa, Dardkote, Chakra, Isham, Nawa Runda and Govalta in Uri are without a single playground.
The villagers, particularly youth, told KNO that no space is available in their villages for playing sports. “We have appealed and requested the concerned officials several times to demarcate a piece of land for the playground but to no avail. “We are leading a confined life which is taking a heavy toll on our mental and physical health,” they added.
The residents, however, urged the LG administration and the concerned authorities to look into the genuine demands of people, so that they could have a sigh of relief—(KNO)
The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) got a first-hand look on Thursday at the toll left by a freight train derailment in Ohio, where toxic chemicals spilled or were burned off, leaving the stench of fresh paint nearly two weeks later.
The EPA’s administrator, Michael Regan, walked along a creek that still reeks of chemicals and sought to reassure skeptical residents that the water was fit for drinking and the air safe to breathe around East Palestine, where just less than 5,000 people live near the Pennsylvania state line.
“I’m asking they trust the government. I know that’s hard. We know there’s a lack of trust,” Regan said. “We’re testing for everything that was on that train.”
Since the derailment, residents have complained about headaches and irritated eyes and finding their cars and lawns covered in soot. The hazardous chemicals that spilled from the train killed thousands of fish and residents have talked about finding dying or sick pets and wildlife.
Residents are frustrated by what they say is incomplete and vague information about the lasting effects from the disaster, which prompted evacuations.
“I have three grandbabies,” said Kathy Dyke, who came with hundreds of her neighbors to a public meeting on Wednesday where representatives of railroad operator Norfolk Southern were conspicuously absent. “Are they going to grow up here in five years and have cancer?”
Regan said on Thursday that anyone who is fearful of being in their home should seek testing from the government.
“People have been unnerved. They’ve been asked to leave their homes,” he said, adding that if he lived there, he would be willing to move his family back into the area as long as the testing shows it’s safe.
Those attending the previous night’s informational session had questions about health hazards and demanded more transparency from Norfolk Southern, whose representatives did not attend, citing concerns about staff safety. Many who had waited in a long line snaking outside the high school gymnasium came away upset that they didn’t hear anything new. Some booed or laughed each time they heard the village mayor or state health director assure them that lingering odors weren’t dangerous.
Residents of East Palestine gather to discuss the train derailment and toxic chemical burn-off on 15 February. Photograph: Alan Freed/Reuters
“They just danced around the questions a lot,” said Danielle Deal, who lives a few miles from the derailment site. “Norfolk needed to be here.”
At least five lawsuits have been filed against the railroad, which announced this week that it is creating a $1m fund to help the community while continuing to remove spilled contaminants from the ground and streams, and monitoring air quality.
“We are here and will stay here for as long as it takes to ensure your safety and to help East Palestine recover and thrive,” Norfolk Southern president and CEO Alan Shaw said in a letter to the community.
Families who evacuated said they wanted assistance figuring out how to get the promised financial help. Beyond that, they wanted to know whether the railroad would be held responsible.
State and federal officials have promised to make sure Norfolk Southern not only pays for the cleanup but also reimburses residents.
The White House said that federal health and emergency response teams and officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will go to East Palestine.
“We understand the residents are concerned – as they should be – and they have questions. That’s all understandable,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “And we’re going to get to the bottom of this.”
No one was injured when about 50 cars derailed in a fiery, mangled mess on the outskirts of East Palestine on 3 February. Officials seeking to avoid an uncontrolled blast evacuated the area and opted to release and burn toxic vinyl chloride from five rail cars, sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky again.
The Ohio EPA said the latest tests show that five wells supplying the village’s drinking water are free from contaminants.
At least 3,500 fish, mostly small ones such as minnows and darters, have been found dead along more than seven miles (11.2km) of streams, according to the estimates from the Ohio department of natural resources.
Precautions are being taken to ensure that contaminants that reached the Ohio River don’t make it into drinking water, officials said.
There have been anecdotal reports that pets or livestock have been sickened. No related animal deaths have been confirmed and the risk to livestock is low, Ohio officials said, but the state’s agriculture department is testing samples from a beef calf that died a week after the derailment.
The suspected cause of the derailment is a mechanical issue with a rail car axle. The National Transportation Safety Board said it has video appearing to show a wheel bearing overheating just before the derailment. The NTSB expects to issue its preliminary report in about two weeks.
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( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )
