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Seniors can invest up to Rs 30 lakh in the post office's Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) beginning April 1, 2023, as proposed by Finance Minister ...

TDS is applicable to the Scheme as interest payments have not been exempted from deduction of tax at source. (Rule 2 (a) of the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (Amendment) Rules, 2004 notified on October 27, 2004)” This scheme is backed by the government and provides After five years, there will be no additional advantage under Section 80C for extending an existing account. - If the account is closed before the year of the account opening, the interest paid on the deposit will be deducted from the deposit, and the remaining balance will be paid to the account holder. [Senior Citizen Savings Scheme](/wealth/invest/senior-citizen-savings-scheme)(SCSS) as announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed in her Budget 2023 speech.

The shift from addressing customer complaints to focusing on the entire customer experience has played a key role in shaping her career.

“One of the key aspects of my leadership style is also developing my team members to take on managerial roles within the organization and beyond. I wanted to lead a department that was crucial to the success of the organisation and customer experience being one of them,” Mwangaza adds. It is important to always strive to do our best, and trust in God to take care of the rest,” adds Mwangaza. The business landscape is constantly evolving and being able to pivot and adjust course quickly has been essential. Over the years, what has inspired Mwangaza’s career journey is the transformation of customer service and leading teams. “I had opportunities to participate in various programmes and training sessions supported by the company.

Arlene Mayhew, a Newcomerstown Board of Education member, has decades of service to the community. The ceremony will be May 11 at the high school.

The free event will include a story walk, prizes, Easter eggs and free pictures with the Easter Bunny. The dinner and show will be $30 and tickets can be purchased by calling 740-498-7735. The Newcomerstown Public Library will host an Easter Story Hop from noon to 3 p.m. The meal will be chicken and rice with gravy, noodles, cole slaw, green beans, roll, dessert and drink. There will be Reese's peanut butter eggs for all children. The show will be directed by Chris Hart. The free event will include chances to win bicycles, gift baskets and other prizes. at River Greens Golf Course, 22740 state Route 751, West Lafayette. In addition, the story and meaning of Easter will be explained under the pavilions prior to the event. Last year we had such a huge turnout, even in a blistering cold rain. The cast includes Chris Hart as Lt. “However, we need you,” Daniel Bias said.

We are in the process of replacing our Citizen Portal with a new Education Portal. You will need to create an account the first time you log in to our new ...

Across the African continent, police often use force to prop up repressive regimes. • And in Kenya in particular, extortion and extrajudicial killings by the ...

This reduces [crime and violence](https://www.brookings.edu/research/want-to-reduce-violence-invest-in-place/). [security in their compounds](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1463499617729295). Police are seen as one among [many security services](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0263775820923374)available for hire. For many, experience shows that the police can [make matters worse](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64509793). [2010 constitution](https://www.klrc.go.ke/index.php/constitution-of-kenya/158-chapter-fourteen-national-security/part-4-the-national-police-service/413-244-objects-and-functions-of-the-national-police-service) and actualised in numerous acts of parliament. And in turn, how local residents [respond to police violence](https://www.sapiens.org/culture/police-violence-kenya/) and build their own [practices of care](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-018-0078-8), mutual aid and [security](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0042098018789059). To provide for their own safety, residents increasingly [organise themselves into networks](https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/journal-british-academy/10s3/to-retreat-or-to-confront-grassroots-activists-navigating-everyday-torture-in-kenya/)of friends, family and neighbours for basic safety. Under [Daniel arap Moi’s authoritarian regime](https://theconversation.com/daniel-arap-moi-the-making-of-a-kenyan-big-man-127177) (1978-2002), the police continued to play a key role in repressing dissent. The Imperial British East African Company developed security forces to protect its expanding economic interests in the 1890s, and the [Kenya-Uganda Railroad](https://www.britannica.com/place/Kenya/The-East-Africa-Protectorate#ref419085) developed its own police force in 1902. [complicit in post-election violence](https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=tjrc-gov). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the police [killed tens of Kenyans](https://www.citizen.digital/news/kenya-police-have-killed-15-people-injured-31-in-covid-19-curfew-enforcement-ipoa-334522) while enforcing curfew measures. [social movements](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/29/fbi-coordinated-crackdown-occupy), stifle [democracy](https://sociologytwynham.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/policing-the-crisis.pdf), and exacerbate social and racial [injustice](https://theintercept.com/2020/06/10/ruth-wilson-gilmore-makes-the-case-for-abolition/).

After several intense debates, the French Citizens' Convention has concluded its consideration of legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide in the country.

[Thousands of people took to the streets in Paris on Sunday. If the results remain the same, the conclusion of the Convention will be a plea for "assisted suicide, reserved for major incurable patients, whose vital prognosis is committed in the short or medium term, and suffering from refractory physical suffering", La Croix writes. In total, 9.8 per cent only want assisted suicide to be legal, and 1 per cent pleads for legalising euthanasia but not assisted suicide. The applicant's age, medical conditions, and ability to express one's choice are some of the factors discussed. In total, 39.9 per cent of the participants of the Citizens' Convention are in favour of legalising both assisted suicide (where a person receives help to end his life himself) and euthanasia (where a doctor administers the deadly drugs to the patient). A large majority is in favour of allowing self-determined death.

An American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger more than six years ago and held hostage by terrorists has been released, President Joe Biden's national ...

“We thank the French authorities for having implemented the necessary means to obtain his release. But ultimately the government of Niger was central to securing his release, the official said. His captivity was the longest for a French journalist held hostage since the Lebanon war,” a statement by Reporters Without Borders said. “There was no direct negotiation here between the US government and the terrorist organizations, it is worth making that clear. “I’m gratified & relieved to see the release of U.S. “Where exactly Jeff chooses to go will be a bit up to him.”

An American man who was held hostage in West Africa has been released after more than six years in captivity, the White House said Monday.

United States President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday tweeted that they successfully released an American aid worker who was ...

The US thanks Niger for its help in bringing him home to all who miss & love him. I’m gratified & relieved to see the release of U.S. “I’m gratified & relieved to see the release of US hostage Jeff Woodke after over 6 years in captivity.

Jeff Woodke, an American aid worker who had been held hostage for more than six years, has been released, White House national security adviser Jake ...

Further details about Woodke's release were not immediately available. - Els Woodke told the Times that she had been informed that her husband was in Niamey, the Niger's capital. The big picture: Woodke was kidnapped from his home in Niger by jihadists in October 2016 and was believed to have been taken to neighboring Mali, according to the

Deadline: March 30, 2023 Applications are open for the Global Citizen Curtis Fellowship 2023. The 2023 Curtis Fellowship is an annual leadership development ...

The Curtis Fellowship seeks to create, support, and equip a network of youth advocates and community leaders committed to local and global response on issues surrounding extreme poverty. Supported by members of the Global Citizen staff, the Curtis Fellows will explore social issues and innovative international organisations with a focus on poverty alleviation in Global Citizen’s issue areas. The 2023 Curtis Fellowship is an annual leadership development program to support youth ages 18-21 from underserved communities in South Africa who embody the values of global citizenship.

The services sector and industry played a key role in 4.5 percent growth in the East African Community (EAC) bloc last year.

A GDP growth of 4.5 percent was recorded in 2022 which was supported by a strong growth of the services and industry sectors. The Committee was briefed on the revised timelines set out in the monetary union roadmap, with the new date of achieving the monetary union by 2031. - A GDP growth of 4.5 percent was recorded in 2022 which was supported by a strong growth of the services and industry sectors. The meeting discussed the delayed establishment of the East African Monetary Institute (Eami) which was to pave the way for the implementation of the monetary union. The meeting, which was attended by the central bank governors, was told that the economic performance of the region remained strong last year. The services sector and industry played a key role in 4.5 percent growth in the East African Community (EAC) bloc last year.

I have no higher priority than bringing home U.S. nationals held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad, and we will continue to work relentlessly to secure ...

An official source at the Public Prosecution stated that its Financial Fraud Crimes Wing started probing into their fraudulent means following the filing of ...

The Public Prosecution source stressed the importance of preserving personal and banking data, and not disclosing them to any unknown party. During the raid on the citizen’s house, the security officials seized several devices used in the fraudulent practices, including a device for activating the chips, internet broadcasting devices, a box containing 94 chips, in addition to papers and notebooks to record people’s information, addresses, numbers, and code numbers. An official source at the Public Prosecution stated that its Financial Fraud Crimes Wing started probing into their fraudulent means following the filing of several complaints.

Saad al Madi, 72, from Florida, has been released from imprisonment in Saudi Arabia after being held in jail for more than a year after he visited family in ...

citizens and one legal permanent resident already were detained in Saudi Arabia under travel bans, and that at least one other older U.S. Freedom Initiative, a U.S.-based group that advocates for detainees it says are unjustly detained in the Middle East, says least four U.S. He was arrested after landing in Riyadh in November 2021 on several charges, including funding terrorism and working to destabilize the kingdom He's pictured with son, Ibrahim Almadi officials worked to win his release, and after President Joe Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia last July in an attempt to improve relations with the oil-rich nation, a Saudi appeals court increased Madi's prison sentence to 19 years. Saad Ibrahim Almadi, 72, was given a 16-year prison sentence in Saudi Arabia which was later increased to 19 years for tweets critical of the country.

Saad Almadi, who was imprisoned for over a year, called his son Ibrahim Almadi Monday to let him know that was freed by the government of Crown Prince Mohammed ...

He needs medical attention in the states.” “As I always say, we are the strongest country in the world. [immunity from US lawsuits](https://nypost.com/2022/11/18/saad-almadis-son-rips-biden-hypocrisy-over-mbs-immunity/) over his alleged rule in the Khashoggi murder, citing his new job title as prime minister. Saad Almadi, a retired engineer who moved to the US in the 1970s, was detained during a November 2021 trip from Florida, where he wrote the tweets, to Saudi Arabia to sell property. The development coincides with a series of other developments in US-Saudi relations, including the Senate confirmation Wednesday of Michael Ratney to be the US ambassador to Riyadh after the post was left vacant for two years. [sentenced to 19 years](https://nypost.com/2023/02/08/saudis-increase-saad-almadi-sentence-to-19-years-over-political-tweets/) behind bars for tweets mildly critical of the kingdom’s crown prince.

Saudi Arabia on Monday released an American citizen after he had been imprisoned for more than a year, serving a 19-year sentence, for his old tweets ...

In October 2022, the Saudi court sentenced him to 16 years in prison on top of a 16-year travel ban. Almadi was arrested and later convicted regarding 14 of his tweets, over the last eight years where he remained critical of Saudi Arabia and its policies. Saudi Arabia on Monday released an American citizen after he had been imprisoned for more than a year, serving a 19-year sentence, for his old tweets critical of the kingdom's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).

A US citizen sentenced to 19 years in a Saudi prison for social media posts criticising the kingdom's rulers has been released, his son told AFP on Tuesday.

Ibrahim previously shared with AFP a list of Twitter posts he said had been used in evidence against his father -- information he said had been confirmed by the State Department. Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a 72-year-old of Saudi origin, was arrested in 2021 for what his son, Ibrahim, described as "mild" Twitter posts on topics including the war in Yemen and the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Dubai (AFP) – A US citizen sentenced to 19 years in a Saudi prison for social media posts criticising the kingdom's rulers has been released, his son told AFP on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia has freed a Saudi-US citizen imprisoned for more than a year over his old tweets critical...

But it was not immediately clear whether the kingdom would lift a travel ban it had imposed to follow the prison sentence. Madi on Monday night was at home with family members who live in Riyadh, said his son, Ibrahim al Madi, in the United States. Saudi Arabia had sentenced Madi last year to 16 years in prison, saying his critical tweets about how Saudi Arabia was being governed amounted to terrorist acts against the kingdom.

Saad ibrahim Almadi was arrested in 2021 for social media posts on Yemen and the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

“They made him sign a paper to not go public and not talk about his release. “If it’s up to him he’s going to stay silent about it. Last month, the sentence was lengthened to 19 years before his surprise release on Tuesday, Ibrahim said. A travel ban imposed last year means he cannot leave the country, Ibrahim said. I’m the one who is talking about this one, because I want to increase the pressure to bring him back home,” he said. Salma al-Shehab, a doctoral candidate at Britain’s University of Leeds,

Tharaia advises young women aspiring to work in the automotive industry not to be scared of male dominance.

They assist people who work to improve their talents in a way that is advantageous to them and the organisation,” she says. “I would have emphasized to her to take good care of herself and be courageous about her goals. “We had to push ourselves and make the best of what we had. Whenever a challenge surfaces, there is a chance to learn something new from it,” she says. My knowledge of the industry increased as well,” she says. It was during that time that I got to understand different market dynamics aligned with working with clients from various sectors,” she says.

Saudi Arabia released US-Saudi dual national Saad Ibrahim Almadi from prison, more than a year after he was arrested for tweets critical of the kingdom, ...

Almadi was sentenced by Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court over 14 tweets critical of the Saudi government that he posted while in the US, a Freedom Initiative statement said, adding that some of the tweets date back seven years. Neither Saudi nor US officials immediately confirmed the release of Almadi and it remains unclear whether the kingdom would lift a travel ban it had imposed to allow Almadi to return to the US. The 72-year-old had been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia after being given a 16-year sentence for tweets critical of the Saudi government, the US State Department said in October.

Saad Ibrahim Almadi, who also has Saudi citizenship, was arrested in November 2021 when he arrived in Riyadh from Florida to visit his family.

The Saudis had imposed a 16-year travel ban on him. An appeals court had increased the jail term to 19 years last month, the BBC report further said, adding that the US as well as Saudi authorities have not commented on his release yet. Saudi Arabia has released a US citizen from prison more than a year after convicting him over tweets critical of the kingdom, according to the BBC.

Saad Almadi, a 72-year-old living in Florida, was arrested in Riyadh in 2021 after posting tweets critical of Mohammed bin Salman's government.

“There are far too many people in Saudi detention who don’t have the benefit of U.S. “We are relieved that Saad Almadi has been released, but he should have never spent a day behind bars for innocuous tweets,” the organization’s Saudi director, Abdullah Alaoudh, said in a statement. According to investigators, a team of Saudi agents killed Khashoggi inside the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate before dismembering his body. [Writing in The Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/09/joe-biden-saudi-arabia-israel-visit/?itid=lk_inline_manual_27), Biden acknowledged reservations over Riyadh’s poor human rights record and said: “My administration has made clear that the United States will not tolerate extraterritorial threats and harassment against dissidents and activists by any government. In one of the tweets, Saad saluted the life of slain Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi and suggested that a street should be named his honor, Ibrahim said. The fight is not done yet,” Ibrahim said of his father.

Saad Ibrahim Almadi was released after 16 months in prison but remains in Riyadh under a travel ban, according to his son.

“There are far too many people in Saudi detention who don’t have the benefit of US citizenship to draw attention to their cases,” Alaoudh said in a statement. Carly Morris, a California native who criticized Saudi Arabia's guardianship laws on Twitter, told Al-Monitor she was placed under a 10-year travel ban last month. Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a retired project manager from Florida who also holds Saudi citizenship, faced 19 years behind bars for tweets he wrote while in the United States.

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- Revealed21 March 2023 - 2:53 pm - Defiant21 March 2023 - 3:42 pm - Recognition21 March 2023 - 5:00 pm - Revealed21 March 2023 - 4:57 pm - Outsmart21 March 2023 - 5:38 pm Inclusive of the convenience fee, one therefore, parts ways with Ksh650.

Vice President, Dr Philipo Mpango, has urged water authorities to ensure they educate the public on how to read meters to ensure that they pay water bills ...

He said Ewura will continue to supervise those authorities and advise them so that they can work diligently. The water distribution services are not consistent with the revenue generated, he noted, so authorities should make sure they adjust their plan and focus on the commercial aspect of their operations. This is because, he said, delaying paying the bills on time makes it difficult for the authorities to fulfill their obligations of providing efficient services to the people.

The agenda includes Sunshine Law Training, background, and history of the TDT Tax and the interest indicator process moving forward. Residents will also be able ...

Located in Central Florida, Orange County includes 13 municipalities and is home to world-famous theme parks, one of the nation’s largest convention centers and a thriving life science research park. About Orange County Government: Orange County Government strives to serve its residents and guests with integrity, honesty, fairness and professionalism. Tourism is a $75 billion industry and accounts for approximately 24% of employment in Orange County. Orange TV will carry the TDT Citizen Advisory Task Force meeting live. Orange County, Florida is one of the top travel destinations in the world. The agenda includes Sunshine Law Training, background, and history of the TDT Tax and the interest indicator process moving forward.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday released a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen who was imprisoned for more than a year after tweeting about Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

[retiree](https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/saudis-release-us-citizen-jailed-19-years-for-tweets/) who has been living in Florida and was visiting family in Saudi Arabia when he was arrested. His tweets that led to his arrest allegedly criticized the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has been accused of ordering the assassination of Washington Post journalist [Jamal Khashoggi](https://www.upi.com/topic/Jamal-Khashoggi/). "Whether in Saudi Arabia or the U.S., far too many innocent people like my dad remain behind bars there." [immunity](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/11/18/saudi-arabia-prince-immunity-Khashoggi-civil-lawsuit/6971668782616/) from a U.S. [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/politics/saad-ibrahim-almadi-released-saudi-arabia/index.html) reports. [Prince Mohammed](https://www.upi.com/topic/Prince_Mohammed/) bin Salman.

A dual citizen of the US and Saudi Arabia was released from prison on Tuesday after posting messages critical of the Middle Eastern kingdom on Twitter in ...

Almadi was arrested in 2021 while visiting family members on a two-week trip to Riyadh. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). After US officials pressed for his release, a Saudi appeals court added another 3 years to his sentence. ‘Now we have to fight the travel ban.’ Almadi was convicted by the kingdom’s Specialized Criminal Court. A dual citizen of the US and Saudi Arabia was released from prison on Tuesday after posting messages critical of the Middle Eastern kingdom on Twitter in 2021.