Cairo, <keyword id="6354912" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="egypt">Egypt</keyword> has witnessed a sudden spike in the <keyword id="6384751" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="number">number</keyword> of <keyword id="9292280" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="fresh-coronavirus-cases">fresh coronavirus cases</keyword> as the North African country reported 911 <keyword id="7571551" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="New-infections">new infections</keyword> and 42 deaths in the last 24 hours, <keyword id="10487438" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="health-minister-hala-zayed">Health Minister Hala Zayed</keyword> said. The two new tallies have increased the total deaths to 7,209 while and the caseload to 127,972, Xinhua news agency reported. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, the Minister revealed that the provinces of Cairo, Giza, Alexandria and Qalyubia have registered the highest numbers of infections this week, adding that 363 <keyword id="6365858" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="hospitals">hospitals</keyword> have been prepared to receive infected patients across the country. Zayed said that Egypt signed contracts on December 4 with the Global Vaccine Alliance and Immunizations (GAVI) to obtain vaccines for the <keyword id="8604864" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="novel-coronavirus">novel coronavirus</keyword>, adding that Egypt received the first batch of vaccines already. The priority of distributing the vaccine would be given to medical staff in isolation hospitals, people with chronic diseases like cancer and kidney failure, and the elderly, Zayed noted. Also on Wednesday, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said onthat New Year's Eve celebrations will be banned in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus amid the rising daily infection tolls reported recently nationwide. Madbouy instructed all concerned authorities to strictly confront violations of the precautionary measures to avoid enforcing a lockdown that will bear negative economic repercussions. Egypt announced its first confirmed coronavirus case on February 14 and the first death on March 8. Around mid-June, Egypt had witnessed a peak of daily infections and fatalities before they started to gradually decline in the first week of July. Amid declining cases and fatalities, Egypt has been easing relevant restrictions over the past three months as part of a coexistence plan to maintain anti-coronavirus precautionary measures while resuming economic activities. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/top-stocks-to-watch-mrs-bectors-ril-bharti-airtel-vodafone-idea-ilfs-interglobe-aviation-future-group-deepak-nitrite-jubilant-foodworks-and-others/articleshow/79933826.cms">Top stocks to watch – Mrs Bectors, RIL, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, IL&amp;FS, InterGlobe Aviation, Future Group, Deepak Nitrite, Jubilant FoodWorks, and others</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/india-will-have-to-pay-cairn-1-2-billion-ending-one-of-the-biggest-tax-disputes-of-the-decade/articleshow/79934284.cms">India will have to pay Cairn $1.2 billion ending one of the biggest tax disputes of the decade</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/mrs-bectors-food-ipo-investors-saw-their-money-double-on-listing-day/articleshow/79934860.cms">Mrs Bector’s Food IPO investors saw their money double on listing day</a>

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External Affairs Minister S. <keyword id="236448" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="jaishankar" source="Orion">Jaishankar</keyword> has capped a day of intense diplomacy with a meeting with General Assembly President Csaba Korosi discussing global development and the UN's role while assuring him of <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword>'s support. On Monday, the eve of the high-level Assembly meeting, he held bilateral meetings also with eight foreign ministers and attended two multilateral sessions covering a geography from Indonesia to Trinidad and topics ranging from security, food and agriculture to economy and development. Jaishankar tried to bring focus in his meeting with Korosi and others to matters of vital importance to the developing nations like energy and food security, fertiliser availability, health issues, global debt concerns and trade disruption problems, according to an official source. After his meeting with Korosi, Jaishankar tweeted: "Assured him of India's fullest support. Discussed the criticality of SDG agenda for global progress. Shared Indian experiences in that regard." SDGs are the 17 sustainable development goals set by the UN to be achieved by 2030 and cover topics ranging from environment to education, and from poverty to peace but which are now facing a setback from the Covid pandemic and the fallout of the Ukraine war. Jaishankar's first meeting of the day was with Argentina's Foreign Minister <keyword id="11328024" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="santiago-cafiero" source="Orion">Santiago Cafiero</keyword>, who is the President pro tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), along with Foreign Ministers Mario Adolfo Bucaro Flores of Guatemala and Amery Browne of Trinidad and Tobago. The meeting aimed at highlighting the growing relations between India and the CELAC countries in areas ranging from health and science to trade and energy and to develop them further, the source said, pointing out that India, for example, ranks among the top five trade partners of Brazil and Argentina. Cafiero tweeted, that CELAC "reactivated after 5 years the region's link with India". "The unity of the countries of the global south will make it possible to strengthen the energy and food security agenda, which is key to the development of our peoples," he added in the Spanish language tweet. The source said that Jaishankar's trilateral meeting with Foreign Ministers Catherine Colonna of France and <keyword id="3149357" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="zayed-al-nahyan" source="Orion">Zayed Al Nahyan</keyword> of the United Arab Emirates follows the contemporary development in diplomacy, moving beyond bilateral and regional relations to interest-based groupings spanning geographic areas. Cooperation in the areas of food, energy and security were among the topics discussed, the source said. Colonna tweeted in French that it was the "launch of a new trilateral format in the Indo-Pacific zone with India and the Emirates" with "a common ambition to move forward in 4 areas: security and defence, Climate, Technologies and people(-to-people) exchanges". Jaishankar also met one-on-one with Al Nahyan, with whose country India has close multilateral ties. He tweeted after their meeting: "Appreciated his assessments and insights on the global situation." At their meeting, Jaishankar and Browne reviewed the ties between Trinidad, whose population of Indian descent is about 40 per cent, and India and discussed strengthening it, according to a source. Indonesia is the president of the G20, the group of developed and emerging nations, and is scheduled to hand over the baton to India in December. Jaishankar's meeting with Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi centered on the work of the G20 and the transfer of the presidency, the source said. "We spoke on G20 cooperation, including ensuring concrete deliverables for G20 2022," Marsudi tweeted. The source said that during the meeting with Foreign Minister <keyword id="561988" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sameh-shoukry" source="Orion">Sameh Shoukry</keyword> of Egypt they noted the closely shared outlook on many issues, especially in development, and spoke about cooperation in the nonaligned movement and at the UN, the source said. Jaishankar tweeted that they "discussed our close cooperation at the UN and NAM (Nonaligned Movement). Recognized the value Egypt's participation in G20 will bring next year. Of importance to India is that Egypt is hosting in November the next UN climate change meeting which is formally known as COP27 for the 27th edition of the Conference of Parties to one of the international agreements on climate. Regarding the meeting with Albania's Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka, the source said that both countries that are currently on the Security Council have worked together, and New Delhi wants to build on that in other spheres. Echoing the sentiments, Xhacka tweeted: "Albania and India work together as non-permanent members to the #UNSC. Time to strengthen cooperation and relations in many areas of interest." Jaishankar said in a tweet that he "exchanged views on Ukraine and energy security" with the Minister whose country is in the vicinity of the embattled nation. Jaishankar also met Foreign Minister Ian Borg of Malta with which India shares commonwealth ties. India has business interests there and sees Malta as a gateway to the European Union now that Britain is out of it, the source said. Malta will be joining the Security Council next year as India leaves it ending its two-year term. Borg tweeted: "We spoke about UNSC developments and our priorities on the Council as from Jan2023." Development was the main theme of Jaishankar's meeting with Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, according to the source. India, which has had a long relationship with Cuba in diplomatic, developmental and economic spheres, is now helping the country in economic straits with a 100 million euro line of credit that was extended in July primarily to buy rice. Cuba is expected to take over the leadership of the G77, the 137-member group of developing countries, from Pakistan. Parilla tweeted in Spanish: "We highlight the historical ties of friendship between both countries, India, Cuba. We express our willingness to continue strengthening bilateral cooperation and developing economic, trade and investment ties." Ethiopia's Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen, who also holds the foreign ministry portfolio, briefed Jaishankar on the conflict involving the Tigray People's Liberation Front, which has flared up again, according to the source. They discussed cooperation including in education, noting that Indian teachers have been the mainstay of that country's education system for decades, the source said. Ethiopia's Education Minister Berhanu Nega was also at the meeting. The Assembly's high-level week brings leaders from around the world to the UN and Jaishankar noted in a tweet that it "is full of friends" after he casually ran into Serbia's Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic. 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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Trump endorsed <keyword id="12012812" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hungary" source="Orion">Hungary</keyword>'s far-right leader Viktor Orbán ahead of the country's parliamentary elections.</li><li>"He is a strong leader and respected by all," Trump said of Orbán.</li></ul>Former US President <keyword id="11914386" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donald-trump" source="Orion">Donald Trump</keyword> on Monday endorsed Hungarian prime minister <keyword id="12873476" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="viktor-orban" source="Orion">Viktor Orban</keyword> in a statement calling the far-right populist, who has severely <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-senators-praise-hungary-orban-after-seeing-him-tucker-carlson-2021-8">undermined his nation's democracy</a>, a "strong leader.""Viktor Orban of Hungary truly loves his Country and wants safety for his people," Trump said in a written statement sent through the Save America PAC. "He has done a powerful and wonderful job in protecting Hungary, stopping illegal immigration, creating jobs, trade, and should be allowed to continue to do so in the upcoming Election. He is a strong leader and respected by all. He has my Complete support and Endorsement for reelection as Prime Minister!"Trump's endorsement was highly unusual given that US leaders refrain from weighing in on foreign elections. Since leaving office, Trump has also endorsed the far-right Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro. Both Bolsonaro and Orban are up for reelection this year.Since taking power in 2010, Orban and his far-right Fidesz party have embraced one-party rule, radically overhauled Hungary's constitutional system, and promoted what Orban calls "illiberal <keyword id="11902937" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="democracy" source="Orion">democracy</keyword>."Orban's hardline stance on immigration and increased control over the country's press, judicial system, and academic institutions have also <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-orban/hungary-will-remain-part-of-the-european-union-pm-orban-says-idUSKBN1WE0GT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised questions</a> about Hungary's membership in the European Union. Last year, <a href="https://www.v-dem.net/media/filer_public/f9/08/f908eb53-c0e2-40f0-9294-e067537d8f0b/v-dem_policybrief_5_2016.pdf">Varieties of Democracy</a> (V-Dem), a group that monitors the health of democracies, ranked Hungary among the world's top 10 autocratizing countries. "I think we are heading towards a point of no return where it will be practically impossible to replace the government through elections," Peter Kreko, the director of the Budapest-based Political Capital Institute, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/07/viktor-orban-autocracy-hungary-election/619351/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Atlantic</a> last July.But many American conservatives have looked to Orban and his government as a model of far-right leadership, publicly praising his harsh anti-immigration policies and efforts to boost the Hungarian birth rate, among other nationalist policies. Fox <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> host <keyword id="12002687" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tucker-carlson" source="Orion">Tucker Carlson</keyword> filmed his show from Budapest for a week last year, promoting Orban and his regime. Trump's endorsement continues his public support for the Hungarian leader, who endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020 and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/722620996/in-trump-hungarys-viktor-orban-has-a-rare-ally-in-the-oval-office">visited the White House for the first time in 2019</a>. Orban will face off this spring against Peter Marki-Zay, who <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/outsider-marki-zay-jumps-early-lead-hungary-opposition-run-off-2021-10-17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won an opposition run-off</a> in October. Six opposition parties, including socialists and the center-right Jobbik, joined together to back Marki-Zay in a bid to oust Orban in this year's election."We can only win together," Marki-Zay said after winning the run-off. "No one can break the unity of the opposition."

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New Delhi, Apr 13 () India is ascertaining the possible impact on Indians of the sweeping measures adopted by several countries in the Gulf region like United Arab Emirates and Qatar to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Government sources said that Indian missions in the region have been told to extend all possible assistance to the Indians in distress in the wake of the pandemic. Around eight million Indians are living in the Gulf countries and there has been growing anxiety among them over their livelihood in view of the pandemic as it has majorly impacted the oil-driven economy of the region. Almost all Gulf countries have taken a series of drastic measures including imposing total lockdown, travel restrictions and even closing borders to stem the spread of the coronavirus infection. The United Arab Emirates has already warned of possible action against countries refusing to allow their citizens to return. Around 3.3 million Indians are living in the UAE and they constitute roughly 30 per cent of the country's population. Among the Indian states, Kerala is the most represented followed by Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. A large number of Indians are working in the construction sector in Qatar which is hosting the FIFA world cup in 2022. India is ascertaining the veracity of the reports, government sources said when asked about possible impact of the measures on stranded Indians. Saudi Arabia, a leading oil producer, has indefinitely extended a nationwide curfew to combat the pandemic. The number of coronavirus cases in the region is on an upswing with the combined total in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman nearing 14,000, and 100 deaths. As a matter of policy, India has decided not to bring back the stranded Indians from abroad till the nation-wide lockdown ends. Though the current spell of 21-day lockdown is ending Tuesday, the government is set to extend it by another two weeks with some relaxation. The issue of Indians in Gulf region figured prominently during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video conference with heads of Indian missions abroad on March 30. Welfare of Indians in the Gulf was the major focus area in the discussions Modi had with leaders of countries in the region over the last few weeks, officials said. Over the last few weeks, Modi has been holding consultations with leaders of several Gulf nations, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with whom he spoke on March 17 to discuss the COVID-19 situation. Modi has also spoken to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al Thani, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Bahraini King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa. During these discussions, one of the primary issues raised by Prime Minister Modi was the wellbeing of the Indian diaspora in these nations, officials said. The prime minister personally requested the leaders to ensure wellbeing of the Indian community there, and each of these leaders gave strong assurances that the Indian diaspora will be taken care of in these tough times, they said. Asked about US President Donald Trump's announcement of visa sanctions on countries refusing to repatriate their nationals, sources said India is in touch with Washington on the issue. "We have been in touch with the US Government requesting them to extend the validity of visa of Indian nationals (H1B and other types of visa holders) who are stranded in the US due to the pandemic," said a source. "We are closely monitoring related developments," the source added. Trump on Friday announced a new visa sanction norm, providing for visa denial to citizens of countries which either deny or dilly-dally in repatriating their citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump issued the memorandum for visa sanctions, which would be effective immediately and valid till December 31, this year, saying the countries "denying or unreasonably delaying" the repatriation of their citizens would be deemed to be causing "unacceptable public health risks for Americans". MPB RT

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