best quotes for self Haryana chief minister (CM) Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday announced an ambitious target of creating 1,800 TB-free gram panchayats by March 2025. This follows the state’s success in declaring 579 gram panchayats TB-free in 2023. Sharing progress made under the state’s TB elimination initiatives at the launch of the nationwide 100-Day TB Elimination Campaign in Panchkula, Saini highlighted that the data of 79,652 patients from Haryana has been uploaded to the Ni-kshay portal. He added that 3.49 lakh TB patients have so far received financial assistance worth ₹ 117.46 crore under the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY). Saini also emphasised Haryana’s adoption of advanced technologies to combat TB. The state has connected X-ray centres to the Indian Plasma Research Institute in Ahmedabad through AI, becoming the second state in the country to do so. Additionally, two cutting-edge microbial culture and DST labs have been established in Rohtak and Karnal, with a third lab under development in Ambala. “To reach vulnerable populations, 59 mobile health vans are conducting TB tests in villages, slums and among daily wage workers, brick kiln workers, and farmers,” Saini said. The state has also increased its designated microscopy centres (DMCs) for sample testing from 358 to 428, with plans to open 131 new DMCs. Handheld X-ray devices with AI capabilities are being deployed across districts for faster diagnostics. The CM assured that all TB diagnostic tests and treatments are being provided free of charge. Patients are also receiving free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat scheme in both government and private sectors. “So far, claims worth ₹ 29 crore for 17,500 TB patients have been settled under the scheme. For those not eligible for Ayushman, free treatment is still ensured,” Saini added. Highlighting efforts to treat drug-resistant TB cases, Saini noted the establishment of four nodal drug-resistant TB centres at PGIMS Rohtak and medical colleges in Karnal, Nuh, and Sonipat. Furthermore, district nodal drug-resistant TB centres have been set up in all 22 districts of Haryana. 65 hi-tech mobile vans deployed The Haryana government also launched 65 mobile vans (Ni-kshay vahan) equipped with advanced diagnostic tools in all districts of the state. The mobile vans will target high-risk areas, such as villages and urban settlements. These vehicles are equipped to perform chest X-rays and sputum tests on-site. Results will be available within 24 hours, and treatment for confirmed TB cases will commence immediately. As part of the campaign, the government has also launched the “Nikshay Mitra” initiative, where volunteers adopt TB patients and provide regular support, including follow-ups every 15 days. The campaign includes a detailed micro-planning strategy to maximise reach and effectiveness. Department officials, including ASHA workers and ANMs, will work in collaboration to identify and treat TB patients. The TB treatment is being provided free of cost under the government’s initiative. Patients will also receive ₹ 1,000 per month in their bank accounts to support nutritional needs during treatment. Energy tablets are being distributed as part of the program to ensure faster recovery.

WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump instigated a violent attack on the Capitol, was impeached for it by the House, was criminally indicted for it, but in the end was given a pass for it by key voters in the seven swing states, new polling confirms, because they were more concerned about inflation and other pocketbook issues. “It’s clear that voters were thinking about their economic situation,” said Nick Ahamed from Priorities USA, a Democratic-aligned group that on Thursday released a post-election survey to quantify why Vice President Kamala Harris lost to a man who attempted a coup to remain in power the last time he held the White House. Ahamed said voters were not necessarily making a conscious tradeoff between democracy and lower living costs. It’s more that they largely did not believe that Trump represents a continued threat to democracy, despite his history. Even worse for Harris’ campaign, the voters she most needed to hang on to, those who flipped from Democratic President Joe Biden in 2020 to Trump in 2024, were even less likely to see Trump as a danger to the republic than the average voter. Only 24% of voters in Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina believe that Trump is “very likely” to overturn the Constitution to remain in power ― which is still higher than the 18% of Biden-to-Trump voters who believe that. And while just 29% of voters thought it’s very likely that Trump would try to use the U.S. military to go after his political opponents and critics, among Biden-to-Trump voters that figure is just 24%. While both the Harris campaign and outside groups helping her focused on economic issues, the limited attempt to warn voters about Trump’s autocratic tendencies failed, Ahamed acknowledged. “We didn’t connect Trump’s authoritarian behavior and what it would mean for them in the next year and in the next four years,” he said. A more basic problem Democratic campaign operatives had, Ahamed added, is the assumption that most Americans saw Trump the same way they did. “Themes like ‘stronger together,’ ‘restore the soul of the nation,’ ‘we’re not going back,’ all are predicated on a hatred of Donald Trump that voters ... and the voters specifically that we lost, don’t necessarily feel,” he said. Polling, for example, showed Trump’s continued success at pushing the image that made him famous: his portrayal of a genius billionaire businessman on the television game show “The Apprentice.” Among Black men between 18 and 44, a full 38% like Trump because he “tells it like it is,” even though the former president has been a notorious liar his entire adult life, while 35% believe he is a “successful businessman and entrepreneur,” even though he inherited his wealth, and his business record includes bankrupting casinos. The poll also had warnings for Democrats about opposing “cultural heroes” of those voters they need to win over to win elections. Billionaire Trump supporter Elon Musk, for instance, is liked and disliked about equally among all voters. Among those who voted for Biden in 2020 but for Trump in 2024, he is seen favorably by 64% and unfavorably by only 20%. Democracy advocates, including anti-Trump Republicans, warned months ahead of the election that Jan. 6 was not likely to work as a campaign issue in 2024 because Trump successfully made his lie that the 2020 election had been stolen from him, and his follow-up claim that those arrested for their participation in the Capitol attack were “political prisoners” and “hostages” that deserved pardons, articles of faith within the Republican Party. While public opinion in the days and weeks after Jan. 6 ran overwhelmingly against the attack and Trump, those numbers began to shift over the months as Trump and pro-Trump media pushed conspiracy theories about the election as well as the violence on that day. The need to avoid alienating Trump’s hard-core supporters, in fact, in February 2021 led to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and most Republicans refusing to convict Trump on his impeachment, which would have led to his prohibition from holding federal office again. “Ultimately this comes down to Mitch McConnell,” Ahamed said. Dean Phillips, Early Challenger To Biden In 2024: I Would Do It All Again Tommy Tuberville Suggests GOP Senators Should Blindly Support Trump's Nominees Trump Moves To End His Criminal Case In Georgia

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Ohio secures 84-68 win against Robert MorrisPolice release new photos as they search for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO NEW YORK (AP) — Two law enforcement officials say a masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk used ammunition emblazoned with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose." The official were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke Thursday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Police also released photos of a person they say is wanted for questioning in the ambush the day before of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The words on the ammunition may have been a reference to tactics insurance companies use to avoid paying claims. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are bringing Trump's DOGE to Capitol Hill WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s DOGE time at the U.S. Capitol. Billionaire Elon Musk and fellow business titan Vivek Ramaswamy spent several hours meeting with lawmakers, swapping ideas for how to cut government. The two are heading up President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, with its plans to “dismantle” the federal government. Trump tapped the duo to come up with ways for firing federal workers, cutting government programs and slashing federal regulations — all part of Trump's agenda for a second-term at the White House. For hours they listened as lawmakers shared ideas. House Speaker Mike Johnson said there's going to be “a lot of change” in Washington. House rejects Democratic efforts to force release of Matt Gaetz ethics report WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has shut down Democrats’ efforts to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz. The party line vote pushes the fate of any resolution to the yearslong investigation of sexual misconduct allegations into further uncertainty. Democrats had been pressing for the findings to be published even though the Florida Republican left Congress and withdrew as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general. Earlier Thursday, the Ethics panel met to discuss the Gaetz report but made no decision, saying in a short statement that the matter is still being discussed. Gaetz has repeatedly denied the claims. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif. was the sole Republican to vote in support of releasing the report. Hamas official says Gaza ceasefire talks have resumed after weekslong hiatus ISTANBUL (AP) — A Hamas official says that after a weekslong hiatus international mediators have resumed negotiating with the militant group and Israel over a ceasefire in Gaza, and that he was hopeful a deal to end the 14-month war was within reach. Ceasefire negotiations were halted last month when Qatar suspended its talks with mediators from Egypt and the United States over frustration with a lack of progress between Israel and Hamas. But Bassem Naim, an official in Hamas’ political wing, said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press that there has been a “reactivation” of efforts to end the fighting, release hostages from Gaza and free Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Hegseth faces senators' concerns not only about his behavior but also his views on women in combat WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth has spent the week on Capitol Hill trying to reassure Republican senators that he is fit to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Defense in the wake of high-profile allegations about excessive drinking and sexual assault. But senators in both parties have also expressed concern about another issue — Hegseth’s frequent comments that women should not serve in frontline military combat jobs. As he meets with senators for a fourth day Thursday, his professional views on women troops are coming under deeper scrutiny. Hegseth said this week that “we have amazing women who serve our military.” Pressed if they should serve in combat, Hegseth said they already do. Why the rebel capture of Syria's Hama, a city with a dark history, matters BEIRUT (AP) — One of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world happened more than four decades ago, when then-Syrian President Hafez Assad launched what came to be known as the Hama Massacre. The slaughter was named for the Syrian city where 10,000 to 40,000 people were killed or disappeared in a government attack that began on Feb. 2, 1982, and lasted for nearly a month. Hama was turned into ruins. The memory of the assault and the monthlong siege on the city remains visceral in Syrian and Arab minds. Now Islamist insurgents have captured the city in a moment many Syrians have awaited for over 40 years. France's Macron vows to stay in office till end of term, says he'll name a new prime minister soon PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to stay in office until the end of his term in 2027 and announced that he will name a new prime minister within days. In his address to the nation on Thursday, Macron came out fighting, laying blame at the door of his opponents on the far right for bringing down the government of Michel Barnier. He said they chose “not to do but to undo” and that they “chose disorder.” The president also said the far right and the far left had united in what he called “an anti-Republican front.” He said he’ll name a new prime minister within days but gave no hints who that might be. 7.0 earthquake off Northern California prompts brief tsunami warning SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The National Weather Service has canceled its tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after there was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. According to the U.S. Geological Survey on Thursday, at least 5.3 million people in California were under a tsunami warning after the earthquake struck. It was felt as far south as San Francisco, where residents felt a rolling motion for several seconds. It was followed by multiple smaller aftershocks. There were no immediate reports of major damage or injury. Yoon replaces the defense minister as South Korea's parliament moves to vote on their impeachments SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has replaced his defense minister as opposition parties moved to impeach both men over the stunning-but-brief imposition of martial law that brought armed troops into Seoul streets. Opposition parties are pushing for a vote on motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday evening. They hold 192 seats but need 200 votes for the motion to pass. Yoon’s office said he decided to replace Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun with Choi Byung Hyuk, a retired general who is South Korea’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Kim earlier apologized and said he ordered troops to carry out duties related to martial law. The Foreign Ministry also worked to mitigate the backlash and concern over South Korea's democracy. From outsider to the Oval Office, bitcoin surges as a new administration embraces crypto NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin burst on the scene after trust had withered in the financial system and Washington’s ability to protect people from it. Now, it’s Washington’s embrace of bitcoin that’s sending it to records. Bitcoin briefly surged above $103,000 after President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Paul Atkins, who's seen as friendly to crypto, to be the Securities and Exchange Commission's next chair. The crypto industry, meanwhile, did its part to bring politicians friendly to digital currencies into Washington. 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: Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) commissioner HM Dhyanchandra warned traders of stern action if they operate businesses without obtaining trade licences from the municipal corporation. Dhyanchandra conducted a surprise inspection of commercial establishments on Krishna Lanka service road during his field visit, checking whether they had the necessary trade licences. On the occasion, the VMC commissioner emphasised that a trade licence is mandatory for operating commercial establishments, regardless of business size. He urged owners to obtain licences to run their businesses legally. Strict action will be taken against those without valid licences, he warned. Meanwhile, Dhyanchandra reviewed the social security pension distribution process for beneficiaries in Krishna Lanka. He noted that 62,292 out of 67,371 beneficiaries (93%) had received their pensions in Vijayawada City on the first day.The Airport Zone Police in Visakhapatnam have arrested Venu Bhaskara Reddy, a key member of a criminal gang led by Joy Jamina, which targeted wealthy married men in an extortion scheme. According to the police, Venu Bhaskara Reddy cohabited with Jamima and directly participated in attacks on victims. Jamima, aged 27, lured affluent men through social media with promises of love and marriage. Once she gained their trust, she would invite them to secluded locations, where her gang would drug them, take compromising photographs, and extort large sums of money under the threat of releasing the images online. The police had been tracking Reddy for some time as he had been evading capture. He was apprehended following a coordinated operation involving multiple police teams.

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness has revealed that players interact and engage in a very different way than when he first took over the Donegal footballers in 2011. McGuinness' first stint as Donegal manager saw his Donegal side win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 2012. This also included the National Football League in 2014 and the Ulster Senior Football Championship in 2011, 2012, and 2014. McGuinness revolutionised Donegal's playing style, putting emphasis on a highly organised defensive system. After his tenure with the Donegal senior football team, Jim McGuinness became involved with Celtic Football Club in Scotland. He joined Celtic in 2015. He has since returned to Donegal for a second term to a very different Donegal side. Team styles and player outlooks change with the years that pass, and Donegal in 2023 and 2024 has been no different. This week, McGuinness sat down with the Irish News to talk about the Donegal footballers and other topics. McGuinness was asked specifically about what was the biggest difference between his first Donegal side and this one. The Donegal boss explained that there was a massive difference, and the likes of social media and mental health played a far more important factor than ever before. "There’s a massive difference in the players. Massive difference. Different generations, different thought processes, different intensity in their lives," s aid McGuinness to Irish News. Sat down with Jim McGuinness last week for a rare in-depth interview that will be published this weekend. Piece below touches on his thoughts on the proposed new rules and the return of Michael Murphy. https://t.co/HjTX8vJjKr — Cahair O'Kane (@CahairOKane1) November 27, 2024 "Reared on technology, the intensity of that, social media, and mental health—all those things are real. You don’t even want to acknowledge them sometimes because you’re coming from that different generation. "The last group was a totally different group. This group wants information; they want data; they want information on themselves. That’s how they engage and interact." Social media doesn't just affect players; managers are also affected by it all. However, McGuinness has admitted he is not someone who uses social media in that way. The Donegal native revealed that people masquerading as experts, when it is essentially opinion at the end of the day, is another reason why he hasn't warmed to it. "Trying to navigate your way through that is not easy; parents and agents have a huge impact. Social media’s there, and you could be ruined by a couple of comments," he added. "That’s why I just don’t go there, don’t like it, and don’t agree with it. It’s way too personal a lot of the time. Everybody’s an expert—well, you’re not, like. "You just aren’t. Experts are experts for a reason. Everybody’s entitled to their opinion, but you’re not an expert." See More: Jim McGuinnessIn the final days before Romania’s parliamentary elections this weekend, the governing parties’ leaders both quit, pollsters gave up on projecting the results and the nation’s top court cast serious doubt on the integrity of the voting process. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. Sunday’s parliamentary contest pits the pro-European establishment against far-right insurgents and will help to determine whether a critical NATO member and Ukrainian ally lurches closer to Moscow. It takes place in an atmosphere of scarcely believable chaos and confusion. Romania is in the middle of three consecutive weekend ballots for both a new parliament and a new president. Events spun off the rails in the first round of the presidential election on Nov. 24, when a Russia sympathizer with barely any public profile emerged as the shock winner. Calin Georgescu reported zero spending on a campaign that was mainly driven by social media videos on TikTok recorded from his living room. His victory sparked fears that Romania’s democratic process had been hacked by the Kremlin. In the country’s biggest political crisis since the communist regime collapsed over three decades ago, the constitutional court has ordered a recount of the presidential ballots, but it won’t have the fresh results until Sunday night and there is mounting speculation that it may order a rerun. As voters prepare to return to the polls on Sunday, there are major questions hanging over the process that they simply do not have answers to. The prospect of a far-right surge has sent hundreds to take the streets in freezing temperatures. In Bucharest, demonstrators chanted “We want freedom, not fascism.” For all the concerns about Russian interference, there’s also deep frustration, especially outside the major cities, with the mainstream candidates who were ejected in the first presidential ballot. Romania’s two most established parties, the Social Democrats and the Liberals, have governed in coalition for the past three years and the country has suffered rising inequality and rampant inflation. The vote puts 19 million Romanians at the heart of the struggle between the democratic institutions of the European Union and Russia’s expansionary ambitions. To the north, Romania borders Ukraine, where the Russian army has been fighting for almost three years to restore what President Vladimir Putin says is his country’s historic territorial rights. To the east is Moldova, where a pro-Western president survived another election earlier this month amid widespread reports of Kremlin interference. Putin’s ally Viktor Orban governs Hungary to the west. Romania, too, an EU member, could soon have a pro-Russian president and a far-right government, if the next two weeks of voting break in their favor. Many Romanians only began to learn after the vote about 62-year-old Georgescu, the agricultural engineer who languished in the single digits in polls just weeks before the election. A one-time ally of ultranationalist Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, Georgescu has denounced military support for Ukraine, called for a quick end to the war and cast doubt on the benefits of the country’s NATO membership. “I do not want to leave NATO, I do not want to leave the European Union,” he said on Tuesday, pushing back against his characterization by the local media. “I am a Romanian — I have no connection with Russia, I’m not a legionnaire, I’m not an antisemite.” Some of the comments collide with previous statements, in which he laid blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with NATO — and raised the prospect of leaving the military alliance if it didn’t guarantee peace. In 2020, Georgescu praised Putin as one of the worlds few true leaders. The alarm deepened after Georgescu said he had no campaign funding — and that supporter financing had been donated. The claim raised hackles from critics who pointed out that the candidate’s high-resolution videos, including some with sweeping landscape shots — featuring him on horseback, performing judo moves, dipping into a mountain lake — could only have been produced by professionals. An investigation by local news website G4media suggested the effort was artificially amplified by foreign interference. Georgescu’s profile was heavily promoted by a volunteers who were prompted to spread posts in exchange for “undisclosed rewards,” the website reported. A similar scheme took place during the vote in Moldova. Romania’s Supreme Defense Council, which includes top government and intelligence officials, issued a statement Thursday saying that one candidate — it didn’t name Georgescu — benefited from “massive exposure and preferential treatment.” The panel cited Russian influence operations that aimed to shift public opinion in Romania — and accused TikTok of failing to label the candidate’s videos as election material as required by Romanian law. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who has frequently misled the media over previous disinformation campaigns, said Friday that allegations of Russian interference in Romanian elections are unfounded and unsupported, according to the Interfax news agency. TikTok said it was “categorically false” to claim that it treated Georgescu’s account differently from other candidates. Adding to the sense of a country spinning out of control, Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned his party’s leadership while his coalition partners, the Liberals, ousted their leader. After pollsters completely missed Georgescu’s victory last week, they’ve opted not to release any further surveys, so voters, candidates and officials are all essentially flying blind ahead of Sunday’s vote. Before the voluntary polling blackout, the ultranationalists tied to another candidate George Simion, had been making steady gains and were running second place behind the Social Democrats. Now though, no one is really sure where they stand. “The situation is very fluid,” said Remus Stefureac, the director of research firm INSCOP. He predicted that Romania’s pro-European would still get between 50% and 60%, enabling them to form a government, but without much conviction. “In a background of increased social tensions, a sovereign movement can get a temporary boost,” he said. ——— (With assistance from Slav Okov and Demetrios Pogkas.) ©2024 Bloomberg L.P. Visit bloomberg.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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