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Government getting advice on whether pre-departure testing in India can be trusted after spate of Covid-19 cases Wed, Mar 31 • Source: 1 NEWS The Government is receiving advice on whether pre-departure Covid-19 testing results from India can be trusted after a spate of cases on a weekend flight into New Zealand. Chris Hipkins says very low proportion of returnees to NZ have tested positive for Covid-19 He says the total number of MIQ cases over the last 12 months is around 800, from around 125,000 returnees. Source: 1 NEWS Twelve border cases arrived in a single flight from India via Dubai that touched down in Auckland on Saturday, with an additional eight cases recorded in the last week after returning via this journey. Hipkins said the flight in question, from Dubai, was still needed because it brought medical supplies into New Zealand. “We are seeing quite a few cases coming through that, it’s an Emirates flight that tends to bring a lot of people from India, we do see quite a high concentration of cases from that,” Hipkins said. “Having said that, it is a very full flight, some of the other flights coming in may only have a few cases on them but they’re also half empty sometimes, this is a very full flight and it’s obviously coming from a country where Covid-19 is rampant.” Hipkins said he was getting advice on the testing regime in India, but said the pre-departure testing rules which require people to get tested 72 hours before departing for New Zealand were not a “failsafe”. Read the rest here https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/government-getting-advice-whether-pre-departure-testing-in-india-can-trusted-after-spate-covid-19-cases

Members of Congress and Their Staff Are Exempt From Biden's Vaccine Mandate. BY DARRAGH ROCHE ON 9/10/21 AT 11:02 AM EDT The New York Times reported on Thursday that the executive order doesn't apply to those who work for Congress or the federal courts, citing White House officials. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said at a press conference on April 29 that the House couldn't require members to be vaccinated. Video clips of those remarks gained renewed attention online following Biden's announcement. "So—so here is the thing. We are—we cannot require someone to be vaccinated. That's just not what we can do. It is a matter of privacy to know who is or who isn't," Pelosi said. https://www.newsweek.com/members-congress-staff-exempt-biden-covid-vaccine-mandate-1627859

coincidental strokes and heart attacks after vaccination will occur,” said MOH.

World Economic Forum attendees will not need to serve SHN: MOH SINGAPORE — Attendees at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) special annual meeting in August will not be required to serve a Stay-Home Notice (SHN), said the Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary on Tuesday (16 February). Instead, both local and foreign attendees will be subject to "rigorous testing arrangements", as well as safe management measures (SMM) such as mask-wearing, safe distancing and the compulsory use of TraceTogether (TT) technology. Dr Puthucheary was responding to Sengkang Member of Parliament He Ting Ru's parliamentary query on whether WEF attendees will be subject to an SHN and what other SMM measures will be implemented, in order to prevent the WEF meeting from turning into a super spreader event. He added that there will also be physical segregation of event attendees from the local community. "This will reduce the risk of infections spreading from event attendees to the local community at large, and vice versa." In the coming months, MOH will continue to assess the COVID-19 situation locally and globally, and adjust the public health measures for the event as necessary. The WEF and the Singapore government had previously announced that the summit in Singapore will be postponed to August from May, in light of global travel restrictions and the international challenges in combating the virus. https://sg.yahoo.com/news/world-economic-forum-attendees-shn-moh-062508204.html

Shangri-La Dialogue organiser remains 'committed' to holding this year’s event in person Delegates attend the Shangri-La Dialogue Sherpa Meeting in Singapore on Jan 18, 2021. (Photo: Facebook/Ng Eng Hen) By Cindy Co 14 May 2021 05:08PM (Updated: 14 May 2021 05:42PM) SINGAPORE: The organiser of the Shangri-La Dialogue said it “remain(s) committed” to holding this year's event in person, after the Singapore government on Friday (May 14) announced tighter COVID-19 safety measures. The defence summit draws delegates from dozens of countries each year. It is scheduled to be held on Jun 4 and 5 this year. Since its launch in 2002, it has been held in Singapore annually except for last year when it was cancelled due to global COVID-19 travel restrictions. In a statement on Friday, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) told CNA that it is aware of the announcement by Singapore’s COVID-19 multi-ministry task force. “We remain committed to holding the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in person in early June,” said a spokesperson. “We will review our safe management measures in light of today’s news to ensure the highest safety levels for all our participants and the wider community in Singapore.” The spokesperson added that IISS will continue to monitor the local and global COVID-19 situation closely. Amid a rise in community cases, the multi-ministry task force held a media conference on Friday announcing tighter measures, including a cap of 100 people at conferences with pre-event testing and 50 without testing. On whether conferences such as the Shangri-La Dialogue and the World Economic Forum in August will go ahead, co-chair of the task force Lawrence Wong said that the organisers are monitoring the situation globally and in Singapore “very closely” and will provide updates in due course. “As far as the Singapore side is concerned, we are in touch with them and we will provide them the latest information on our prevailing public health updates and cases, measures we are taking, so that they have the latest information to decide on the events,” he said. Mr Wong added that organisers will also consider the broader public health situation and whether potential attendees are prepared to travel. Participants expected at the Shangri-La Dialogue include US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and keynote speaker Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/shangri-la-dialogue-organiser-committed-to-hold-in-person-event-14809060

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Around 4000 Indian pilots being probed for fake licences Revelation lands India in awkward position around globe New Delhi, April 12 (KMS): Over 4000 pilots in India including those associated with national flag carrier Air India are being investigated for having fake pilot licences. The revelation has landed India in an awkward position around the globe, as the country under Narendra Modi government is already facing scandals like the one exposed by EU Disinfo Lab. India’s airline watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has admitted that many pilots associated with Air India, Indigo and MDLR airlines have been arrested on the charge of having fake licences, so far. All this came to after an investigation into the rough landing by woman pilot, Parmandar Kaur Galati, at Goa airport. Later, investigations found that she was issued fake licence despite failing test for seven times. Indigo airline pilot, Kaur Gulti was arrested on charges of forging his mark sheet to obtain a pilot’s license. Another arrest was made on the same grounds. This time, Captain JK Verma, the pilot of India’s national airline Air India, was arrested. “We have arrested Verma,” a senior police official said. The investigation is ongoing. We have been given more names by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The matter was then reported to the Aviation Watchdog, DGCA. The airline Watchdog acknowledged that 4,000 pilot licenses were being investigated in India. Naseem Zaidi, India’s secretary of aviation, said the DGCA was investigating the licenses of 3,000 to 4,000 pilots with reference to fake pilots. In order to obtain a pilot’s license in India, a pilot has to pass three subjects, but in the case of Pilot Galati, the DGCA’s investigation shows that she cannot clear two papers, so she allegedly made a fake license. https://kmsnews.org/news/2021/04/12/around-4000-indian-pilots-being-probed-for-fake-licences/

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SINGAPORE — Around 30,000 individuals who have used the services of Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) may have had their names, contact details and other personal data exposed following a malware attack on a mailbox belonging to an employee of a third-party vendor last month. Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/personal-data-30000-e2i-clients-potentially-exposed-malware-attack-vendor

india news MP exam’s 10 toppers from same college, made same mistakes; CM orders probe The top 10 toppers of the exam belong to MP's Chambal division graduated from the same college and scored similar mistakes. By Shruti Tomar, Hindustan Times, Bhopal UPDATED ON MAR 05, 2021 10:46 AM IST Madhya chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday ordered an inquiry into an alleged irregularity in the recruitment examination of farmers’ welfare and agriculture department. The top ten candidates, who appeared in the exam conducted for appointing agriculture officers by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) (popularly known as Vyapam) on February 10 and 11, committed the same mistakes and scored similar marks in different sections of the question paper, apart from several other suspicions raising coincidences, as seen in the answer sheet provided by MPPEB. Other candidates, who appeared in the exam, raised an alarm after they found that all these ten candidates belonged to the Chambal division, had the same caste, graduated from the same college and had similar academic records. According to an official, the chief minister asked the chairman of MPPEB and principal secretary of the agriculture department to probe the matter and submit a report in this regard. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/shivraj-singh-chouhan-orders-inquiry-in-agriculture-department-recruitment-exam-101614919441415.html #cecefied #songboh

Officials find fake answer sheets in TET inspection drive timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/officials-find-fake-answer-sheets-in-tet-inspection-drive/articleshow/81281307.cms Swati Shinde Gole | TNN | Mar 2, 2021, 04:54 IST Pune: The Maharashtra State Council of Examinations has found bogus answer sheets of the teacher eligibility test (TET) during an inspection drive. In the bogus answer sheets, the officers found that the marks were manipulated and the remarks were changed from ‘ineligible’ to ‘eligible’. The council has instructed the education directorates to take strict action against the erring teachers. The teachers created the bogus answer sheets to save their jobs, the council’s representatives said. Earlier, the council had found bogus eligibility certificates submitted by the teachers from the state government schools. The open category candidates appearing for the test have to score at least 60% in the 150 marks test to pass the TET exam. For the reserved category, the passing percentage has been reduced to 55%. Candidates who clear the exam will get the TET certificate which is valid for seven years. The council’s commissioner Tukaram Supe said the officers were shocked to see the manipulations done in the answer sheets by the candidates to clear the exam. “We have seen fake certificates produced by the teachers, and now, even fake answer sheets are being brought to the fore during the recent inspection,” he said. “As many as 402 certificates have been scrutinised in the past three years with the help of education directors. So far, we found five such cases of certificate manipulation and four cases of answer sheet manipulations,” said Supe. Bending The System Of the five cases found, four were from Mumbai division and one was from Nashik division Bogus certificates and answer sheets were being illegally produced and given to teachers The inspection drive was conducted by the council after several complaints were made by the teachers of such malpractices Primary, secondary and higher secondary education directorates were told to conduct the inspection among teachers #songboh #cecafied https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/officials-find-fake-answer-sheets-in-tet-inspection-drive/articleshow/81281307.cms

Official to probe marks scam: Govt The issue was raised by Congress MLA from Patan constituency Kirit Patel as a matter of urgent public attention. By: Express News Service | Gandhinagar | April 1, 2021 5:19:22 am Speaking in reference to an alleged scam at the Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) wherein marks of medical students were changed in reassessment process and passing those who had failed, Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said on Wednesday said that the state government had appointed Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Pankaj Kumar to probe the matter and that it (govt) “does not want to shield anybody”. The issue was raised by Congress MLA from Patan constituency Kirit Patel as a matter of urgent public attention. As per Patel, some medical students of first year were declared pass after changing their answer sheets in the reassessment process. This, Patel said, has resulted in resentment not only among students of the university, but also among common people. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/official-to-probe-marks-scam-govt-7253641/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/official-to-probe-marks-scam-govt-7253641/

Eric Chua on PA's S$796 million budget: The proof of the pudding is in the eating The People's Association (PA)'s mission is to build up the "cohesiveness of our population", as well as trust between the people and the Singapore government, and therefore needs to be "properly resourced", said Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) Eric Chua. He said this at the tail-end of the Committee of Supply (COS) debates for MCCY on Monday (March 8), explaining in greater detail the PA's work and a brief breakdown of the budget allocated to its work for the coming financial year. It became a topic of discussion after Progress Singapore Party (PSP) Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Leong Mun Wai raised it as part of MCCY's COS cuts, arguing that "many questions remain unanswered" with regard to PA's nearly-S$800 million budget. Leong: PA's budget translates to higher cost per staff than IRAS & GovTech Leong noted that this has been the case since 2016, when Workers' Party's Sylvia Lim questioned PA's increasing budget and whether the statutory board had deviated from its mandate of fostering social stability. He flagged PA's operating expenditure for financial year 2021 as being S$589 million with 2,565 staff, which translates to a higher cost per staff than those of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) and Government Technology Agency (GovTech) — both of which are supposed to have higher proportions of professional staff. Blah blah blah............ https://mothership.sg/2021/03/pa-budget-mccy-cos-2021/https://mothership.sg/2021/03/pa-budget-mccy-cos-2021/

FT INDIAN TEACH FELLOW FRESH GRAD INDIANS ON HOW TO SECURE $70K PER YR JOB IN SG https://singaporeuncensored.com/ft-indian-teach-fellow-fresh-grad-indians-on-how-to-secure-70k-per-yr-job-in-sg/ Source: Youtube A video was recently uploaded on Youtube where an FT Indian who is currently working for Paypal as a software engineer in Singapore teaches fellow Indians on how to secure a job in Singapore. He started off by saying that Indians should find jobs in companies in India that have a branch in Singapore so as to hop easier into Singapore. A company he gave as an example was Grab. Here are some of the salaries offered by companies to FT Indians that he shared in his video. Fresh grad -70k per year Mid Level- 100k per year 5 years exp – 120k per year Banking jobs – easily 150k per year FULL VIDEO LOADING – SKIP TO 10:15