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IC Net says there may be pressing want for help for Ukrainian refugees

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IC Net says there may be pressing want for help for Ukrainian refugees

In mid-July, IC Net, a subsidiary of the Gakken Group, performed on-site help actions and wishes evaluation as the primary section of its support to Ukrainian refugee kids in Romania and Moldova. The workforce additionally carried out a number of small-scale help packages with the refugees.

Romania and Moldova every host roughly 80,000 refugees from Ukraine. IC Net specialists interviewed native support organizations and inspected shelters, and located that kids, who make up one-third of the refugees, face numerous challenges, significantly in training.

Gakken Workbooks are well-liked at orphanages. Photo: IC Net

The Gakken Group authorised a world support bundle prematurely and gave the inexperienced mild to instant help to assist enhance the refugees’ high quality of life.

The IC Net workforce offered instant, on-the-spot support. It additionally noticed that folks had been beginning to really feel “inspection fatigue.” Team members heard that there are various instances the place folks come from abroad to go to and promise assist, however depart with out offering any help, and the workforce typically obtained verbal rejection of their go to due to this.

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Consultation on renovating a room that needed to settle for extra folks than it might accommodate Photo: IC Net

More data on the kind of support offered might be discovered right here.

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The Gakken Group is dedicated to offering medium- to long-term help for Ukranian refugees and welcomes different private and non-private organizations which might be considering working with it.

For extra data, please contact the Ukrainian Refugee Assistance Project at team_ukraine@icnet.co.jp

About IC Net

IC Net Limited is a world growth consulting agency that works on resolving social points to make the world a greater place.  Since its institution in 1993, it has been energetic in additional than 150 international locations entrusted by contracts with nationwide and native governments, multilateral donors, and worldwide support organizations.

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Paula Reto claims first LPGA title at CP Women’s Open

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Paula Reto claims first LPGA title at CP Women’s Open

Paula Reto held off Nelly Korda to win her first LPGA Tour title on the CP Women’s Open on Sunday in Ottawa, Ontario.

Reto shot a 4-under-par 67 within the closing spherical to tie up a 19-under 265 for the week. The South African set the course file at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club on Thursday with a first-round 62, however she entered Sunday trailing rookies Hye-Jin Choi and Na Rin An of South Korea by a stroke.

Reto birdied the primary, third, sixth, eighth and ninth holes to shoot forward to twenty beneath for the event. She performed the again 9 in 1 over, however by that time she had sufficient of a cushion to see the win by way of.

Her tap-in par on the par-5 18th secured the milestone victory.

“I was so nervous, oh my gosh,” Reto stated on the CBS broadcast. “Coming to the last hole, I (told myself) ‘OK, just calm your nerves.'”

The 32-year-old has performed on the LPGA Tour since 2014. Her earlier finest end was a third-place mark on the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic in her rookie yr.

“I’m really happy, and it’s been such a long time,” Reto stated. “I was like, ‘I hope one day I’ll win.’ You know? But it came true. A dream come true for sure.”

Korda, the world No. 3, made a late push after taking part in the entrance 9 in even par. She birdied No. 11 earlier than holing out for an eagle on the par-4 twelfth, leaping to 17 beneath on the time.

After a bogey and two extra birdies, Korda could not gap a birdie putt at both of the final two holes to tie Reto at 19 beneath. She additionally carded a 67 and tied for second with Choi (69).

Lydia Ko of New Zealand, ranked fourth on the planet, rolled in birdies at every of her final 4 holes to shoot an 8-under 63, tied for the low spherical of the day. She completed alone in fourth at 17 beneath. A Lim Kim of South Korea (67) was fifth at 16 beneath.

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PM Modi lays basis stone for Maruti Suzuki’s Rs 7,300 cr EV Battery plant in Gujarat

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PM Modi lays basis stone for Maruti Suzuki’s Rs 7,300 cr EV Battery plant in Gujarat

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], August 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the inspiration stone of the Maruti Suzuki Vehicle Manufacturing Facility for Haryana and Suzuki EV Battery Plant for Hansalpur in Gujarat.

He laid the inspiration stone at an occasion in Gandhinagar to mark 40 years of Suzuki Company in India.

Speaking on the event, PM Modi mentioned the success of Maruti-Suzuki additionally signifies the sturdy India-Japan partnership.

The Prime Minister additionally recalled late former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe whereas talking on India-Japan friendship.

“The success of Maruti is a great example of the strength of the India-Japan relationship. In the last eight years, this relationship between the two countries has reached new heights,” he mentioned.

He mentioned that India has introduced in COP-26 (local weather summit) that it’s going to obtain 50 per cent of its put in electrical capability from non-fossil sources by 2030.

“We are rapidly working on both supply and demand of EV ecosystem. From relaxation in tax to easier loan facility, we are working to increase the demand of EVs,” mentioned PM Modi.

He mentioned that from the car to the biofuel sector, over 125 Japanese corporations are working in Gujarat.

“Electric Vehicles are bringing a silent revolution in India. Today India doesn’t consider EV’s extra vehicles but a necessary step,” he added.

He mentioned that India has determined to be self-reliant by way of vitality necessities within the subsequent 25 years.

The Suzuki Motor Gujarat Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing Facility at Hansalpur, Gujarat can be set-up with an funding of round Rs 7,300 crores to fabricate Advance Chemistry Cell batteries for Electric Vehicles.

The car manufacturing facility in Kharkhoda, Haryana could have the potential to fabricate 10 lakh passenger autos per yr, making it one of many largest passenger car manufacturing amenities at a single web site on the planet. The first part of the venture can be arrange with an funding of over Rs. 11,000 crores, mentioned the assertion.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was additionally current on the occasion. (ANI)

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Japan's Yamaguchi retains ladies's singles title at badminton worlds

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Japan's Yamaguchi retains ladies's singles title at badminton worlds

TOKYO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan defeated Olympic champion Chen Yufei to retain the ladies’s singles title on the World Badminton Championships right here on Sunday.

Yamaguchi gained the match 20-12, 10-21, 21-14 in a single hour and eight minutes.

Chen, searching for to turn into the primary participant from China to win the ladies’s singles title in 11 years, was overpowered within the third set, operating out of vitality after falling 8-1 behind.

The 24-year-old complained that “the strong downwind” affected her efficiency within the first and third units, including that the hopes of bringing China its first title after 11 years gave her a number of strain.

“I have been trying hard not to listen to the talking, but sometimes it’s everywhere,” she mentioned. “But I lost the match largely because she did better than me in those details.”

It is the fourth straight time that Chen has misplaced to Yamaguchi since 2020. The Japanese shuttler has crushed Chen 14 instances of their 22 conferences.

Although lacking the ladies’s singles title, China was nonetheless the largest winner on the championships, profitable two out of 5 titles.

Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China gained their third combined doubles world title by beating two-time runners-up Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan 21-13, 21-16.

Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan additionally landed their third gold medal within the ladies’s doubles occasion on the world championships because the Chinese duo beat South Korea’s Kim Soyeong and Kong Heeyong 22-20, 21-14.

In the lads’s singles closing, high seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, the winner of the 2017 version, breezed previous Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-5, 21-16 so as to add to his Tokyo Olympic title.

Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik triumphed within the males’s doubles by defeating Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia 21-19, 21-14.

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Assam CM dares Kejriwal to check Delhi with New York, Tokyo

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Assam CM dares Kejriwal to check Delhi with New York, Tokyo

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 28 (ANI): Amid Twitter warfare, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took a jibe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and dared him to check Delhi with New York and Tokyo.

“Delhi has been the capital of India since the time of the Mughals. He should compare Delhi with the New York and Tokyo instead of Guwahati and Shillong. I do not have as good resources as Delhi has, but still, I run 40,000 schools while he runs 1,200 schools,” CM Sarma stated.

He additional stated, “Kejriwal ji wanted me to invite him to Assam. I have already invited Manish Sisodia, he must have got a notice from the Court as well. He (Arvind Kejriwal) should also come if he wants.”This got here days after the Chief Ministers of each the states engaged in a confrontation on Twitter over the schooling programs applied of their states.

The spat started when reacting to a news report that the Assam authorities had determined to close down 34 colleges on account of poor outcomes whereas Kejriwal had stated that shutting of faculties was not the answer.

This tweet drew a pointy response from CM Sarma, who claimed that Kejriwal had skipped ‘homework’ earlier than commenting. He additionally requested how the Kejriwal authorities established many new colleges in Delhi in his seven years of governance.

“Dear @ArvindKejriwal Ji. – As usual, you commented on something without any homework! Since my days as Edu Minister, till now, please note, Assam Govt has established/ taken over 8610 NEW SCHOOLS; break-up below. How many new schools Delhi Government has started in the last 7 yrs?” Sarma stated.

Sarma additionally listed numbers associated to varsities that the Assam authorities had taken into its fold. “Provincialisation or taking over Pvt schools into govt fold since 2013: Elementary 6,802; Secondary 1,589 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya:81 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Avashik Vidayalaya:3 Adarsha Vidyalaya:38 Tea Garden Model School:97 Curious to know Delhi’s figures!,” Sarma added.

AAP chief Kejriwal then replied that he didn’t imply to spotlight the “flaws” within the Assam mannequin of schooling and stated Sarma ought to present him the nice work being finished within the subject of schooling. Kejriwal added that he might present Sarma the work of his authorities.

“Oho. Looks like you got it wrong. I didn’t mean to highlight your flaws. We are all one country. We have to learn from each other. Only then will India become the number one country. I will come to Assam. Tell me when I can come ? You show your good work in the field of education. You come to Delhi, I will show you the work I have done in Delhi,” stated Arvind Kejriwal.

Sarma, nevertheless, sought to say that there was a sea of distinction between the circumstances that the 2 states confronted.

“Dear @ArvindKejriwal Ji, Your ignorance is painful. Let me help you. Assam is 50 times bigger than Delhi! Our 44,521 govt schools teach 65 lakh students- against your 1000 odd schools. Our army of dedicated teachers number 2 lakh; Midday meal workers 1.18 lakh. Fathom it?”Assam dealt, he stated, confronted extreme challenges like flood and militancy, however nonetheless delivered high-quality schooling. He invited the Delhi Chief Minister to go to Assam and witness the challenges firsthand.

“Unlike in Delhi, we manage fury of floods, dealt with militancy, negotiate hillytough terrains – and yet deliver high-quality education. We’re amazing hosts. Please come; spend 2 nights in our riverine area and hill districts. See the challenges we face. You’ll stop lecturing,” tweeted Sarma.

Further highlighting Assam’s schooling system, the Assam CM stated, “We impart education in six mediums including 14 different tribal languages. Our diversity is something that we’re proud of, cherish, and ensure it to thrive through our unique education system. And yes, we do not have resources like that in Delhi. We’re proud of what we’ve and do!”Hitting out on the AAP chief, Sarma claimed that Assam’s Medical Colleges had been 1,000 occasions higher than Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics.

“And yes, when you’re in Assam, which you so desperately wish to, I will take you to our Medical Colleges, 1,000 times better than your Mohalla Clinic. Also, meet our bright Govt school teachers and students,” added Sarma.

The tweets of each the Chief Ministers went viral. BJP and AAP have been attacking one another on a variety of points in latest occasions. The CBI motion in opposition to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has additional intensified the tussle.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia has additionally been summoned earlier than a Chief Judicial Magistrate’s courtroom in Assam’s Kamrup district on September 29 in reference to a defamation case. The case in opposition to Sisodia was filed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Just a few months in the past, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief in a press convention alleged that the Assam authorities had given contracts to Sarma’s spouse’s corporations and son’s enterprise accomplice to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits above market charges throughout the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Sarma had dismissed the allegations and filed a defamation case in opposition to Sisodia. (ANI)

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Maruti-Suzuki success signifies sturdy India-Japan ties: PM Modi

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Maruti-Suzuki success signifies sturdy India-Japan ties: PM Modi

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], August 28 (ANI): Success of Maruti-Suzuki signifies the sturdy India-Japan partnership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned on Sunday whereas addressing a programme marking the commemoration of 40 years of Suzuki Group in India.

PM Modi on Sunday laid the inspiration stone of the Maruti Suzuki Vehicle Manufacturing Facility for Haryana and Suzuki EV Battery Plant for Hansalpur in Gujarat on the occasion in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Recalling former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to take India-Japan ties to a different degree, Prime Minister mentioned, “In the last eight years, this relationship between the two countries has reached new heights.””Today, from the bullet train in Gujarat-Maharashtra to the Rudraksha centre in Banaras, many development projects are examples of Indo-Japan friendship. And when it comes to this friendship, every Indian definitely remembers our friend, former Prime Minister Late Shinzo Abe.”He expressed hope that in continuation of Abe’s legacy, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will take ahead the connection between the 2 nations. “When Abe came to Gujarat, the time he spent here is fondly remembered by the people of Gujarat. Today PM Kishida is taking forward the efforts he made to bring our countries closer,” PM Modi mentioned.

PM Modi confused that the relations that exist between Gujarat and Japan have at all times been increased than solely diplomatic ties. “I remember when the Vibrant Gujarat Summit was started in 2009, since then Japan has been associated with it as a partner country,” the Prime Minister mentioned.

“The success of Maruti-Suzuki also signifies the strong India-Japan partnership. In the last eight years, these relations between our two countries have reached new heights,” he added.

The Prime Minister additional spoke extensively about the advantages of electrical automobiles. “One of the great features of electric vehicles is that they are silent. Be it a 2-wheeler or a 4-wheeler, they don’t make any noise. This silence is not only about its engineering, but it is also the beginning of a silent revolution in the country.”India has introduced in COP-26 that it’s going to obtain 50 PC of its put in electrical capability from non-fossil sources by 2030 and we have now set a ‘Net Zero’ goal for 2070, PM Modi added.

PM Modi was current together with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to mark the fortieth anniversary of Suzuki in India. (ANI)

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Iran Comes fifth in 2022 FIBA U-18 Asian Championship

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Iran Comes fifth in 2022 FIBA U-18 Asian Championship

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran completed fifth within the 2022 FIBA U-18 Asian Championship after defeating the Philippines 89-72 on Sunday at Azadi Basketball Hall in Tehran.

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Iran’s Mohammad Amini scored 19 factors and 10 rebounds and 9 assists. Matyar Ahmadpour additionally scored 19 factors, 4 rebunds, and 4 assists.

Mason Amos led the Philippines’ stand with 22 factors constructed on six threes, to go together with 5 rebounds, as EJ Abadam acquired 18 factors, 5 boards and three assists.

South Korea and Japan will play within the last match, whereas Chine meet Lebanon within the bronze medal match.

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Kishida lauds PM Modi’s sturdy management, thanks India for Maruti Suzuki’s success

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Kishida lauds PM Modi’s sturdy management, thanks India for Maruti Suzuki’s success

New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sturdy management, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida on Sunday attributed the success of Maruti Suzuki to the individuals and the Indian authorities.

While attending an occasion nearly in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar to mark 40 years of Suzuki Motor Corporation in India, the Japanese PM Fumio Kishida Minister, “We owe the success of Maruti Suzuki to the support of the people and government of India. Recently the Indian economic growth has been further accelerating due to various assistance measures for the manufacturing sector, guided by the strong leadership of PM Modi.”Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the success of Maruti-Suzuki signifies the sturdy India-Japan partnership. PM Modi on Sunday laid the muse stone of the Maruti Suzuki Vehicle Manufacturing Facility for Haryana and Suzuki EV Battery Plant for Hansalpur in Gujarat on the occasion in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Recalling former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to take India-Japan ties to a different stage, Prime Minister stated, “In the last eight years, this relationship between our two countries has reached new heights.””Today, from the bullet train in Gujarat-Maharashtra to the Rudraksha centre in Banaras, many development projects are examples of Indo-Japan friendship. And when it comes to this friendship, every Indian definitely remembers our friend, former Prime Minister Late Shinzo Abe.”He expressed hope that in continuation of Abe’s legacy, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will take ahead the connection between the 2 nations. “When Abe Shan came to Gujarat, the time he spent here is fondly remembered by the people of Gujarat. Today PM Kishida is taking forward the efforts he made to bring our countries closer,” PM Modi stated.

PM Modi harassed that the relations that exist between Gujarat and Japan have at all times been greater than solely diplomatic ties. “I remember when the Vibrant Gujarat Summit was started in 2009, since then Japan has been associated with it as a partner country,” the Prime Minister stated.

“The success of Maruti-Suzuki also signifies the strong India-Japan partnership. In the last eight years, these relations between our two countries have reached new heights,” he added.

The Prime Minister additional spoke extensively about the advantages of electrical automobiles. “One of the great features of electric vehicles is that they are silent. Be it a 2-wheeler or a 4-wheeler, they don’t make any noise. This silence is not only about its engineering, but it is also the beginning of a silent revolution in the country.”India has introduced in COP-26 that it’ll obtain 50 PC of its put in electrical capability from non-fossil sources by 2030 and we now have set a ‘Net Zero’ goal for 2070, PM Modi added.

PM Modi was current together with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to mark the fortieth anniversary of Suzuki in India. (ANI)

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China declare FIBA U18 Asian Championship bronze

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TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — China crushed Lebanon 85-68 within the third-place match on the FIBA U18 Asian Championship right here on Sunday.

China, who had misplaced the semifinal to South Korea 89-85 on Friday, had been led by Liu Lijia who notched 22 factors. Yang Hansen contributed a double-double of 21 factors and 13 rebounds.

China trailed by 20-25 after a poor defensive efficiency within the first quarter, however scored 12 unanswered factors to begin the second interval to show the sport round. Zhang Junhao hit two consecutive 3-pointers to assist China set up a 40-30 lead with three minutes to play, establishing the primary double-figure benefit since tip-off. With their share in taking pictures from 3-point vary enormously improved, China pushed their half-time result in 15 factors at 49-34.

Lebanon nonetheless couldn’t trim their deficit again from the locker room, as China’s lead ballooned to as many as 24 factors after Liu made a layup early within the ultimate interval.

China shot 50.7 % from the sector, in comparison with Lebanon’s 40 %, and outrebounded 49-38.

Karim Rtail was Lebanon’s most prolific scorer with 21 factors, and Mostafa Assaf added 20.

After reaching the FIBA U18 Asian Championship semifinals, each China and Lebanon have booked their ticket to subsequent yr’s FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, together with match finalists Japan and South Korea.

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S. Korea declare FIBA U18 Asian Championship title, China pocket bronze

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TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — South Korea squeezed previous Japan 77-73 to assert the FIBA U18 Asian Championship title, whereas China crushed Lebanon 85-68 within the third-place match right here on Sunday.

The ultimate was nonetheless within the steadiness going into the final minute when it was tied at 73-73. Lee Haesol made a quick break layup with 23 seconds to play for South Korea, who secured the title with Lee Juyeong’s layup within the dying seconds.

Lee Juyeong scored a game-high 28 factors, main 4 South Korean gamers in double figures.

China, who had misplaced the semifinal to South Korea 89-85 on Friday, had been led by Liu Lijia who notched 22 factors. Yang Hansen contributed a double-double of 21 factors and 13 rebounds.

China trailed by 20-25 after a poor defensive efficiency within the first quarter however scored 12 unanswered factors to start out the second interval to show the sport round. Zhang Junhao hit two consecutive 3-pointers to assist China set up a 40-30 lead with three minutes to play, establishing the primary double-figure benefit since tip-off. With their share in capturing from 3-point vary vastly improved, China pushed their half-time result in 15 factors at 49-34.

Lebanon nonetheless couldn’t trim their deficit again from the locker room, as China’s lead ballooned to as many as 24 factors after Liu made a layup early within the ultimate interval.

China shot 50.7 % from the sphere, in comparison with Lebanon’s 40 %, and outrebounded 49-38.

Karim Rtail was Lebanon’s most prolific scorer with 21 factors, and Mostafa Assaf added 20.

As the event’s ultimate 4, South Korea, Japan, China and Lebanon have booked their tickets to subsequent 12 months’s FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary.

Also on Sunday, Iran completed fifth after crusing previous the Philippines 89-72, and Chinese Taipei positioned seventh with a 93-71 victory over Qatar.

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