Covid 19 coronavirus: Wi-Fi nightmare for Takapuna lockdown family
16 Feb, 2021 04:40 AM
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Locked down at home: Jaime Smith, 8 (centre), with her mum Maryanne (left) and big sister Eva, 11 (right). Photo / Dean Purcell
Locked down at home: Jaime Smith, 8 (centre), with her mum Maryanne (left) and big sister Eva, 11 (right). Photo / Dean Purcell
Eight-year-old Jaime Smith admits she got really stressed when she couldn t get back into her maths app at home on the second day of Auckland s latest Covid-19 lockdown.
Her older sister Eva, 11, couldn t get into a 9.20am online class meeting with her teacher.
The two girls and their parents, Darryl and Maryanne Smith, were all at home in the lockdown and were all trying to have online meetings at the same time.
Assam s favourable position for trade prospects with Japan stressed
Guwahati, Feb 15 (UNI) The advantageous position of Assam in
enhancing cooperation between India and the countries to its eastern frontier, including Japan, was stressed at a discussion on ‘Act East Policy and India-Japan Cooperation in North East India with Special focus on Assam’ here today, attended by the Japanese Ambassador to India, Satoshi Suzuki, and India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar.
Speaking at the programme, Dr S. Jaishankar said Assam has long been the bridge between India and the countries of the world to the east of India.
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has stressed that it uses the latest road survey vehicle for purposes such as examining the asphalt layer and discovering surface defects such as cracks, drilling and IRI (international roughness index) testing in an automatic way, as well as carrying out analysis to ensure a high level of road quality.
(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Amman, Feb. 13 (Petra) Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament Abdulmunim Oddat on Saturday stressed that there will be no compromise on the protection of local and foreign investments in the Kingdom that are essential for economic recovery and job-creation. The problem is not with investment legislation as it is with the actual implementation and understanding by those who are in charge of investment management, Oddat told a meeting with board members of the Amman Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He called for removing administrative and bureaucratic bottlenecks that stand in the way of business-doing.
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN â Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Umayya Toukan on Thursday stressed the importance of speeding up the implementation of public-private partnership projects and addressing the obstacles in this arena, in order to push forward economic growth and create new jobs.
Speaking during a virtual meeting of the higher committee of the public-private partnership, the minister highlighted the necessity of implementing the projects submitted by the partnership unit this year, noting that the feasibility studies of the projects are ready, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
Talks also went over the priorities of partnership projects for 2021 in various sectors, including telecommunications, water, energy, environment and transport, with a capital cost of approximately JD1 billion. The expected duration of implementation and the challenges were also discussed.