The decree created a 10 trillion soms Emergency Fund and outlined a range of measures for social support, healthcare, income and labour protection.
The immediate priority for the Fund is to support the efforts to contain the spread of the virus, ensure a continuous supply of medications, personal protection and diagnostic equipment as well as make funding available for quarantine-related costs.
As a result of this decree, the hardest-hit sectors of the economy are eligible for tax breaks, government loans and debt relief arrangements.
Patokh Chodiev: Assistance Strategy in Terms of Coronavirus Pandemic
Considering the disruption to the international trade there are no penalties for delayed import-export duties. For carriers, the list of goods that can use “Green Channel” clearance has been expanded.
200bn soms are allocated for the Social Development Fund to help with employment and for creation of a new infrastructure in Mahallas. Business Support Fund received 500bn soms to encourage new jobs creation.
The Committee for State Reserves Management monitors market prices and supplies goods from reserves where necessary.
A special emphasis is paid to social protection – expansion of unemployment and other social benefits to a wider sector of the population.
Aid Programme of International Chodiev Foundation
The International Chodiev Foundation took an active role in the implementation of the Government programme by announcing additional social benefits for those who are most affected by the pandemic.
The first phase of Foundation support is implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and provides food and hygiene supplies to senior citizens and low-income families. This is a countrywide programme. The kits also contain guidelines and other helpful information in Uzbek about social distancing rules and the importance of personal hygiene during the pandemic.
This is not the first charitable initiative by ICF in Uzbekistan. In September 2019, the International Chodiev Foundation announced a programme to improve the living standards and stimulate construction. More than 40bn soms was directed towards the activities as part of the “Obod Kishlok” (Improved rural living) programme as well as new Xovos City development in Khavast district. In 2018 ICF provided support to a number of institutions for children with disabilities: Specialised Boarding School N32 in Jizzakh, Boarding School N19 for children with developmental disabilities in Chirakhchi and Muruvvat facility in Kashkadarya Region.
History of International Chodiev Foundation
The International Chodiev Foundation was established in 1996 by the successful businessman and keen philanthropist Dr Patokh Chodiev. Today the Foundation is a global centre for development and advancement of science, arts, education and innovation in Eurasia. Its representative office in Uzbekistan was established in 2017.
In order to ensure the timely implementation of these measures, the Government has set up an anti-crisis committee chaired by the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan. During the two-month period starting from 22 March, the Committee is focusing on limiting the spread of the virus, ensuring safe working conditions in the manufacturing, services and retail industries as well as transportation and logistics.
SMART plans call for new traders to create goals that are: Specific, Measurable, Attractive, Realistic, and can be set to a specific Timetable. If your goal is to make a living as a day trader in the coming months and years, there are some essential steps to take as you learn how to start day trading.
All new traders have to be disciplined and must have a process. In addition to having a SMART plan in place, new traders should draw up a formal day trading plan. While trading, traders need to have a simple checklist in front of them and should only scan the stocks on their watch list. To eliminate as many variables as possible, traders should keep their stock universe small and have a share-sizing chart. Process wise traders need to keep a trading journal, meet regularly with their trading coach, and pay attention to the rules of achievement chart that brokers use to track progress.
New traders should measure progress not by their profits and losses, but by how well they followed the rules. To make it easier to follow the rules and not give into the temptation for larger profits, guidelines teaches its traders to start small. These small trades make it easier for traders to diligently follow their day trading plan. When trading, it’s best to keep a trading log and mark up the day’s charts. All traders should study their logs and charts, keeping track of what they did right or wrong and looking for areas to improve. New traders should identify one area where they excel and work that into their day trading plan.
Through taking these measures to have a process and a day trading plan, Wall Street Traders can avoid many of the pitfalls that hurt new traders. These “trading demons” play into natural tendencies to be greedy and let emotion influence decisions. Some “trading demons” to look out for include:
Trading counter trend, or without consideration for what’s trending.
Trading without pattern or set-up. New traders need to be disciplined and stick to what the charts are telling them.
Taking late entries or chasing triggers. When learning how to start day trading, it’s incredibly important to take the emotion out of trading.
Trading without a stop or without keeping stops. Stops limit losses and lock in profits.
Not having targets or not taking profits while they are there. Don’t be greedy, stick to the process.
Overtrading or revenge trading.
Averaging down on a losing stock. Just let it go!
Turn losing trades into higher time frame holds. Stick to the day trading plan!
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A member of the designing team and director of the Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Arts says the masks have been designed as part of a campaign started by Iranian artists in various fields of literature, cinema, music and visual arts to lift the people’s spirits amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mahdi Tamizi said Isfahani artists sought to appreciate the efforts of medical staff in Iran and other parts of the world on the International Nurse Day by offering the masks to nurses.
He further noted that the masks will be useful for preventing the spread of the coronavirus, and will help promoting one of the famous handicrafts of Isfahan in the world.
“The masks prepared by Isfahan Art Group are made of Qalamkar (a type of hand-painted cotton textile). The design shows the Arc Tower whose image is engraved on the entrance of a historical bazaar in Isfahan,” he noted.
Tamizi further added that some of the masks will be sent to 13 sister cities of Isfahan, such as Xi’an in China, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Freiburg in Germany.
“A number of these masks will also be sent to several cultural places in the world, such as the United Nations and the World Health Organisation,” he continued.
The Iranian Vice Presidency for Science and Technology’s Patent Centre said on Saturday it has supported 96 Iranian inventions in registering patents in the international offices so far.
The centre says its provides the support to commercialize the Iranian inventions on the basis of homegrown technologies and to assist the local inventors in the “complicated” process of applying and obtaining an international patent.
An inventor usually has to bear the heavy costs of applying for an international patent, but the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science and Technology’s Patent Centre reduces the burdens with special methods of interaction with the foreign patent offices and also covers more than 90 percent of the costs once an Iranian invention is qualified, a report by the government’s website said.
In the current Iranian year, which began on March 20, the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology’s Patent Centre says it has broadened the patent registration market in order to expedite the process of fulfillment of goals of the Iranian businesses, and is offering services for patent applications in the US, Canada, China, and the European Union (EU).
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The port city of Chabahar, which is about 17,150 square km in area with a population of nearly 200,000, is located in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in extreme southeastern Iran. Chabahar is the only Iranian port by the Indian Ocean.
The fact that this Iranian port has deep waters right up to its shoreline makes it ideal for ocean liners to dock. In other words, Chabahar does have what it takes to turn into a mega-port.
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Chabahar port is a transit gate in southeastern Iran and a strategic area for expansion of the transit industry. On top of its strategic position, Chabahar is home to many tourist attractions.
The following is a list of wonderful sites in the port city worth visiting:
Tis Port
Tis Port has been originally built during Achaemenid era.
Tis Port, which dates back 2,500 years, is known as Tiz Port in the books on Alexander the Great’s conquests. Tis used to be a busy commercial port which was destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Iran. Ancient sites such as castles and graves in Tis Port are indicative of its age-old civilization.
Tis Mosque of Chabahar
Tis Mosque has been constructed a millennium ago
Tis Mosque is located in a beautiful namesake village, 9 km from Chabahar. The mosque was first built 1,000 years ago. Thanks to the single-minaret mosque’s proximity to Pakistan and India, its architecture and interior design are similar to Pakistani and Indian places of Muslim worship.
Tomb of Seyyed Gholam Rasoul
The tomb of Seyyed Gholam Rasoul has been built during Seljuq era.
According to Muslim accounts, Seyyed Gholam Rasoul, originally known as Seyyedena Mohammad, was a Muslim Indian. On a visit to Chabahar, he decided to marry a local girl, but on his wedding night he fell ill. In his will, he asked others to refrain from mourning for him and instead celebrate for ten nights to secure blessings for his soul.
Every year on the 15th day of the 11th month of the Lunar calendar, a 10-day celebration is held in his memory at his tomb, 5 km to the northwest of Chabahar. During the ceremony, elderly women enter the tomb to say prayers for others and ask God to heal the sick while men stay outside and play music. The tomb has white walls and Indian-style architecture. The exterior of the structure is graced with paintings and religious phrases. This structure was built in the Seljuq era; its murals were painted later during the Safavid era. The tomb dates back to the 11th century AD.
Telegraph House of Chabahar
Telegraph House of Chabahar
The Telegraph House is the oldest modern building in Chabahar port which was built by the British in 1864, at the end of the Qajar era, to promote sailing and trade, and to connect India, Jask [a city in Hormozgan Province] and Bandar Abbas. The beautiful structure with sloping slate shutters and arches has been registered as a national monument.
Rocky Coasts
There are stunning rocky coasts in southeastern Iran
Coasts along the Sea of Oman, particularly in Chabahar, are rocky. Iran’s most beautiful rocky coasts are in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Whales can often be seen frolicking off these coasts.
Banmasity Caves
Banmasity caves have been either shelters of places of worship
In the Shahbazband Mountains, about 25 m above ground level, there are two man-made caves and one natural one. The trio is called Banmasity Caves by locals. In the local language, ban means a pious person and masity is a place of worship. Inside the small natural cave, there is a cubic grave whose dome is 40 cm high. On three sides of the dome, there are inscriptions and signs in red and purple which are similar to Indian writing. Seven steps away, there is a second cave made of stucco and stone. The third cave is 50 m away. These caves seem to have served as either a shelter or a place of worship. At the entrance to all three caves, there is a platform that seems to have been used for religious rituals.
Portuguese Castle of Chabahar
The main building of Chabahar Portuguese Castle has been constructed in pre-Islamic era
The so-called Portuguese Castle is located on top of a hill in the village of Tis which was an important Iranian seaport during the Achaemenid Empire. The castle which is five km away from Chabahar was built during the Safavid era. As the Portuguese started to expand their naval fleet in the 16th century, they used the castle as a base to extend their influence in Iran and other Persian Gulf countries. The area where the castle is built on dates back to the pre-Islamic era. The castle has been registered on the list of Iran’s national heritage sites and is being restored.
Pink Wetland
The Pink wetland of Chabahar is home to several aquatic species
The pink wetland of Lipar is located just 200 meters from the northern edge of the Sea of Oman and south of a namesake village in Chabahar, in Sistan and Baluchistan province. The wetland is one of the alluring natural attractions of the area where those who are fond of the marine environment can catch a glimpse of beautiful scenery. What stands out about the wetland, which sits on the edge of Lipar’s seasonal lagoon 20 kilometers to the east of Chabahar, is its water which looks pink. This body of water which is 10 hectares in area accounts for 90 percent of herbal planktons in the region and is home to a large number of species, flora and fauna.
Mud Volcano of Chabahar
The mud volcano in Chabahar is 20 m in height
In the northwest of Chabahar, 20 km away from Kahir Village, in a vast plain there is a mud volcano. Mud volcanoes are remarkable geo-tourist attractions. There are only a handful of mud volcanoes – formations created by geo-exuded slurries and gases – across the world. Sounds similar to gunshots can be frequently heard when such volcanoes are active. The mud volcano in Chabahar is 20 m in height and its crater is 12 m in diameter. Over the several years of activity, the flow of mud has formed a hill around the volcano where no plant can grow.
Martian Mountains of Chabahar
Surreal view of Martian Mountains
The southeastern city of Chabahar is on the Gulf of Oman with breathtaking natural places which are reminiscent of dreamy images. The city is home to astonishing mountains that stand in parallel with coastal areas of the Gulf of Oman. Locals call the mountains Martian because, as far as appearance is concerned, they have nothing in common with other mountains in Iran.
Baluchi Embroidery
Embroidery is an ancient Iranian art popular with Baluch women
Baluchi embroidery is an ancient Iranian traditional art popular with women. Baluchi embroidery is completely different from other styles of embroidery. People in Chabahar use such embroidery to embellish their clothes with simple, colorful patterns.
Senior Assistant to Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in Special Political Affairs Ali-Asghar Khaji on Saturday stressed the Islamic Republic’s strong support for Syria in the fight against terrorism.
Speaking in a meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Iran Adnan Hassan Mahmoud, Khaji said it is important for Iran, Russia and Turkey to continue joint efforts and cooperation in the framework of the Astana process as well.
Khaji also referred to the continuation of US “unilateral” sanctions against the Syrian people amid the difficult conditions and the spread of coronavirus, highlighting that the international community must support the Syrian people, the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity within the framework of international law and the fight against terrorism.
For his part, the Syrian ambassador said the two countries’ relations are strategic, emphasising that consultations between Iran and Syria must be developed at the bilateral and regional levels.
The two sides also exchanged views on the latest developments in Syria and relations between Tehran and Damascus.
Syria has been under the US economic sanctions since 1979. The Arab country has also been gripped by a civil war since 2011.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday, “Iran rejects the US regime’s attempt to discredit and blame China for the spread of COVID-19.”
Mousavi went on to say that the US regime’s move is aimed at diverting public opinion from the incompetence of the Trump administration to save American lives and reopen the country’s economy.
He also called on independent states to stand up to this coercion by Washington.
In the latest escalation of US tensions with Beijing, Donald Trump has blamed China for the scale of the coronavirus pandemic, slamming China over its lack of transparency and warning that Washington could cut off its ties with the Asian country.
“There are many things we could do,” Trump told Fox News on Thursday. “We could cut off the whole relationship. Now if you did, what would happen? You’d save $500bn.”
File photo of a group of US Navy ships re-positioned out of the path of Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean Sea in September 2017
Iran’s Fars News Agency claimed in a report on Saturday that the US Navy has deployed its USS Detroit (LCS-7), USS Lassen (DDG-82), USS Preble (DDG-88), and USS Farragut (DDG-99) to the region along with P8-Poseidon.
The report quoted its military and political analysts as saying that any encounter with the Iranian tankers will spark a reaction that may endanger US President Donald Trump’s campaign ahead of November elections.
The US has not yet reacted to the claims made by the Iranian semi-official news agency.
Reports of a shipment of Iranian fuel to Venezuela in the face of US sanctions against the two allies have infuriated the United States, with one official threatening to take “measures” against the “unwelcome” development.
The Iran-flagged tanker Clavel sailed for the South American country, the Reuters news agency reported.
The vessel tracking data from analyst Refinitiv Eikon suggests the tanker loaded fuel at Bandar Abbas port in Iran at the end of March, and sailed through the Suez Canal and entered the Atlantic on Wednesday.
A senior official in US President Donald Trump’s administration told Reuters on Thursday that the United States was considering measures against Iran in response to the fuel shipment. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.
The official said Washington has a “high degree of certainty” that the Venezuelan government is paying Iran in gold for the fuel.
Both Iran and Venezuela are under the US sanctions.
