Heavy rains hamper landslide rescue efforts in Indonesia
By: DW
Flash floods and landslides that hit Indonesia and neighboring East Timor over the weekend have killed over 90 people, officials said on Monday.
The tropical cyclone behind the damage is expected to continue impacting the area for several days, hindering rescue efforts.
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In Indonesia s East Nusa Tenggara province, at least 70 people have died and over 70 are missing, the country s disaster agency BNPB said.
In East Timor, flooding and landslides have killed at least 21 people, officials on the half-island nation said. Most of the deaths were in the country s capital Dili.
Oman s Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs mobile app ‘How to give Zakat’ gets award
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Mobile app ‘How to give Zakat’, developed by Oman’s Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, got the Best Government Mobile Service Award in the social affairs category.
The award was announced on the last day of the World Government Summit, under the patronage and in the presence Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Zakat is a form religious tax and is considered one of the Five Pillars of Islam.