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DUBAI: Passengers from India have been temporarily barred from travelling to the UAE with effect from Sunday, April 25, sources said on Thursday. The travel ban comes into effect from 11.59pm on Saturday, April 24, and is subject to review after 10 days. Passengers who have transited through India in the last 14 days are also not permitted to board from any other point to the UAE, added the source. UAE citizens, diplomatic passport holders and official delegations are exempted from the above conditions, it said. However, departure flights will continue to operate, it added.

MANAMA: Sunni Endowments Council Chairman, Dr. Shaikh Rashid bin Mohammed Al-Hajeri, on Thursday opened the late “Ali bin Mohammed bin Jumaa Al-Kaabi” Mosque in Askar. Dr. Shaikh Rashid bin Mohammed highlighted the importance of building and serving mosques and houses of worship. He said that the kingdom has built many mosques over the past years thanks to the support of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. Al-Hajeri paid tribute to the family of the late Ali bin Mohammed bin Jumaa Al-Kaabi for…

Manama: HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has given directives to double the number of cars offered in the “Al-Sariyah” TV quiz show”, broadcast on Bahrain TV. HH Shaikh Nasser ordered to add six cars to the competition so that one car is drawn every two days, in line with HH’s support for the great successes achieved by the show in its second edition. HH Shaikh Nasser gave the directives while visiting the site of the production of the quiz show, at the Bahrain Heritage Village, along with the Chairman…

MANAMA: Bahrain Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, on Wednesday launched “MBMA Majalis”, which is organized virtually in its first edition by the Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa Academy for Diplomatic Studies. The programme is designed for the Foreign Ministry’s personnel, with the participation of a number of Ambassadors of brotherly and friendly countries accredited to the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Ambassadors of the Kingdom of Bahrain abroad. The minister delivered a speech in which he commended the academy, headed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa Academy for Diplomatic Studies, Dr. Shaikha…

MANAMA: Two restaurants located in the Capital Governorate have been shut down for one week for violating the Covid-19 precautionary measures. Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) announced the closure of the restaurants, in coordination with the Health Ministry’s Public Health Directorate and the Inspection Directorate at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism. “The restaurants have been shut down for one week following the visit of the Health Ministry’s Food Control inspectors who reported the violations”, said a BTEA statement, adding that legal measures would be taken against both outlets for violating the ministerial edict 51 of 2020 which…

TikTok, the widely popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London’s High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the private data of millions of European children. Anne Longfield, the former Children’s Commissioner for England and so-called “litigation friend”, or public face, of an anoynmous 12-year-old girl leading the class action, said on Wednesday that affected children could receive thousands of pounds each if the claim is successful. Longfield alleged that every child that has used TikTok since May 25, 2018, may have had private personal information illegally collected…

Manama: For the first time in its history as Bahrain’s national carrier, Gulf Air has successfully completed a 100% virtual business continuity management drill.The Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) is the advanced planning and preparation of an organization to maintain business functions or quickly resuming work in/after the event of a major disaster has occurred. It also involves defining potential risks including fire, flood, cyber-attacks, pandemic …The exercise was planned for the most critical business functions to assess the airline’s readiness to continue operations in the event of unforeseen situations or emergencies. The exercise was conducted on the actual airline…

LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the world’s oldest monarch, turns 95 on Wednesday, but there will be no public celebrations just days after she bade farewell to her husband of seven decades at his funeral. Prince Philip, whom Elizabeth married in 1947, died on April 9 at the age of 99. The royals paid their final respects to the family’s patriarch at his funeral on Saturday at Windsor Castle. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the queen sat alone during the sombre service for Philip, who she had described as her “strength and stay”. Elizabeth, who is also the world’s longest-reigning monarch, will…

MANILA: The Philippines is beefing up its presence in the South China Sea and deploying more ships and an aircraft to protect its maritime territory and resources, a government task force said on Wednesday. The Philippines has ramped up its rhetoric in recent weeks in defiance of what it says is threatening behaviour by Chinese vessels in its 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), despite four years of rapprochement with historic rival China. “We are exhausting all means possible to protect our territory and EEZ,” the Philippines’ South China Sea task force said in a statement. The deployment is the latest…