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Iftar kits had been distributed to thousands of people who are suffering amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Bahrain. Several volunteers have participated in the awareness campaign to maintain the distance and to wear masks and gloves. Around 25,000 to 30,000 Iftar kits are being distributed every day in cooperation and coordination with different governorates. “These Iftar kits will be distributed without considering the religion and race.”, said Adliya MP Mr. Ammar Al Bannai. https://youtu.be/EiYGpzsQ5FU The initiative deepens the principle of societal partnership promoted by the Ministry of Interior comes in cooperation and coordination with the national campaign “Feena Khair” launched…

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will launch a structured online teacher training programs. These courses will be imparted free of cost and no fee will be charged from teachers. On completion of the course, an e-certificate will be issued to the participant, the CBSE informed in an official notice. The classes will have several sessions and each session will be one hour long. Taking five sessions will be considered as one day of training. The board informed that around 1,200 online sessions are planned by the Centre of Excellence in May. These courses said CBSE is aimed at enabling teachers…

Authorities have put out a massive fire that raged through the 40-floor Abbco Tower in Sharjah’s Al Nahda area on Tuesday evening. According to the eye witnesses, the blaze erupted in the building that is located next to the Taj Bangalore restaurant. https://twitter.com/StarvisionN/status/1257769674214866945?s=20 Fire engines and ambulances rushed to the scene and were working to put out the blaze. Sharjah Civil Defence said they were called to the scene shortly after 9 pm on Tuesday. Cars were damaged by the falling debris from the burning building. https://www.facebook.com/starvisionnews/videos/304692937184845/ Several fire engines were seen on site trying to bring the blaze…

The Bahrain Ministry of Health has registered 41 new COVID-19, taking today’s total cases to 187. The new COVID-19 cases are of 34 expatriate workers, 3 are contacts of active cases, and 4 are travel-related. Bahrain tested a total of 155,501 until now. There are 1,950 active cases. These include 1,949 stable cases and 1 critical case. 1,762 people have been discharged. Only 8 deaths have been reported until now. This takes the total cases in Bahrain to 3,720. Read the New Guidelines in Bahrain – Click Here About the COVID-19 Deaths Read more about the eighth death – Click…

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa received a cable of thanks from Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa. On behalf of the ministry’s personnel, the minister extended deepest thanks to HM the King for praising the efforts of all sections to maintain the security and stability of the homeland and protect national achievements and gains. He said that the police of Bahrain realize the royal directives to encourage all state institutions to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as part of nationwide precautionary measures, stressing commitment to Bahrain’s security, the solidarity of its people and national unity. He…

Prominent Odia’s in the Gulf countries were urged to contribute to the economic growth of Odisha. Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan through video conferencing reiterated that India would emerge as one of the leading economies of the world in the post-Corona scenario. He further sought their cooperation to be a part of the process and appealed them to contribute to the economic growth of Odisha post the prevailing situation. The Union minister said India was forging ahead under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and added that efforts are on to ensure life with a livelihood. India will be a…

President of the Court of Cassation and Deputy President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Chancellor Abdulla bin Hassan Al-Buainin, has announced the inauguration of an online legal filing service of all Sharia lawsuits, as part of the digital transformation initiatives launched by the judicial sector. Chancellor Al-Buainin praised the constant support of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of HM the King and President of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), to initiatives aimed at enhancing the judicial and justice system related to the family, which, he said, paved the way for attaining major achievements at…

Liquor shops will not be allowed to open from Wednesday in Mumbai, civic authorities said, as large crowds made it difficult to enforce social distancing in the first 2 days since several relaxations were announced amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Police baton-charged hundreds of people who had crowded to liquor shops across the country when they opened on Monday for the first time in a relaxation of the world’s biggest lockdown, which is set to run until May 17. Government officials say the lockdown had helped avert a surge of infections that could have overwhelmed medical services. Mumbai has reported…

The Indian School Bahrain (ISB) has taken steps to distribute textbooks for students at home starting tomorrow (Thursday) amid coronavirus (COVID-19). “The ISB will start the mammoth task of delivering textbooks from Thursday to the thousands of students from LKG to XII who are attending online classes from their homes,” said ISB Chairman Prince S Natarajan. Those who ordered full-set textbooks in different classes will get books initially. At the same time preparations to deliver books for those who ordered half-set also will be done. The project is being implemented in Bahrain in cooperation with the distribution wing of Madhyamam…

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that a report that COVID-19 had emerged in December in France, sooner than previously thought, was “not surprising”, and urged countries to investigate any other early suspicious cases. The disease later identified as COVID-19 was first reported by Chinese authorities to the WHO on Dec. 31 and was not previously believed to have spread to Europe until January. There is not currently any suggestion that the virus emerged from anywhere other than Wuhan, China. It is thought that, instead, the French case was somehow connected to a person who travelled from there in…