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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…

5-year-old Adrian took the family car, and was only caught when police in Utah state stopped him on the freeway. A patrolman spotted the SUV weaving across lanes at 30mph (50km/h), and issued a traffic stop, duly obeyed by the driver. He was shocked to discover the child behind the wheel, who said he was on his way to buy a Lamborghini. The boy told police that he had left home after his mother refused to buy him the luxury vehicle – lower-priced models cost over $180,000 (£144,000) – which sparked an argument. “He decided he’d take the car and…

The Bahrain Ministry of Health has announced 18 new recoveries from COVID-19 and registered 146 new active cases of which 127 are expatriate workers, 18 are contacts of active cases, and 1 was repatriated by the ICRP. Bahrain tested a total of 154,584 until now. There are 1,909 active cases. These include 1,908 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 3,679. Read the New Guidelines in Bahrain – Click Here About the COVID-19 Deaths Read more about the eighth death…

The Oman Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday the registration of 98 new COVID-19 cases within the Sultanate. 42 of the new cases are Omanis and 56 cases for non-Omanis. This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Sultanate to 2,735, in addition to 12 death cases. The Ministry also pointed out that 858 cases have recovered.

More than 8,000 Indian residents in Bahrain have registered on the Indian Embassy’s online platform to return to their homeland amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Above 8,000 people have registered on the Indian Embassy’s online platform.” Mr. Norbu Negi, Chargé d’Affaires of the Indian Embassy told to the Starvision News. The first repatriation flight from Bahrain will reach Kochi on May 8, and the second flight from Bahrain will reach Kozhikode on May 11 with both the flights having approximately 200 passengers. On May 9, two flights are scheduled to reach Kochi, one from Kuwait and another from Oman. Only persons…