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Kuwait’s Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) Chairman Shaikh Salman Humoud AI-Sabah said, “The fourth stage of evacuating citizens from abroad would take place on April 29 and proceed until May 6”. The fourth phase would include Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Washington, Montreal, Sidney and Berth. The operation will also cover a number of cities in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa where there are Kuwaiti citizens who booked electronically with international aviation companies in cooperation with Kuwaiti embassies.

The dead bodies of 3 Indian expats (Jagsir Singh, Sanjeev Kumar and Kamlesh Bhatt), which were returned from New Delhi on Friday, have been repatriated from Abu Dhabi on Sunday evening. The family members conveyed relief as the mortal remains of their dear ones could be finally taken to their native places for the last rituals. The bodies were repatriated from Abu Dhabi International Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Mortal remains of Jagsir Singh and Sanjeev Kumar will be taken to Punjab and that of Kamlesh Bhatt to Uttarakhand. Inderjeet, the brother-in-law of Sanjeev, said arrangements have…

Over 579 trials have been done via video-conferences in Abu Dhabi, authorities said on Sunday. The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) said the e-system was put in place as part of efforts to ensure continuity while protecting employees and customers amid the Covid-19 situation. Judges of the commercial court held 165 e-hearings at the first instance court; 333 at the appellant court; and 81 at the summary matters court, according to ADJD. The total number of notifications sent to the disputes’ parties was 1,158. In terms of rulings, the Abu Dhabi Commercial Court issued a total of 1,549 judgments in…

17 police officers in Peru have died of Covid-19 while implementing a nationwide lockdown. On Friday, Interior Minister Carlos Morán, who had been criticised for failing to provide officers with masks and medical care, resigned. Over 1,000 police have been infected by the virus. The country has reported over 25,000 infections and 700 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The new interior minister said his department had granted $15 million to purchase protective equipment for police.

As of now, 5,914 people have been cured with a recovery rate of over 20%. 1,975 new cases were reported, taking the total to 26,917 people. A total number of 826 deaths have been reported in India as of now. 47 deaths were reported in 24 hours. Maharashtra tops the list with the most cases and the most deaths. The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan today visited Trauma Centre of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). During his visit, he visited various wards in the state-of-the-art building having isolation facility for COVID-19 patients. During his…

Bahrain has announced 26 new recoveries from COVID-19 and registered 44 new active cases of which 32 are expatriate workers and 10 are contacts of active cases and 2 are travel-related. Bahrain tested a total of 113436 until now. There are 1439 active cases. These include 1437 stable cases and 2 critical cases. 1186 people have been discharged. Only 8 deaths have been reported until now. This takes the total cases in Bahrain to 2633. Read the New Guidelines in Bahrain – Click Here Bahrain has announced the death of a 36-year-old expatriate male on 23rd April, a registered active…

Russia reported 6,361 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, pushing its national tally to 80,949. 66 people succumbed to the virus in the past day, bringing the death toll to 747, Russia’s official crisis response center said.

Israel’s Corsight AI, which has developed technology to recognize faces concealed by masks, goggles and plastic shields, raised $5 million from Awz Ventures, a Canadian fund focused on intelligence and security technologies, reported Reuters. Corsight said on Sunday it will use the funds to market the platform and to continue development. In March, China’s Hanwang Technology Ltd said it has come up with technology that can recognize people when they are wearing masks, as many are today because of the coronavirus. Corsight said it offers a facial recognition system able to process information captured on video cameras and can address…

An additional 5 charter flights will bring home more than 1,250 British travellers to the UK from Bangladesh. This brings the total number of special charter flights organised by the UK Government from Bangladesh to nine. Once completed, they will have brought back more than 2,100 British travellers in total. Four in-country connecting flights between Sylhet and Dhaka are also taking place. These will run on 29 April and 1, 5, and 7 May. Foreign Office Minister of State, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon said “This weekend, a total of 850 British travellers are due to return to the UK…

The US peace envoy to Afghanistan on Sunday called on the country’s feuding leaders to set their differences aside to combat the coronavirus pandemic and advance a stalled peace agreement signed with the Taliban earlier this year. The well-being of the Afghan people and the country itself depend on all parties devoting their full energies to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the shared enemy of all,” Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted early Sunday. He said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, who each declared himself the victor in September’s election, should “put the interest of the country ahead of their…