Author: News Desk

HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs and President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports expressed his utmost happiness after seeing His Highness-owned mare Daahyeh achieving first place in the Cambridgeshire Festival which took place at Newmarket Rowley Mile Course, Britain. He explained that this new accomplishment underscores the vast support the equestrian sport enjoys from HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, pointing out that His Majesty’s backing has contributed to continuing accomplishing new achievements for the Kingdom of Bahrain in international events.   “Daahyeh’s…

The US state department says 18,000 people will be accepted under the government’s refugee program over the next 12 months – a record low. Places will be reserved for Iraqis who helped the US military, as well as members of persecuted religious minorities, it said. Human rights groups have criticized the move. And Samantha Power, a former US ambassador to the UN, described it as “an abomination”. President Donald Trump has also signed an executive order allowing state and local governments to opt-out of resettling refugees in their communities. \The order would ensure “that refugees are resettled in communities that are eager…

Amazon, earlier this year, introduced features that enable users to delete snippets of their conversations with the company’s virtual assistant, Alexa. The company announced two new utterances – “Alexa, delete what I just said” — and — “Alexa, delete everything I said today” – that would enable users to delete their Alexa recordings using a simple voice command. Now, Amazon is taking this step further by introducing new privacy focussed features for Alexa. Amazon at its annual event on September 25 at its headquarters introduced a new Auto Delete feature for Alexa. As apart of this feature, users will have…

Does the name Aparna Lavakumar ring a bell? No? Let us tell you who this woman is. This god sent Senior Civil Police officer is currently making headlines for her donation to the cancer patients. And no, it is not for what you are thinking. The police officer who lives in Irinjalakuda in Thrissur district, Kerala is getting applauded all over the social media for shaving her knee-length hair to make wigs for cancer patients. Watch the video here: Before Aparna decided to shave her entire head, she did not inform anybody in advance. While talking about the whole process, she…

German motorist is being credited for his quick thinking after his engine caught fire on the Autobahn. He turned to a slightly different foam extinguisher to douse the flames: bottles of beer. Police told the DPA news agency Wednesday that the man was on the highway near the town of Hoesbach in Bavaria the day before when he smelled something odd. Pulling over, the man spotted flames under the hood of his car. He quickly grabbed bottles of beer from a case in his car and quenched the fire. Authorities say the fire department responded but there was nothing left…

A video of a woman from Kerala, riding a scooter, has gone viral online and the reason behind it will blow your mind. The viral video shows a woman driver standing on the right side of the road on her scooter, as a bus driver, who was traveling on the wrong side, is forced to take the right lane. The woman, who is on her scooter; which looks extremely tiny in front of the bus, does not budge from her position on the road. The bus, which looks intimidating, then moves to her right. https://twitter.com/TheGhostRider31/status/1176976119028862976?s=20 The video was shared on…

It’s been quite the week for President Donald Trump. Here’s a quick recap: On Wednesday, Trump ordered the White House to release the full transcript of his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky that sought to investigate President Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter and upon doing so, became subject to a formal impeachment inquiry as announced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The news of President Trump’s impeachment predictably caused an uproar on social media and many took it to Twitter with gifs, memes and general exclamations to express their sentiments towards the news. The president actively tweeted upon Pelosi’s statement himself,…

 IceWarp, headquartered in Czech Republic – a global email, messaging and collaboration solutions provider has announced its strategic partnership with Kalaam telecom, a leading managed solutions provider for businesses across GCC and international markets, offering advanced  Internet, data, voice, ICT, cloud and Security solutions. IceWarp currently has more than 50 million users on their Cloud platform and have launched 5 clusters worldwide with Bahrain being the new 6th hub for the Middle East Market. The tie-up aims to provide an alternative email and collaboration solution to multifold user experience which is cost-effective with data privacy and unparalleled security  for organisations. Customers working…

It all started with a dream. A vision of how his beloved sport of mixed martial arts could give more, to the athletes, to the fans and to everyone associated with it. Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa has transformed into one of the iconic figures of MMA by thrusting his knowledge, passion, and resources into the sport. As he celebrates his birthday, we take a look at His Highness’ path towards MMA legendary status. As a passionate sportsman, it was no surprise that Shaikh Khalid followed the endeavors of young Hamza Kooheji, the first-ever Bahraini fighter. “The Pride of…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said at the United Nations Climate Action Summit that there is no time left for talks on the environment and the world needs to act in order to protect it. “The time for talking is over, the world needs to act now,” PM Modi said during his address. Speaking at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, Modi also spoke about the importance of using renewable sources of energy instead of non-renewable resources. He highlighted how India has been championing solar energy production, adding that 80 nations are…