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India : The Delhi Police have arrested a nurse and her husband for stealing cash and jewellery worth Rs 2.4 crore from Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor’s  House. The police said that the nurse worked as a caretaker at Kapoor’s house located near Amrita Shergill Marg. Sonam’s family registered a case of robbery of cash and jewellery worth Rs 2.4 crores on February 23 at Tughlak Road police station. On Wednesday, the police  arrested two people – Aparna Ruth Wilson (31) and her husband Naresh Sagar (31). Wilson worked as caretaker to help Ahuja’s mother and Sagar works as an accountant at a private…

London  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to resign after being fined for breaking his government’s pandemic lockdown rules, saying he would instead redouble efforts to strengthen the economy and combat Russian aggression in Ukraine. London police fined Johnson and other people Tuesday for attending a birthday party thrown for the prime minister at his Downing Street offices on June 19, 2020. The penalty made Johnson the first British prime minister ever found to have broken the law while in office. “I understand the anger that many will feel that I, myself, fell short when it came to observing…

Bahrain : Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning  Minister Essam bin Abdullah Khalaf received the US Ambassador to the Kingdom, Steven Bondy. The meeting discussed areas of enhancing cooperation, and topics related to infrastructure projects undertaken by Bahrain and the United States. Minister Khalaf praised the advanced American experiences in the field of infrastructure and reconstruction, pointing out to the development of relations between the two countries. The ambassador praised the cooperation in the field of infrastructure, expressing his pride of the bilateral relations in various fields.

Bahrain : His Majesty the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa expressed his appreciation to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Honorary President of the Royal Humanitarian Foundation (RHF) for honoring RHF’s employees with the Prince Salman Bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit. The medal was handed in honor of the employees efforts during COVID-19 pandemic. His Highness valued the efforts of all RHF’s employees, who worked continuously to implement the visions of His Majesty the King, and the directives of His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince…

Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday to disperse hundreds of university students protesting high cooking oil prices and a mooted extension of President Joko Widodo’s stay in office. Crowds of demonstrators were seen running away from the scene outside parliament in the capital Jakarta, according to a Reuters witness, while Kompas TV said rocks had been thrown into the complex. The rally was one of several across Indonesia on Monday, including in South Sulawesi, West Java and Jakarta, where hundreds of students wearing neon jackets had marched towards parliament to complain about rising goods costs and…

Manama :  The National Bureau for Revenue’s (NBR) has launched the “Digital Stamps” Scheme in Bahrain as part of its commitment to ensure the effective implementation of Excise, This scheme aims to track excise goods from the manufacturing stage up to the point of consumption through digital stamps, NBR said. These stamps contain security features and codes that serve to protect consumers against counterfeit and illicit trade. The “Digital Stamps” Scheme operates by scanning the stamp placed on excise goods at entry points to Bahrain to ensure their authenticity. It will protect consumers against the circulation of counterfeit or illegal…

President Joe Biden asked India’s Narendra Modi on Monday not to accelerate the buying of Russian oil as the U.S. and other nations try to cut off Moscow’s energy income following the invasion of Ukraine. The Indian prime minister made no public commitment to refrain from Russian oil, a source of tension with the U.S. Meeting by video call, Biden told Modi that the U.S. could help India diversify its sources of energy, according to press secretary Jen Psaki. Even though India receives little of its oil from Russia, it stepped up recently with a major purchase as other democracies are…

Bahrain:  The Studies and Initiatives Center of Bahrain Chamber for Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has issued its report titled “Trade in Focus”, which offers a view of the trade relations between Bahrain and South Korea. The report exhibits key trade indicators, and highlights potential sectors. It has been growing continuously, as the volume of trade increased by 135% from 2017 to 2021. Exports from Bahrain to South Korea exceeded imports for the first time in the past 5 years, and witnessed a 141% increase in 2021 compared to its 2020 levels. The report indicated that in 2021, Bahrain’s top imported…

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak are to receive fines for breaching strict coronavirus lockdown rules, the government said on Tuesday, prompting calls for them both to resign. Police have been investigating 12 gatherings at Johnson’s Downing Street office and the Cabinet Office after a damning internal inquiry found his staff had enjoyed alcohol-fuelled parties that should not have been allowed. Johnson said he had attended a few of the events, but has always denied knowingly committing any wrongdoing. “The prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have today received notification that the Metropolitan Police…

LONDON :  President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, using his first public comments on the conflict in more than a week to vow that his troops would win and to goad the West for failing to bring Moscow to heel. Addressing the war in public for the first time since Russian forces retreated from northern Ukraine after they were halted at the gates of Kyiv, Putin promised that Russia would achieve all of its “noble” aims in Ukraine. Putin said Russia had no choice but to fight because it had to…