Author: News Desk

India : India is working on at least six free trade agreements (FTAs), including one with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that can create a gateway for Indian trade to the Middle East and Africa and New Delhi may set up a huge India Mart in Dubai to tap that market, commerce minister Piyush Goyal said. India is negotiating trade deals with the UAE, the UK, the European Union (EU), Australia, Canada, Israel and a group of countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The deal with the UAE is expected soon, a government official said requesting anonymity. The commerce minister on Monday…

GREENVILLE :  President Joe Biden on Saturday commemorated the 49th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and infant daughter, visiting their graves at the Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church. Their deaths occurred just after Delaware voters elected Biden to the Senate in 1972 and the fatal car crash became a defining moment that has shaped his persona and career. His sons Beau and Hunter, just under 4 and 3 at the time, were seriously injured but survived the crash. His wife Neilia and 13-month-old daughter Naomi died after their car was broadsided while they…

MOSCOW : Russia sent a pair of nuclear-capable long-range bombers to patrol the skies over Belarus on Saturday, a mission intended to underline close defense ties between the two allies amid tensions with the West. The Russian Defense Ministry said the two Tu-22M3 strategic strike bombers practiced “performing joint tasks with the Belarusian air force and air defense.” Su-30 fighter jets that Russia has supplied to Belarus escorted the bombers. Moscow has denied harboring plans to invade Ukraine and pressed the United States for security guarantees that would exclude NATO expanding into Ukraine or deploying weapons there. The U.S. and…

OSAKA :  Japanese police on Saturday searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where a fire gutted an entire floor in an eight-story building, killing 24 people trapped inside. An Osaka police investigator told that the man is a possible suspect. A small fire broke out about half an hour before the building fire at the man’s house, where a patient registration card was found, the investigator said.   He is believed to be among the three people who survived and were in severe condition. Police have not arrested anyone, and it may take a…

Bahrain :  The Martyrs and Wounded Affairs Committee held an event marking the Commemoration Day, annually observed on December 17. The committee, which is affiliated with the office of Assistant Undersecretary for Human Resources at the Ministry of Interior, hosted the commemorative ceremony at the Public Security Club. Families and children of the martyrs of duty attended the event. Gifts and flags were distributed to the attendees who attended also a dinner banquet. Mohammed Yassine delivered a speech in which he paid homage to the martyrs who died in the line of duty in Bahrain and abroad, highlighting their lofty…

Bahrain : The Royal Humanitarian Foundation (RHF) received a cash donation from the South Korean embassy. South Korean Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Hae Kwan Chung, presented the cash donation to RHF Assistant Secretary General, Yousef Al Yaqoob, in the presence of Consul Kim Eun-young and RHF affiliates. The South Korean ambassador attended a drawing event held by RHF,  with the participation of its affiliates, under the theme ‘The South Korean Culture”. The participants offered their drawings to the South Korean ambassador in expression of their happiness about the visit. The South Korean embassy invited the RHF affiliates to…

Karachi :  A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others Saturday, police and a health official said. Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a local bank building in the Shershah neighborhood of the port city. The powerful blast destroyed the HBL bank building. Video footage aired by local television stations showed the entire structure of the Shershah branch was damaged. Dr. Sabir Memon at Trauma Center Karachi said 10 people were…

Bahrain : Primary Healthcare Centers Chief Executive Officer Dr. Jalila Al Sayyed the Jau-Askar medical clinic, accompanied by MP Mohammed El Sisi and other officials. The lawmaker was updated about the healthcare services delivered to citizens in the areas as well as expansion plans to enhance the quality of Government-run services. Dr Al Sayyed also shed light on the self-management strategy at primary healthcare centres, adding that the scheme aims to ensure comprehensive and sustainable services run by the board of trustees and the Department of Primary Healthcare at the Ministry of Health. She praised the health teams’ efforts to…

Bahrain : Sanghamam Irinjalakuda celebrates 14th Anniversary & 5oth Bahrain National Day at Ban Sang Thai Restaurant on December 16th at 7pm. Chief Guest P. Unnikrishnan, Chairman of 4 pm news inaugurated the function with the presence of other honorable guests. During the anniversary of Sangham Irinjalakuda’s new Executive committee was formed with the nomination of  TRS Mohan (President), Mr. Vijayan (General Secretary), Dileep Padmanabhan (Vice President), Sasikumar N. (Joint Secretary), Asokan Achangadan,(Treasurer), Unnikrishnan P.B (Entertainment Secretary), Pradeep V. P. (Membership secretary) Vibin Chandran (Assistant Entertainment Secretary) Joshi Ainikal (Assistant Membership Secretary) Thanzeer Basheer (Assistant Treasurer) Haripraksh V. P (Service Secretary). The…

A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead, reversing a previous decision on a requirement that could affect some 84 million U.S workers. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati overrules a decision by a federal judge in a separate court that had paused the mandate nationwide. The mandate from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration was to take effect Jan. 4. With Friday’s ruling, it’s not clear when the requirement might be put in place, but…