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has come under the scanner of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) after a cruise rave party was busted on Saturday night off the Mumbai coast. According to India Today, the drugs raid was carried out by NCB officials onboard the Cordelia Cruises’ Empress ship and several people were taken in for questioning. Sameer Wankhede, Zonal Director of NCB, confirmed on Sunday that Aryan Khan is being questioned.  However, Aryan has not been booked on any charges or arrested. The anti-drug agency has only brought in him for questioning. Several videos from the NCB office on Saturday night surfaced wherein officials were seen taking in…

Muscat : Authorities in Oman urged thousands of residents in coastal areas to leave their homes and head to emergency shelters on Saturday as the Gulf state braced for tropical storm Shaheen to intensify into a category 1 tropical cyclone.  The Omani National Committee for Emergency Management called for the evacuations in the northern states of Barka and Saham and coastal areas including parts of the capital, Muscat, where Shaheen is forecast to strike on Sunday, bringing high winds and heavy rain. Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority said on Friday it expected Shaheen to strengthen into a category 1 tropical cyclone…

Washington : Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sending the drugmaker’s stock price soaring while denting high-flying shares of vaccine companies and makers of other coronavirus therapies. Merck shares jumped as much as 12.3% and hit their highest level since February 2020 after data showed the company’s pill molnupiravir could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalized for those most at risk of contracting severe COVID-19. Experts hailed the news as potentially a huge advance in the fight against COVID-19, Reuters said. At the same…

Bahrain : Special Envoy for Climate Affairs and Chief Executive of the Supreme Council for Environment (SCE), Dr. Mohammed bin Mubarak bin Daina, said that the health sector in the kingdom is growing steadily, noting that the number of health institutions has increased by 18% between 2017 and 2020. Dr. Bin Daina made the statement marking the beginning of the implementation of Edict 3 of 2020 regarding the management of the hazardous waste of the health care sector, which came into effect on September 25. The Special Envoy for Climate Affairs said that the edict had been prepared in collaboration…

Bahrain : HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of the General Sports Authority and President of Bahrain Olympic Committee, has received at his office Al Wadi Palace HE Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Oil Minister. The meeting was attended by HH Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Vice President of the General Sports Authority and HE Dr Abdulrahman Sadiq Askar, CEO of the Authority. At the beginning of the meeting, HH Shaikh Khalid welcomed  the Oil Minister and conveyed to him the greetings of HM King…

Bahrain : The Anti-Cyber Crimes Directorate of the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security said on Thursday that during the regular follow-up of social media, some statements and quotes posted from outside Bahrain, alleging to be from individuals and organisations inside Bahrain were spotted. The claims aim to promote sedition and chaos and risk social fabric and civil peace. The directorate called upon social media users to seek information from reliable sources and avoid circulating or dealing with such incitement messages as part of the national duty and community partnership for the security and safety of the…

Bahrain : The Nasser Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Centre at the Nasser Vocational Training Centre (NVTC) and the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute have started a collaboration, whereby students in Kingdom of Bahrain benefit from NVIDIA’s online courses in various areas of artificial intelligence (AI). NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute offers learning materials for organizations, educators, and students to advance their knowledge in AI, accelerated computing, data science, graphics and simulation, and more. The NVTC is positioning itself as a centre of excellence for AI in Bahrain and the wider region, training students at different levels on AI and deep learning,…

Bahrain : HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has commended the tremendous efforts exerted by the Bahrain Victorious cycling team’s technical and administrative staff members, as well as riders to raise the national flag at European gatherings. In this regard, HH Shaikh Nasser indicated that the success of the team’s rider, Stevie Williams, in winning the queen and penultimate stage of the 2021 CRO Race, a road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia between 28 September and 3 October 2021, confirms the team’s successful performance at various…

Manama, Oct. 2 (BNA): The eKey, used to login to services on the National Portal, bahrain.bh and government channels, has been further improved, ensuring easy, quick, and secure access by users without the need for them to enter personal details upon each visit, the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) has announced iGA Government Systems Support & Maintenance Director, Hesham Al Hashemi said that the eKey is offered at two levels via ekey.bh, Standard and Advanced. The Standard eKey is available for all citizens and residents in the Kingdom and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with their ID card. Users can…

TBILISI :  Former President Mikheil Saakashvili was arrested after returning to Georgia, the government said Friday, a move that came as the ex-leader sought to mobilize supporters ahead of national municipal elections seen as critical to the country’s political makeup. The announcement by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili came hours after Saakashvili, who was convicted in absentia on abuse of power charges and has lived in Ukraine in recent years, posted on Facebook that he was back in the country. Details of the arrest were not immediately clear, but Georgian TV on Friday evening broadcast video of Saakashvili in handcuffs, with…