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London: The World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year. In 2022, more than 300 children – mainly aged under 5 – in Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan died of acute kidney injury, in deaths that were associated with contaminated medicines, the WHO said in a statement, Reuters reports. The medicines, over-the-counter cough syrups, had high levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. “These contaminants are toxic chemicals used as industrial solvents and antifreeze agents that can be fatal even taken…

Manama,: The Information &eGovernment Authority (iGA) released its foreign trade report of 2022, containing data on the balance of trade, imports, exports (national origin) and re-exports. The value of imports increased by 10%, reaching BD5.842 billion during 2022 compared to BD5.316 billion for the same previous year. The top 10 countries accounted for 69% of the value of imports, while the remaining countries accounting for 31%. According to the report, China ranked first when it came to imports with a total value of BD845 million, Brazil was the second with BD620 million, and Australia was the third with BD509 million.…

Manama :  HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, received the President of Paris, representing Victorious Bahrain in the French Ligue 2, Pierre Ferracci, Executive Director, Fabrice Herrault, and former Brazilian footballer, Raí Souza. HH Shaikh Nasser commended the tremendous efforts by the board chairman and members of Paris FC to establish the club’s status in French football, as well as in putting in place suitable conditions for it to achieve positive results. HH Shaikh Nasser said that the team, which carries the slogan of Victorious Bahrain, promotes the…

Manama : Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, the Supreme Council for Health (SCH) President, Lieutenant-General Dr. Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, today opened the Accident and Emergency Department at the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) following the completion of the expansion project. Health Minister, Dr. Jaleela Al-Sayed Jawad Hassan, Board of Trustees Chairman of Government Hospitals, Shaikh Hesham bin Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, and CEO of Government Hospitals, Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Ansari, were present. The SCH President lauded the sound directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin…

Riyadh :  Housing and Urban Planning Minister Amna bint Ahmed Al Romaihi held a meeting with the Saudi Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing Dr. Majid Al-Hogail, on the sidelines of her visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Al Romaihi hailed deep-rooted historic relation binding the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. During the meeting, she commended joint fruitful cooperation between the two countries to provide social housing, hailing…

The Indian government will borrow a record 16 trillion rupees ($198 billion) in the fiscal year to March 2024, The federal government’s gross indebtedness has more than doubled in the past four years as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has spent heavily to cushion the economy from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide relief to the poor.Add a Comment Comment Guidelines We encourage you to use comments to engage with other users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other.Add a Comment Comment Guidelines We encourage you to use comments to engage with other…

Kuwait’s government under Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Sabah submitted its resignation on Monday after weeks of tension with the country’s national assembly over requests to question two cabinet ministers. Jenan Boushehri, one of the assembly’s two female MPs, formally submitted a request last week to question Cabinet Affairs Minister and former foreign minister Barak Al Shaitan in parliament, while opposition MP Mubarak Al Hajraf asked to interrogate Finance Minister Abdulwahab Al Rushaid. “The Prime Minister has informed the cabinet of raising the government’s letter of resignation to His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishaal Al Ahmad Al Jaber…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is travelling to New Delhi this week to be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations and to commemorate with Indian leaders the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cairo and Delhi. It would be Mr El Sisi’s third visit to India since the former army general took the reins in the most populous Arab nation in 2014, but his most significant by far given the giant leaps made by the two countries in cementing and expanding their relationship. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last visited Cairo in August 2015. “It is…

PARIS :  Schiaparelli kicked off haute couture season Monday with plenty of glamorous frivolity and exaggerated silhouettes ahead of the highly anticipated show by powerhouse Christian Dior. Schiaparelli also offered surreal takes on classics harking back to the 1930s heyday of house founder Elsa Schiaparelli. The mood at the first spring-summer couture show of the season was enlivened by gold accents and intricate embellishments in front of a a slew of VIPs inside the gilded atrium of the Petit Palais. Designer Daniel Roseberry was in top form, taking classical styles and giving them unexpected twists. A dark tuxedo with stiff…

MOSCOW : Russia and Estonia on Monday were expelling the ambassadors from each other’s countries in a tit-for-tat move, saying that their diplomatic missions will be headed by charges d’affaires as relations between the countries sank to a new low over Ukraine. In a show of solidarity with its Baltic neighbor, Latvia announced that it would also downgrade diplomatic relations with Moscow as of Feb. 24. The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Estonian Ambassador Margus Laidre and ordered him to leave the country by Feb. 7. The statement issued by the ministry said that Estonia’s diplomatic representation from now on will…