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Debt relief extendedG20 suspends poor countries’ debt payments for six more months

• Initiative may be extended until the end of 2021

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Group of 20 leading econ-omies (G20) nations announced yesterday a

six-month extension to a debt suspension initiative for the world’s poorest countries rav-aged by the coronavirus pan-demic, triggering criticism from campaigners who said it did not go far enough.

The World Bank on Monday said the debt of the world’s 73 poorest countries grew 9.5 per-cent last year to a record $744 billion.

The countries’ debt burden owed to government creditors, most of whom are G20 states, reached $178 billion last year, it added.

The 20 most industrialised nations had pledged in April to suspend debt service from the world’s most vulnerable coun-tries through the end of the year as they faced a sharp economic contraction caused by the pan-demic.

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Step up co-operation callBahrain showing economic growth amid pandemic: Finance Minister

• Health and safety of citizens and residents top priorities

TDT | Manama

Finance and National Econ-omy Minister Shaikh Sal-

man bin Khalifa Al Khalifa has stressed the need to intensify efforts and step up joint co-op-eration to face the challenges amidst the coronavirus pan-demic and support economic growth.

The Minister emphasised that the Kingdom of Bahrain has placed the health and safety of citizens and residents at the top of its priorities even before the outbreak of the respiratory illness.

He was speaking at the Sov-ereign Investor Forum held by Standard Chartered Bank on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank 2020,

held remotely, with the partici-pation of a number of interna-tional investors and clients of sovereign funds.

During the forum, the Min-ister noted that the economic growth of Bahrain has shown a remarkable improvement in the third quarter of 2020 for many sectors and is expected to continue to achieve the re-quired rates of positive growth based on a number of economic

indicators.He indicated that the King-

dom launched a financial and economic stimulus package worth BD4.5 billion, equivalent to 31% of the country’s GDP, to support the diversification of the economy.

Through this initiative, the country is pumping the neces-sary liquidity to the private sec-tor and supporting individuals and companies, which contrib-

uted to reducing the repercus-sions of the pandemic on various vital sectors.

It also protected jobs by en-suring the payment of full sal-aries of working citizens in the private sector during the first three months of the pandemic, followed by 50% support for their salaries extending to the end of the current year.

In addition, a number of fi-nancial measures was put in

place that stimulated the growth of the economy.

The Minister said the King-dom is moving forward with im-plementing all promising plans and policies that would contrib-ute to successfully overcoming the challenge of the coronavirus in a way that would continue economic growth.

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The economic growth of Bahrain

is expected to continue to achieve the required rates of positive growth

based on a number of economic indicators.

FINANCE MINISTER

HM the King issues two decrees

• Restructures interior ministry

TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday

issued Royal Decree 65/2020, amending some provisions of Decree 69/2004 on re-structur-ing the Interior Ministry.

Under the decree, a new clause (N’18) was added to Article (1) of Decree 69/2004 on re-structuring the Interior Ministry, as follows:

“18 - The National Cyberse-curity Centre, which includes:

Chief Executive Officer (with the rank of Undersecretary),

who is followed by:a - Deputy CEO for Cyber Oper-ations (with the rank of Assis-tant Undersecretary), who is in charge of:• The Directorate of Cyber

Protection.• The Directorate of Nation-

al Response.

b – The Directorate of Coordi-nation and Analysis.c- The Directorate of Support and Computer Operations.d - The Directorate of Security Systems Development.e - The Directorate Follow-up and Education.f – The Directorate of Cyber Policies.”

The Interior Minister shall implement the provisions of the decree, which takes effect after its publication in the Official Gazette.

HM King yesterday also is-sued Royal Decree 66/2020, appointing Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa as Chief Executive Officer of the National Cyber-security Centre.

HM the King

HM King receives cable of congratulationsTDT | Manama

His Majesty King Ham-ad bin Isa Al Khalifa

received a cable of congrat-ulations from Constitutional Court president Shaikh Khal-ifa bin Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa on the inauguration of the third session of the fifth legislative term of the Shura and Representatives Councils.

The Constitutional Court head praised the royal address which included a far-sighted vision and valuable directives that embody HM the King’s keenness on providing health-care for all.

He also pointed out the praise given to the Nation-al Taskforce for Combating Coronavirus, which is led by

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Su-preme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister.

Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid hailed the royal decree setting the Hope Fund to support the youth’s projects and initiatives and tasking Personal Repre-sentative of HM the King for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa to oversee it.

He affirmed that the initi-ative reflects the royal care for the youth sector and its vital role to build the system of national work and devel-opment. He also described the initiative as an incen-tive for more creativity and innovation.

CORRIGENDUM

Kindly note that the caption in yesterday’s Page 3 story entitled “Strategic part-nership” was inadvertently mentioned as “RERA CEO Shaikh Mohammed with IGA counterpart Al Qaed”. The proper caption should have been “RERA CEO Shaikh Mo-hammed bin Khalifa, right, with Indian Ambassador to Bahrain H.E. Piyush Srivas-tava.” The error is regretted and TDT offers its sincerest apologies.

Bahrain economy has shown a remarkable improvement in the third quarter of the year

iGA receives Service Excellence Award TDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, award-ed the Information & eGov-ernment Authority (iGA) with the 2020 Service Excellence Award.

iGA Chief Executive Moham-med Ali Al Qaed expressed his pride in the authority being selected, reiterating its com-mitment to HRH the Crown Prince’s directives to maintain effective communication with beneficiaries, gather their feed-back, and continue to enhance the government service expe-rience and quality levels across digital channels.

Al Qaed’s comments came at a meeting to mark the occasion to thank and congratulate the employees overseeing the Ta-wasul cases and other support-ing teams that provide support to the National Suggestions and Complaints System expressing his pride and appreciation to their committment.

Tawasul’s performance has been excelling in terms of the speed and efficiency with which it responds to sugges-tions and complaints.

Al Qaed said that one of the main factors in securing the award was iGA’s commitment to following the directives of Interior Minister Gen Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa to promptly respond to all cases received via Tawasul.

He also credited the win to efforts by the team whom en-sured immediate responses to all cases received.

The iGA handles all enquiries,

notes, and complaints received via Tawasul, as well as other cases related to government entities that have not joined the system but have joint, eServices via the National Portal. This makes iGA among the entities receiving the highest volume of cases.

Al Qaed said that the award reaffirms the Kingdom’s com-mitment to a ‘Smart Gov-ernment’ approach that ele-vates efficiency and quality of services for citizens and residents, while utilising the most advanced technical solutions.

iGA Chief Executive Al Qaed with the award

LuLu Hypermarket showcases exotic Thai tastes

TDT | Manama

LuLu Hypermarket will be showcasing the popular and

exotic cuisine of Thailand in a unique festival that started yesterday and will run until 20 October in collaboration with The Royal Thai Embassy.

The festival was inaugurated at the LuLu Hypermarket in Juffair Mall by Thai Ambas-sador to Bahrain H.E. Thanis Na Songkhla and LuLu senior management led by Lulu Group Director Juzer Rupawala.

There will be a 30% savings discount in all LuLu Hyper-markets on selected Thai prod-

ucts and a special display of Thai vegetables as well.

In addition, a guest chef from the Gulf Hotel, Wasanee Bordeerat, will be presenting a live cookery demo of Thai culinary treats. For the inaugu-ration, Chef Wasanee prepared two signature dishes: Panang curry (non veg) and a vegetar-ian Tom Kha Pak soup.

“Thai cuisine is known worldwide for its versatili-ty and flavours and is one of the most popular food trends globally,” said the Thai Am-bassador. “The Royal Thai Embassy always takes the op-portunity to promote our Thai

culinary heritage and the vast range of fresh Thai produce and amazing Thai food ingre-dients which LuLu Hyper-market has in its aisles. This festival will amply focus on these.”

For his part, LuLu Regional Director Kaleem said: “As we all work around the template of safety in this time of pan-demic, we are finding new and innovative ways to continue to bring new concepts to life. The LuLu Group is happy to sup-port the Royal Thai Embassy and bring people the experi-ence of eating at the best Thai tables in Bahrain.”

The Thai Ambassador with LuLu senior management led by Group Director Rupawala during the inauguration

Quiz contest offers chance to visit IndiaTDT | Manama

People around the world are invited to partici-

pate in the Bharat Ko Jani-ye Quiz 2020-2021 (Know India Quiz Contest 2020-2021).

The winners will get a chance to visit India.

India’s Ministry of Exter-nal Affairs’ Overseas Indian Affairs-II Division is organ-ising the event.

It is open for three cate-gories: PIO, NRIs and other nationalities aged between 18 and 35 years old.

Two Bahrainis die from COVIDTDT | Manama

The Health Ministry has announced the deaths

of two Bahraini citizens, a 77-year-old man and wom-an, 75, from coronavirus (COVID-19) yesterday.

The death toll now stands at 287.

Following 9,463 tests, there were 349 new active cases detected yesterday.

The fresh infections in-cluded 105 expatriate work-ers and 239 from contacts of active cases, while five were travel-related.

Women ‘partners’ in peacemakingTDT | Manama

Women play a major rolein decision-making to

establish peace and security in the world, Foreign Affairs Ministry Undersecretary Dr Shaikha Rana bint Isa bin Daij Al Khalifa said.

Also a member of Supreme Council for Women (SCW) and chairman of MoFA’s Equal Opportunities Committee, Dr Shaikha Rana was speaking at the opening of the celebrations for the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediator Networks via video-conference.

Dr Shaikha Rana noted in her speech that Bahrain, in imple-mentation of the pledge it made 25 years ago during the Fourth World Conference on Wom-en in Beijing in 1995, and the commitments contained in the Beijing Declaration and Plat-form of Action, together with Security Council Resolution 1325 of 2000, seek to ensure the equal participation of men and women at all levels.

It is especially at the level of decision-making and the in-volvement of women in conflict prevention and peace building and maintenance processes, af-

firming that women play a ma-jor role in establishing peace.

Dr Shaikha Rana underlined that the efforts made by women to establish peace and domestic and international security are very clear.

And although Arab women

vary in their exposure to armed conflicts, they still have a great role in peacemaking and reso-lution of disputes.

Dr Shaikha Rana noted that a Bahraini woman, despite being in a stable region far from the possibility of an armed con-flict, does not mean that she is far from fulfilling her role in providing support services and backing women in broth-erly states subjected to armed conflict.

She reviewed a number of Bahrain’s initiatives in this re-gard, including establishing Bahrain Health Centre in Aden, and forming the Civil Defence Council and National Disaster Management Committee by the Ministry of Interior in the King-dom to take measures related to handling emergencies.

A source of prideBahrain committed to keeping gains in women’s advancement

• Role in publiclife highlighted

• Call for sustaineddevelopment

TDT | Manama

Bahrain is determined to keep its commitment and gains in the field of wom-

en’s advancement, said Supreme Council for Women (SCW) sec-retary-general Hala Al Ansari, describing them as a “source of pride.”

She emphasised that the King-dom’s commitment towards women’s advancement is deeply rooted, citing Bahraini women’s early education, voting in mu-nicipal elections and economic participation in vital sectors, such as health, banks, judiciary, engineering, among others.

Al Ansari made the statements during her participation in a we-binar organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented by the Bahrain Embassy to US, in co-operation with the Wil-son Centre, marking the 25th

anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Bei-jing, China, and the adoption of the “Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action”.

This forum coincides with the Kingdom’s celebration of the Bahraini Women’s Day, which will honour women in the dip-lomatic field.

Al Ansari noted that wom-en’s early active involvement in public life has resulted in a steady increase in their access to decision-making posts, as they became ministers, ambas-sadors and parliamentarians,

heads of specialised entities, in addition to reaching the helm of the Council of Representatives through free direct elections in

2018.M a i n t a i n i n g B a h r a i n ’s

achievements in women’s ad-vancement and optimising them is a challenge, Al Ansari said.

But despite the unprecedent-ed challenges resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, she stressed, Bahrain is following up on the changes and emerging opportunities in order to be able to adapt to the new situation, speed up the recovery process and carry on its national devel-opment process.

Bahrain realised early on, and through the National Plan for the Advancement of Bahraini Women which was first devised about 20 years ago, that nation-al development would not be possible unless it was based on the principles of equal partic-ipation of women and men in public life, and the integration

women’s needs in the national development programmes.

During the webinar, Al Ansari stressed Bahrain’s commitment to the “Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action” as a gener-al framework for women’s ad-vancement.

She noted that 25 years into its inception, the Declaration remains a major reference and a source of guidance and inspi-ration.

Al Ansari pointed out that Bahrain believes that in order to better benefit from the Decla-

ration that encourages and sup-ports sustained development of women and girls all over the world, there is a need to devel-op flexible evaluation and fol-low-up procedures.

And that takes into account the risk elements and the ex-ceptional circumstances, as well as to develop the methodology of preparing periodic report to encourage and support knowl-edge management and transfer, through shedding light on the best practices and the success stories.


And although Arab women vary in

their exposure to armed conflicts,

they still have a great role in peacemaking

and resolution of disputes

DR SHAIKHA RANA

Bahraini women are actively participating in elections.

Women’s early active involve-ment in public life has re-

sulted in a steady increase in their access to decision-mak-

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SCW secretary-general Al Ansari

25Years into its inception, the “Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action”

remains a major reference and a source of guidance

and inspiration.

Undersecretary Dr Shaikha Rana participates in the videoconference

Converting ideas to projects

• Emergingentrepreneurship discussed during online lectures and workshops hosted by UoB

TDT | Manama

Business leaders and entre-preneurs in Bahrain took

part in a series of online lec-tures and workshops for stu-dents organised by the Busi-ness Incubation Center at the University of Bahrain recently.

They reviewed their suc-cessful experiences in estab-lishing their own projects and spoke about the entrepreneur-

ial environment in the King-dom.

The Director of Business Development in the Startup Sector at the Economic De-velopment Board, Kaiza Ab-dulrahman, pointed out the elements available in the en-trepreneurship environment, and how students can benefit from the services present in these elements when they cre-ate their own projects.

Abdulrahman mentioned the parties that entrepreneurs can turn to in order to obtain financial financing, including Tamkeen, business accelera-tors, and incubators located in Bahrain, as well as the meth-ods of converting ideas into commercial projects.

A number of entrepreneurs during the online workshop

Symposium to discuss coronavirusTDT | Manama

The Deanship of Student Affairs at the University

of Bahrain has sent a gener-al invitation to the public to attend a symposium enti-tled “Coronavirus in Focus”, which will be held today at 11am under the patronage of University of Bahrain president Dr Riyad Yusuf Hamzah.

Those who are interest-ed to attend the event may register through a link: The online platform Microsoft Times: tiny.cc/qsizsz

The symposium will be attended by Assistant Un-dersecretary for Public Health at the Ministry of Health Dr Maryam Ibra-him Al Hajri who will talk about the current situation and the role of the national medical team to address the pandemic.

Jamila Al Salman, a con-sultant for infectious and in-ternal diseases at Salmaniya Medical Complex, will talk under the title “The Current Situation of the Covid-19 Virus Globally.”

Dr Iman Ahmed Haji, head of the school health department at the Public Health Administration, and the charge d’affaires of gov-ernment hospitals that are not affiliated with health insurance, will address the topic of a safe return strat-egy for educational insti-tutions.

A public health consult-ant and head of the immu-nisation group, Dr Jalila Al Sayed Jawad, will discuss the importance of vaccines in light of the pandemic.

This seminar comes with-in the framework of a series of seminars and lectures.

French ambassador honours seven Bahraini doctorsTDT | Manama

French Ambassador JeromeCauchard honoured seven

Bahraini doctors participating in the Franco-Bahraini medical specialisation programme with French language diplomas at B2 level, at the Alliance Française de Bahreïn.

The “Diploma of Specialised Studies” (DES) offers the op-portunity for Bahraini doctors

to specialise in several medi-cal fields to obtain the French Board in ENT, Vascular Surgery, Cardiology, Anesthesia, Pedi-atric, and many other special-isations.

This programme was the ob-jective of an inter-governmen-tal agreement signed in 2019 during the visit of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to France.French Ambassador Cauchard receives the Bahraini doctors

A worthy project10,000 laptops to be distributed to needy Bahraini studentsTDT | Manama

Royal Institution for Hu-manitarian Works secre-tary-general Dr Mustafa

Al Sayed has announced that 10,000 laptops will be given to Bahraini students from needy families.

The project is part of the in-itiatives approved by His Maj-esty the King for Humanitarian Works and Youth Affairs Repre-sentative His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Dr Al Sayed, also chairman of the Efforts and Follow-up Coordination Committee con-cerned with providing aid in the national campaign “Fee-na Al Khair”, said that it is in line with the decision issued by the Coordination Committee headed by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Depu-ty Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, to assign the Royal Foundation for Humanitarian Action to or-ganise the project.

The foundation formed a committee to coordinate ef-forts and follow up the distri-bution of donations and funds received within the campaign “Fina Khair”, and within the in-itiatives approved by His High-ness Shaikh Nasser.

His Majesty the King for Hu-manitarian Work and Youth Affairs formed a committee to coordinate efforts with the Ed-ucation Ministry, which willl distribute the laptops to Bah-raini students.

The laptops will be used by the students as the new aca-demic year starts with courses to be delivered virtually follow-ing the restrictions taken by the authorities to ensure the safety of students and school staff.

On this occasion, Dr Al Sayed expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation to His High-ness Shaikh Nasser and to

everyone who supported the project.

He also praised the efforts exerted by all members of the Efforts Coordination and Fol-low-up Committee to make this initiative a remarkable success.

Dr Al Sayed said that this project comes within the third phase of the Coordination and Follow-up Committee of the “Feena Al Khair” campaign concerned with the distribu-tion of aid.

His Highness Shaikh Nasser approved a package of projects worth BD17.43 million that will benefit the citizens particularly those affected by the coronavi-rus pandemic.

Part of the funds will also be used to support needy groups, productive families and busi-ness owners not registered in the insurance system.


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BD17.43mHis Highness Shaikh

Nasser approved a package of projects that will benefit the citizens

particularly those affected by the pandemic.

Deputy Prime Minister hails Education Ministry• Latest developments in institutional structure development project discussed

TDT | Manama

Deputy Prime Minister His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubar-

ak Al Khalifa praised the efforts made by the Education Ministry to ensure the continuity and ef-ficiency of the educational pro-cess during the pandemic.

Also president of the Supreme Council for the Development of Education and Training, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed

bin Mubarak chaired the virtual meeting of the council where he was briefed on the education-al process regularity in schools through the virtual classroom

system.The session reviewed the lat-

est developments in the insti-tutional structure development project of the Ministry through

a report submitted in coordina-tion with consulting company Roland Berger.

The council approved the pro-posal of organising the structure

of the Bahrain Polytechnic as re-quested by its Board of Trustees chairman.

The session also discussed the executive plan to transfer super-vision of the ninth and twelfth grade examinations from the

Education Ministry to the Ed-ucation and Training Quality Authority.

The plan aims to ensure the independence of measuring the level of students’ performance in skills, competencies and knowl-edge aspects, and linking school outputs with the requirements for enrollment in higher educa-tion and the labour market.

The Deputy Premier stressed the importance of training edu-cational cadres and developing teaching methods, and school curricula to achieve education-al national goal, appreciating the teams working on the post-school learning strategy for the recommendations that will con-tribute in developing education and training projects in Bahrain.

The Deputy Premier chairs the virtual meeting

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The Deputy Premier stressed the importance of training educational

cadres to achieve educa-tional national goal

A laptop is an important tool in today’s learning process

Dr Al Sayed

The project is part of the initiatives approved by His

Majesty the King for Humanitarian Works

and Youth Affairs Representative His

Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al

Khalifa.

Digital lessons offer for students with learning difficultiesTDT | Manama

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Depart-

ment of Special Education, has offered digital lessons for stu-dents with learning difficulties through distance learning.

The initiative is within the framework of the ministry’s comprehensive efforts and preparations to ensure the de-

livery of educational service to all students according to their needs and abilities.

Educational technology has been included in the ministry’s Learning Difficulties Program at all academic levels, under the supervision of a qualified and specialised work team.

It is being implemented through the digital content on

the ministry’s website and its educational portal, which is continuously enhanced with remedial educational lessons, digital enrichment, and support activities, in addition to tele-vised lessons.

The ministry has set up 14 YouTube channels where les-sons are provided for students with learning difficulties.

British Embassy role hailed in preserving human rights

TDT | Manama

National Institution for Hu-man Rights (NIHR) presi-

dent Maria Khoury received British Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Steward Summers.

She expressed her appreci-ation for the important role the British Embassy plays in strengthening bilateral co-op-eration in protecting and pro-moting a culture of human rights.

The British diplomat was briefed on NIHR’s role in pre-serving human rights during

the coronavirus pandemic for citizens and residents in gen-eral, and the rights of expatri-ate workers in particular.

Khoury said the institute paid field visits to isolation and rehabilitation centres to make sure of the precautionary measures against COVID-19.

Summers expressed his ap-preciation to NIHR’s efforts to protect and promote hu-man rights, emphasising the British Embassy’s readiness to co-operate and provide techni-cal support to achieve NIHR’s goals and competencies.

The NIHR head receives the UK deputy ambassador

Bahraini engineering competencies lauded

TDT | Manama

Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban

Planning Minister Essam Bin Abdullah Khalaf con-gratulated all Bahraini engi-neers in the public and pri-vate sectors on the Bahraini Engineer’s Day, which was designated by the Bahrain Society of Engineers on the 15th of October in honour of their efforts and dedication.

Khalaf said that the King-dom is rich in engineering competencies and experi-ences that have been able to make Bahrain a promi-nent model in various en-gineering fields, especially in the implementation of infrastructure and urban projects that contribute to the development process.

He pointed out that the Ministry of Works, Mu-nicipalities Affairs and Ur-ban Planning is one of the ministries that have a large proportion of Bahraini en-gineers, as the number of its affiliates reaches approxi-mately 400 engineers.

The ministry undertakes the implementation of in-frastructure projects in-cluding road and sewage networks as well as govern-ment building projects and service facilities.

Minister Khalaf

NHRA praised for winning Service Excellence Award

TDT | Manama

Health Minister Faiqa bint Saeed Al Saleh has re-

ceived National Health Regu-latory Authority (NHRA) Chief Executive Officer Dr Mariam Athbi Al Jalahma.

NHRA won the 2020 Ser-vice Excellence Award within the National Suggestion and Complaint system ‘Tawasul,’ in terms of speed and efficiency of response to customer sug-gestions and complaints.

It was among the winning government agencies hon-oured during the virtual cere-mony held yesterday under the patronage of His Royal High-

ness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Dep-uty Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister.

The minister congratulated the authority on this honora-ble achievement, which comes in appreciation of their role in enhancing communication with its employees, the health sector and the general benefi-ciaries of health services, in a way that contributes to achiev-ing the government aspirations of communication approach, performance excellence and community partnership.

Dr Al Jalahma expressed her appreciation to the royal leadership for the unlimited support to health sector.

Health Minister Al Saleh receives Dr Al Jalahma

Modern technology a big help for students with learning difficulties


Three-year old wins US$200,000 in Ithmaar’s Thimaar draw• This year’s Thimaarprizes include 100 monthly prizes, three quarterly prizes worth US$200,000 each, and a grand prize worth US$1 million

TDT | Manama

A three-year-old Bahraini child, whose father has been

an Ithmaar Bank customer for more than twenty-five years, won the bank’s third US$200,000 Thimaar Grand Quarterly Prize.

Sereen Saad Al Qashar along with her father received the cash prize from Ithmaar Bank Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Banking Group, Abdul Hakeem Al Mut-awa, at a low-key ceremony to ensure that all social distancing requirements are met.

The Thimaar Grand Prize draw was earlier held at the bank’s headquarters and as part of the national efforts to help contain the Coronavirus (COV-ID-19) outbreak, it was remotely coordinated and supervised by the Ministry of Industry, Com-merce and Tourism (MOICT) as well as external auditors BDO Bahrain and the bank’s internal auditors.

“I’ve been banking with Ith-

maar Bank since 1995 when it was then called Faisal Islamic Bank of Bahrain,” said Saad Ab-dulla Al Qashar. “I’ve seen the Bank, which has always played a pioneering role in the estab-lishment and subsequent growth of Islamic banking in the region, grow over the years and have been a part of its evolution and ongoing success,” he said.

“I feel privileged to be able to

pass the torch on to my daughter, Sereen,” said Al Qashar. “We are truly blessed to have started the relationship with the next gen-eration on such a positive note,” he said. “The long relationship with the Bank made winning the third Thimaar grand prize of the year even more significant, and I was overwhelmed to learn that my daughter has won,” said Al Qashar. “Thankfully, our dream

of winning has come true with the bank confirming that my daughter is the winner. My fam-ily and I were delighted to hear this exciting news,” he said.

“We started saving with the dream of winning one of the grand prizes. I opened a Thimaar account after observ-ing the bank’s advertisements. I noticed that Thimaar account offers prizes to the highest num-ber of winners, with many valu-able prizes which made me con-sider opening Thimaar account for my children. I would also like to highlight that the bank provides many services to make customers’ banking transactions easier through the mobile ap-plication and online, especially during the pandemic. This made me encourage my friends and family to continue to save more in prize-based saving accounts such as Thimaar account,” he said.

“On behalf of all of us at Ith-maar Bank, I congratulate Ser-een, her father and her family on winning the third Thimaar Quarterly Prize of the year, as well as all the other Thimaar winners of this month,” said Al Mutawa. “Regular savings can offer important benefits long into the future, and is a great habit to build early in life,” he said.

“Ithmaar Bank offers the high-

est number of prizes of any simi-lar scheme in Bahrain, providing additional incentives for savers,” said Al Mutawa “With anoth-er grand prize of US$1 million coming up this year, our forth-coming winner will be another Thimaar millionaire. These po-tential life-changing prizes can be won with a little as a single BD30 deposit, and the more you save and the longer you wait the bigger your chances,” he said.

Thimaar, Arabic for fruits or harvest, is a prize-based saving account that Ithmaar Bank in-troduced to help encourage its customers to save. To mark the account’s tenth anniversary, the bank announced it is offering more prizes and more chanc-es to win, with over US$ 4 mil-lion up for grabs to more than

3,000 winners this year. With this announcement, Ithmaar Bank will have distributed more than US$ 26 million in prizes to almost 29,000 customers, in the ten years since it launched Thimaar, making it one of the most rewarding saving schemes in Bahrain.

100 monthly prizesThis year’s Thimaar prizes

include 100 monthly prizes, three quarterly prizes worth US$200,000 each, and a grand prize worth US$1 million. In ap-preciation of the bank’s loyal customers, the Thimaar loyalty draws offer 90 monthly prizes to customers who have not won a prize before.

There are also 60 month-ly Junior prizes for the bank’s younger customers. Addition-ally, this year, Thimaar will dis-tribute prizes to two monthly Elite customers for depositing amounts of BD 50,000 and above.

Along with cash prizes, the Thimaar account offers a profit rate on the balance maintained. Customers are entered into the draws by maintaining a mini-mum balance of BD 30 in their Thimaar account. Customers can now open a Thimaar ac-count online by visiting www.ithmaarbank.com/mobile-app from their mobile device at any time, from anywhere.

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since 1995 when it was then called

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SAAD ABDULLA AL QASHAR.

Batelco holds series of Cybersecurity Webinars TDT | Manama

Batelco recently launched aseries of webinars focused

on topics related to cybersecu-rity, including next-generation firewalls, cloud assets, con-verged security and the new standards in wireless data for business customers. Batelco has hosted 5 webinars to date cover-ing various topics.

Cybersecurity is growing in importance as the majority of companies collect, process, and store large amounts of data on computers and other devices and need to protect this data and the systems used to pro-cess and store it. According to a Cybersecurity Ventures re-

port, it is predicted by 2021, a business will be exposed to a cybersecurity attack every 11 seconds.

Commenting on the pro-

gramme, Batelco Enterprise General Manager Abderrah-mane Mounir said the webinars aim at enhancing the knowl-edge of participants across

the field of cybersecurity and increase their understanding of the various solutions and tools available to protect their business.

“We are very pleased with the response to the webinars that have already taken place and look forward to continuing with this series going forward, to help our customers with their decision making on how best to protect their businesses in relation to cybersecurity,” Ab-derrahmane added.

The series of webinars is be-ing carried out in collaboration with a number of Batelco’s tech-nology partners including Cisco, Palo Alto, SonicWall, Huawei and Sophos.

Participants during a cybersecurity webinar

Saudi FM says Vision 2030 ‘tried and tested’Reuters | Dubai

Saudi Arabia’s finance minister said yesterday that the kingdom’s Vision

2030 to diversify the economy away from oil has been “tried and tested”, particularly dur-ing the coronavirus pandemic.

“It proved to be the right plan. The economy was able actually to deal with it (the coronavirus crisis), the gov-ernment was able to deal with it in a very adequate way,” Mo-hammed al-Jadaan said.

He added that Saudi Ara-bia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, was investing to catalyse the

private sector, including in the industrial sector.

Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaana

Pandemic accelerates need for digital currency: Bank of Canada• Global centralbanks are putting together rules and working on their own digital currencies

Reuters | Ottawa

The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the public’s use of online services and

that means the Bank of Cana-da must move more quickly to research how a central bank digital product would work, a top official said yesterday.

The Bank of Canada has been exploring and building capacity for products like a central bank digital currency (CBDC), but there has been no specific time

frame for launching one, Deputy Governor Tim Lane said during a panel discussion on the future of money.

“The main point, I think, is this is all looking a lot more ur-gent because of the speed with which technology is evolving,” said Lane.

“With COVID, we’ve seen an acceleration of the shift of activ-ities online and that suggests if

we want to be ready to develop any kind of digital central bank product, we need to move faster than we thought was going to be necessary,” he said.

Lane has previously said that the Bank of Canada could launch a CBDC if a private cryp-tocurrency were to make seri-ous inroads, creating privacy concerns.

Global central banks are put-ting together rules and work-ing on their own digital curren-cies to address the prospect of private cryptocurrencies, like Facebook Inc’s FB.O planned Libra stablecoin. Lane told the panel that a number of stake-holders need to be consulted on issuing a CBDC, including banks and financial institutions, along with technology companies.

“Certainly we’re talking to a

number of companies that have products that they are develop-ing or also are advising in these things,” he said.

On Tuesday, financial lead-ers of the world’s seven biggest economies said no stablecoin operation should start until it is properly regulated.

DON’T MISS IT

A digital currency would act like cash and streamline transactions

by avoiding a need to use a payment card for

online purchases.

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US issues sanctions warning to banks over HK crackdownReuters | Washington

The US State Departmentyesterday formally warned

international financial institu-tions doing business with in-dividuals deemed responsible for China’s crackdown in Hong Kong that they could soon face sanctions.

In a report to Congress, the State Department named 10 individuals, including Hong Kong’s chief executive Car-rie Lam, all of whom have al-ready been sanctioned, and said within 60 days it would identify financial institutions that conduct significant trans-actions with them.

Johnson is ‘disappointed’Reuters | London

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the head of

the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that he was disappointed there had not been more progress in Brexit trade talks, his office said yesterday.

“The Prime Minister noted the desirability of a deal, but expressed his disappointment that more progress had not

been made over the past two weeks,” his office said in a statement, after Johnson spoke by phone to von Der Leyen and Charles Michel, president of the European Council.

“The Prime Minister said that he looked forward to hearing the outcome of the European Council and would reflect before setting out the UK’s next steps in the light of his statement of 7 September.”


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Recovered:

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Country Total cases

new cases

Total deaths

New Deaths

Total recovered

Active cases

Serious, Critical

Tot cases/1m pop

Egypt 104,787 6,071 97,841 875 41 1,019

Saudi Arabia

340,590 +501 5,108 +21 326,820 8,662 830 9,740

UAE 110,039 +1,431 450 +2 101,659 7,930 11,088

Kuwait 113,269 +532 676 +4 105,236 7,357 139 26,413

Oman 107,776 +563 1,061 +8 93,908 12,807 216 20,957

Qatar 128,603 +198 220 125,584 2,799 57 45,802

Middle East

Country Total cases new cases Total deaths

New Deaths

1 USA 8,108,686 +18,433 221,180 +307

2 India 7,301,804 +64,722 111,272 +655

3 Brazil 5,117,825 +3,002 151,161 +98

4 Russia 1,340,409 +14,231 23,205 +239

5 Spain 937,311 +11,970 33,413 +209

6 Colombia 924,098 28,141

7 Argentina 917,035 24,572

8 Peru 853,974 33,419

9 Mexico 825,340 +4,295 84,420 +475

10 France 756,472 32,942

11 South Africa 694,537 18,028

12 UK 654,644 +19,724 43,155 +137

13 Iran 513,219 +4,830 29,349 +279

14 Chile 485,372 +1,092 13,415 +19

G l o b a l C o u n t r i e s w o r s t a f f e c t e d

Figures as of closing

News in brief u Thousands of Thai protesters marched on the prime minister’s office to demand his resignation after scuffling with royalists opposed to the youth-led movement’s calls for reforms to the monarchy. Student activists have staged huge rallies recently calling for Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha, a former army chief who took power in a coup six years ago, to step down. But some protesters have also demanded reforms to the country’s powerful monarchy.

u Rwanda has approved the production of medical cannabis strictly for export, seeking to target fast-growing markets in the United States and European Union, even though its use remains illegal at home. Guidelines for the production and export of medical cannabis were approved by the cabinet on Monday, and a government

statement said Wednesday that it would not change strict local laws around marijuana consumption.

u Two late-stage Covid-19 medical trials have been paused in the space of 24 hours over potential safety concerns, the latest setbacks to scientists in the long fight against the pandemic. US pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly on Tuesday suspended its Phase 3 trial of its lab-produced antibody treatment in hospitalized patients over an unspecified incident. A day earlier, the American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson temporarily halted its Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial due to an unexplained illness in a study participant. Last month, British firm AstraZeneca became the first in the world to announce a pause of its vaccine trials after one patient in Britain was diagnosed with an inflammatory condition affecting the spine. The trial was later resumed around the world but remains suspended in the US for reasons that are unclear.

u Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday he will announce the total size of gas reserves found in the country’s largest-ever discovery when he visits a drill ship in the Black Sea on Saturday. In August, Erdogan hailed the discovery of a 320 billion cubic metre (bcm) (11.3 trillion cubic feet) Black Sea field about 100 nautical miles north of the Turkish coast. He said

at the time it was part of even bigger reserves and could come on stream as soon as 2023. If the gas can be commercially extracted, it could lessen Turkey’s dependence on Russia, Iran

and Azerbaijan for energy imports.

u Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID-19 vaccine, according to its register of authorised medicines. A delighted President Vladimir Putin announced the news at a government meeting yesterday. The jab was developed by the Vector Institute in Siberia and completed early-stage human trials last month. However, results have not been published yet and a large-scale trial, known as Phase III, has not yet begun.

Rwanda to grow medical cannabis, strictly for export

Eli Lilly Pauses Covid-19 Antibody Treatment Trial

Erdogan set to unveil total size of Black Sea gas find

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Thai protesters demand PM quits after scuffles with royalists

Karabakh fighting widens• Hundreds have already lost their lives in two weeks of fighting

• Armenia confirmed that military positions inside the country had been hit

Agencies

Azerbaijan said yesterday it had destroyed missile launchers inside Arme-

nia that were targeting its cit-ies, as fierce fighting over Na-gorno-Karabakh risked widen-ing beyond the disputed region.

Hundreds have already lost their lives in two weeks of fight-ing, and continued clashes have rendered almost meaningless a humanitarian ceasefire agreed in Moscow last week.

Armenia confirmed that mili-tary positions inside the country had been hit but denied its forc-es had been firing into Azerbai-jan. It warned that it too could start targeting military sites inside its adversary’s territory.

Clashes over Nagorno-Kara-bakh -- where Armenia-backed separatist fighters are battling Azerbaijani forces -- have been

largely confined to areas in and around the region since a fresh outbreak of fighting started last month.

Direct confrontations be-tween Armenia and Azerbaijan risk spiralling into an all-out, multi-front war with devastat-ing consequences for both sides.

Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said in statements Wednesday that it had destroyed ballistic missile launchers deployed in Armenia in two separate attacks overnight.

The OTR-21 Tochka mobile systems were in areas of Arme-nia bordering the Kalbajar dis-trict of Azerbaijan that is under separatist control, it said.

Launchers at the first site were aiming at the Azerbaija-ni cities of Ganja, Mingachevir and other populated areas, it said. Armenian defence min-istry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan confirmed that mil-itary positions in the area had been hit. But she denied that Armenian forces had ever fired “a single missile, shell or projec-tile” inside Azerbaijan.

Armenia’s military now “re-serves the right to target any military installations and com-bat movements on the territo-ry of Azerbaijan”, she said on Twitter.

Civilians on both sides have been forced to take shelter in basements or flee their homes

Russia disagrees with Turkey’s position on Karabakh conflict

Reuters | Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yes-

terday that Moscow disa-greed with Turkey’s position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and that a military solution was unacceptable.

“We do not agree with the position voiced by Turkey, that was also expressed sev-eral times by (Azeri) Presi-dent Aliyev,” Lavrov said in an interview with local radio stations. “It is not a secret that we cannot agree with a statement that a military solution to the conflict is per-missible.”

Lavrov added that it would be right to deploy Russian military observers on the line of contact in Nagorno-Kara-bakh, but that it was up to Azerbaijan and Armenia to decide.

A z e r b a i j a n h a s b e e n strongly backed in the con-flict by longtime ally Turkey, which has been widely ac-cused of dispatching pro-An-kara Syrian militia to assist Baku.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Overwhelmingly populated by Armenians, Nagorno-Karabakh has been controlled by Armeni-

ans since a 1990s war that erupt-ed as the Soviet Union fell.

Robot dolphins could signal end

of captive animals

Reuters | California

Darting around the pool as a group of swimmers stands

in the shallow end, the dolphin looks much like those that jump through hoops and perform acro-batics at theme parks.

But this marine creature is a robot.

“When I first saw the dolphin, I thought it could be real,” said a woman who swam with the re-mote-controlled creature.

Edge Innovations, a US engi-neering company with an ani-matronic and special effects di-vision in California, designed the dolphin for an educational pilot programme.

It hopes that life-like anima-tronics used in Hollywood movies could one day entertain crowds at theme parks, instead of wild animals held in captivity. Swim-mers could dive with robotic great

white sharks or even reptiles that filled Jurassic-era seas millions of years ago.

“There are like 3,000 dolphins currently in captivity being used to generate several billions of dol-lars just for dolphin experienc-es. And so there’s obviously an appetite to love and learn about dolphins,” said Edge Innovations founder and CEO Walt Conti.

“And so we want to use that appetite and offer kind of differ-ent ways to fall in love with the dolphin.”

A n i m a t ro n i c s m a y b r i n g back audiences turned off by parks using live animals, said Conti.

Edge also made the aquat-ic creatures used in Hollywood blockbusters “Free Willy,” “Deep Blue Sea” and “Anaconda.”

“The idea of this pilot is really to create a kind of “Sesame Street” under water,” said Roger Holz-berg, creative director for Edge’s animatronic programme.

In pictures the robot dophin developed by Edge Innovations

Kremlin says no arms deal yet with USReuters | Moscow

Th e K r e m l i n sa id yesterday

that Russia had not clinched a deal with the United States to extend the New START arms pact, the last major nuclear trea-ty between the two countries, despite US assertions suggesting significant progress.

US officials have in-dicated on social me-dia that an agreement to extend it has been reached in principle.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that no deal had yet been reached despite what the Kremlin hoped was a joint under-standing that the pact did need to be extend-

ed. “As for the under-standing for the need to extent the START treaty, we hope we are on the same track in this regard,” Peskov said on a conference call with reporters.”

The New START ac-cord, signed in 2010,

limits the number of strategic nuclear

warheads that Russia and the United

States can deploy. It expires in February

next year.


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are intact and were found aligned with each other

People’s blind fear or unfounded confidence against

the infection of COVID-19 is simply

because it is invisibleTSUBOKURA

News in brief u Pandemic restrictions saw an unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions in the first half of 2020 -- larger than during the 2008 financial crisis and even World War II -- experts said yesterda. As governments ordered lockdowns to try to crush the first wave of Covid-19, CO2 emissions from transport, power and aviation plummeted, the international team of researchers said. Using data including hourly electricity production, vehicle traffic from more than 400 cities worldwide, daily passenger flights and monthly production and consumption figures, they determined that the year-on-year emissions drop of 8.8 percent was the largest in modern history. They noted however that emissions had rebounded to their usual levels by July 2020, when most nations had eased lockdown measures.

Pandemic caused ‘unprecedented’ emissions drop:

study

Somali insurgents pile up cash, says UN report

Reuters | New York/Nairobi

Somalia’s Islamist insurgents are moving millions of dol-

lars through the formal bank system and appear to be in-vesting in businesses and real estate, according to a United Nations report offering a rare glimpse into their finances.

Al Shabaab has for years been battling Somalia’s inter-nationally-backed government to impose strict Islamic law in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.

“Al Shabaab remains in a strong financial position and is generating a significant budgetary surplus, some of which is invested in property purchases and businesses in Mogadishu,” said the report by the U.N. sanctions panel on Somalia.

The report by the group, which monitors compliance with an arms embargo on So-malia, is due to be published this week.

The al Qaeda-linked Somali

militants carry out frequent bombings and attacks at home and have also killed hundreds of civilians in Kenya and Ugan-da. Earlier this year, al Shabaab killed three Americans at a U.S. military base in Kenya.

The U.N. report included details on two bank accounts held at Salaam Somali Bank, founded in 2009 as part of the Hormuud group of companies, raising questions about Soma-lia’s capacity to enforce a 2016 law aimed at curbing terrorist financing.

The bank did not respond to requests for comment.

Somalia’s Financial Report-ing Center, which oversees compliance laws against mon-ey laundering and terror fi-nancing, said it is investigating the allegations against Salaam.

Nearly $1.7 million moved through one of the accounts during a 10-week period until mid-July this year, the report said, noting the account ap-peared set up to receive Islam-ic tax called zakat.

Picture courtesy of Pintrest

UAE joins NASA’s ‘Artemis Accords’• Founding members are Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, United Arab Emirates, Britain and the United States

AFP News

The United Arab Emirates is among the eight found-

ing members of NASA’s Artemis Accords that outlines the prin-ciples of future exploration of the Moon and beyond.

The treaty paves the way for its founding members -- Aus-tralia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Britain and the United States -- to participate in NASA’s Artemis programme, which aims to return humans to Earth’s nearest neighbour

by 2024.“Artemis will be the broadest

and most diverse international human space exploration pro-gram in history, and the Artemis Accords are the vehicle that will establish this singular global coalition,” said NASA Adminis-trator Jim Bridenstine.

“With today’s signing, we are

uniting with our partners to explore the Moon and are es-tablishing vital principles that will create a safe, peaceful, and prosperous future in space for all of humanity to enjoy.”

While NASA is leading the Artemis programme, it has emphasized the need for inter-national partnerships in build-

ing up a sustainable presence on the Moon, something the agency views as key ahead of an eventual human mission to Mars.

The agency hopes, for exam-ple, to excavate ice from the Moon’s south pole to supply both drinking water and to split the molecules apart to make rocket fuel for the onward jour-ney. It also plans to establish an orbital space station called Gateway.

NASA said the Artemis Ac-cords reinforce and implement the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, and are split broadly into 10 principles.

The signatories commit, for example, to adhering to peace-ful exploration in a transparent manner, to create hardware sys-tems that are operable by every member nation, and to register their space objects.

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine speaking with the heads of the world’s space agencies at last year’s International Astronautical Congress

10,000 more children a month could die of malnutrition due to COVID: WHO

Reuters | London

The director general of the World Health Or-

ganisation said on Wednes-day an additional 10,000 children a month could die this year from malnutrition as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghe-breyesus, speaking at a UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) conference, said he expect-ed a 14 per cent increase this year in children suffering from malnutrition as a re-sult of the pandemic.

This equates to 6.7 mil-lion more malnourished children, mostly in sub-Sa-haran Africa and south Asia.

“ T h e p a n d e m i c h a s caused serious disruptions to essential services, immu-nisation, maternal services, child nutrition, family plan-ning and more,” he said.

“We can not accept a world where the rich have access to healthy diets while the poor are left behind,” he added.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Dinosaur skeleton fetches $3.52m• The skeleton of the Allosaurus dinosaur, dug up in the US state of Wyoming three years ago

Reuters | Paris

The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur

which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house on Tuesday for 3 million euros ($3.52 million).

The skeleton of the Allo-saurus dinosaur, dug up in the US state of Wyoming three years ago, went to an unnamed for-eign buyer for well in excess of the 1 million euro starting price.

“This is a high grade spec-imen,” said Iacopo Briano, a palaeontologist who acted as a consultant to the Binoche et Giquello auction house which

conducted the sale.The specimen is unusual be-

cause it is so complete: around 70 percent of the bones are present, and they were found aligned with each other, mak-ing it easier to reconnect them during the restoration process.

The restored skeleton stands 3.5 metres (11 feet) high and 10 metres long. The ribcage bears the marks of what the auction-eers said may have been an at-

tack by a rival Allosaurus or a predator.

The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago

Humidity affects spread of COVID-19: SupercomputerReuters | Tokyo

A Japanese supercomput-er showed that humidity can have a large effect

on the dispersion of virus par-ticles, pointing to heightened coronavirus contagion risks in dry, indoor conditions during the winter months.

The finding suggests that the use of humidifiers may help limit infections during times when window ventilation is not possible, according to a study released on Tuesday by research giant Riken and Kobe University.

The researchers used the Fu-gaku supercomputer to model the emission and flow of vi-rus-like particles from infected people in a variety of indoor environments.

Air humidity of lower than 30 per cent resulted in more than double the amount of aer-osolised particles compared to levels of 60pc or higher, the simulations showed.

The study also indicated that clear face shields are not as ef-fective as masks in preventing the spread of aerosols. Other findings showed that diners are more at risk from people to

their side compared to across the table, and the number of singers in choruses should be limited and spaced out.

There has been a growing consensus among health ex-perts that the COVID-19 virus can be spread through the air. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its guidance this month to say the pathogen can linger in the air for hours.

The Riken research team led by Makoto Tsubokura has pre-viously used the Fugaku super-computer to model contagion conditions in trains, work spac-es, and class rooms.

Notably, the simulations showed that opening windows on commuter trains can in-crease the ventilation by two to three times, lowering the con-centration of ambient microbes.

“People’s blind fear or un-founded confidence against the infection of COVID-19 is simply because it is invisible,” Tsub-okura said.

Supercomputer shows humidity effect of coronavirus

First collection of Shakespeare’s plays sells for almost $10 millionReuters

A rare 1623 book that brought together Wil-

liam Shakespeare’s plays for the first time sold for a record $9.97 million at auction yes-terday, Christie’s in New York said.

The First Folio containing 36 of Shakespeare’s plays is one of only six known complete copies in private hands and had carried a pre-sale estimate of $4 million to $6 million.

The identity of the buyer was not immediately known.Wednesday’s auction price also marked a new world auction

record for any printed work of literature, and smashed the previous high of $6.16 million for a Shakespeare First Folio that was set in 2001, Christie’s said.

“Comedies, Histories and Tragedies” was compiled by friends of the English playwright and poet seven years after his death. It includes 18 plays that had never been published before and might have been lost, including “Macbeth” and “Julius Caesar.”

The book was put up for auction by Mills College, a private liberal arts college in Oakland, California.

The First Folio marked the first time that Shakespeare’s plays had been organized as comedies, tragedies and histories. The book’s large size - previously reserved for law books and works of theology - helped raise Shakespeare’s status in future years, Christie’s books experts said.

A 1663 rare first folio of 36 Shakespeare works sold in New York

Pompeo plays down North Korea ICBM riskAFP News

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday

played down North Korea’s parading of a massive new long-range missile, saying that agreements reached by President Donald Trump had succeeded in reducing risks.

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Security Solutions Co. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77996666 or [email protected]

Rose Bely International United Contracting has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66990939 or [email protected]

USMAN GHANI CLEANING CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35578505 or [email protected]

ALJABOOR SALOON has a vacancy for the occupation of BARBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36988922 or [email protected]

Seven Days Contracting Co. SPC owned by Mohaamad Akhtar Mian has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39454342 or [email protected]

Broad creativit Construction has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39055654 or [email protected]

Bahrain Line Transport has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER(BUS) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39272625 or [email protected]

Sansaf Trading Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANIC , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33921167 or [email protected]

AIR MASTER CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17874874 or [email protected]

MUHAMMAD WAQAS CONTRACTING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33891507 or [email protected]

Ajial Aluminum Factory W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17233996 or [email protected]

3points Exhibitions and conferences has a vacancy for the occupation of GRAPHIC DESIGNER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36633104 or [email protected]

OLT Investment International Company (B.S.C) (C) has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAD. TECHNICAL SUPPORT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17134064 or [email protected]

OLT Investment International Company (B.S.C) (C) has a vacancy for the occupation of FINANCIAL ANALYST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17134064 or [email protected]

Bin Sadad performance shop has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33704447 or [email protected]

SPICY CAFETERIA has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39543523 or [email protected]

JAMILA AKHTAR CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation

of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17346157 or [email protected]

Danway Electrical & Mechanical Engineering L.L.C has a vacancy for the occupation of FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17297600 or [email protected]

Arabian Gulf Electro Mechanical Services W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICAL ENGINEER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37767097 or [email protected]

THE M RESTAURANT W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17580777 or [email protected]

Asad Hayat Cargo Co. WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33626956 or [email protected]

SILLA CONSTRICTION CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORK SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36655774 or [email protected]

Mexico cleaning and maintenance services has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39773788 or [email protected]

Mexico cleaning and maintenance services has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39773788 or [email protected]


Areena Contractor Group Co. S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17245222 or [email protected]

ASEERI CONSTRUCTIONS has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17744122 or [email protected]

HATLAR CONSTRUSTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39809594 or [email protected]

ARCAL W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of ALUMINIUM TECHNICIAN (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17701900 or [email protected]

Security Solutions Co. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77996666 or [email protected]


MAQ Marine Services has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36266658 or [email protected]

NASSER SAEED AL-HAJRI CORPORATION W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WELDER

, suitably qualified applicants can contact 17312220 or [email protected]

NASSER SAEED AL-HAJRI CORPORATION W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17312220 or [email protected]

NASSER SAEED AL-HAJRI CORPORATION W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of STRUCTURAL METAL PREP.&ERECTOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17312220 or [email protected]

NASSER SAEED AL-HAJRI CORPORATION W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SCAFFOLDER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17312220 or [email protected]

NASSER SAEED AL-HAJRI CORPORATION W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WELDER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17312220 or [email protected]



DO OR DYE SALON has a vacancy for the occupation of BARBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35145454 or [email protected]

Danway Electrical & Mechanical Engineering L.L.C has a vacancy for the occupation of FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17297600 or [email protected]

Danway Electrical & Mechanical Engineering L.L.C has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17297600 or [email protected]

Danway Electrical & Mechanical Engineering L.L.C has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17297600 or [email protected]

NANO CONTRACTING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17227206 or [email protected]

DAR BU AHMED REAL ESTATE has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33045588 or [email protected]

SKR Business Solutions W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of FINANCIAL ANALYST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34567868 or [email protected]

Al Rayhania for selling fresh fish has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33080040 or [email protected]

Muhammad zubair Interior Decoration S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35933065 or [email protected]

WASEEM JEWELLERY DESIGN S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33391921 or [email protected]

IN STYLE SALOON W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33706716 or [email protected]

Alfanar Company Bahrain - Branch of a Foreign Company has a vacancy for the occupation of CIVIL ENGINEER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33450913 or [email protected]

WANIYA STAR CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35947209 or [email protected]

AMIR ISHAQ AC REPAIR CO Bahraini partnership company has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39820193 or [email protected]

Hair & Care Gents Salon S.P.C Owned by Sheraz Pervez has a vacancy for the occupation of BARBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35471230 or [email protected]

FASTEST Online Trading W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of ACCOUNTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77083013 or [email protected]

WONDERFUL PAK PRINTING STATIONARY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38027554 or [email protected]

Mansoor Publicity & advertising S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35619326 or [email protected]

K & I MARKETING SERVICES Bahraini partnership company has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33507610 or [email protected]

Zangul electronics S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33306278 or [email protected]

New reef touch trading Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39512330 or [email protected]

TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING - bahraini partnership company has a vacancy for the occupation of ENGINEER-ELECTRICAL-(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37778058 or [email protected]

AHMED ZAID RASHED ALZAABI/MADHIRR 4257 has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33617570 or [email protected]

Pinoy suki cold store has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN (GROCERY OR COLDSTORE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39442151 or [email protected]

Alwaha sale of livestock has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39574891 or [email protected]

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Mechanical Contracting & Services Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of FLAME-CUTTER(HAND) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36937988 or [email protected]

Mechanical Contracting & Services Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of FLAME-CUTTER(HAND) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36937988 or [email protected]

DOWN TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected]


CITY GLASSES has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17874492 or [email protected]

ISMCO COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17820974 or [email protected]



SHAMS AL IRAQ RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39593981 or [email protected]

M I CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17009161 or [email protected]






Gulf Alley Contracting Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33260454 or [email protected]

THREE LINES LOGISTICS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17471919 or [email protected]

DREAM LINK CONTRACTING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17273345 or [email protected]

LABELLE GREEN TRADING has a vacancy for the occupation of SALES WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17612860 or [email protected]

Saffron House Trading has a vacancy for the occupation of ACCOUNTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33260111 or [email protected]

ORANGE COMPUTERS has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39685060 or [email protected]

IN AND OUT SUPERMARKET has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39447117 or [email protected]

Peroz Cafe W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of ASSISTANT MANAGER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17623584 or [email protected]

ALHELAL COLDSMITH has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39697438 or [email protected]

RAGHAD JEWELLERY has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17681138 or [email protected]

FAWAZ AL-HASSAWI GROUP FOR COLLING& REFEGRATING has a vacancy for the occupation of SALES MANAGER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17291392 or [email protected]

AL FAJER AL ZAHER CONSTRACTION has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17412725 or [email protected]

MOOSA MADAN CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33233999 or [email protected]

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PULSE CO. PARTNERSHIP has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER(SALES) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39450430 or [email protected]

Securi Core S.P.C. Owned By Rasheed Al-Fawaz has a vacancy for the occupation of COMPUTER SOFTWARE SPECIALIST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17822228 or [email protected]

HARSH JEWELLERY CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17130008 or [email protected]

GAMES PALACE has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35571360 or [email protected]

Misbar Gate Restaurant has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(ASSISTANT) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33007733 or [email protected]

Misbar Gate Restaurant has a vacancy for the occupation of WAITER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33007733 or [email protected]

V SQUARE CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39551202 or [email protected]

ASEERI CONSTRUCTIONS has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17744122 or [email protected]

CLASSIC FORWARDING SERVICES STEVEDORING w.l.l has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17280685 or [email protected]

BAHRAIN SERVICES & MAINTENANCE COMPANY B.S.C. (CLOSED) has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17727676 or [email protected]

Basma Security has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY MAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17727676 or [email protected]

ALALAM ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING COMPANY has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17250878 or [email protected]

Two Way Market has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39664299 or [email protected]

HAMEEDA MOHAMMED ABDULRAZZAQ has a vacancy for the occupation of BREAD BAKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36456969 or [email protected]

Al -Mahd Security S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36686683 or [email protected]

ADMECCO MECHANICAL CONTRACTING CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WELDER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39625000 or [email protected]

SOUTHERN TOURISM COMPANY B S C has a vacancy for the occupation of SHIPMASTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17840461 or [email protected]

BLUE BELL COMPUTER has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17596993 or [email protected]

ALLIANCE PROJECTS S.P.C. has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17535727 or [email protected]

ASCON CONTROL W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17730724 or [email protected]

Bahrain Way Construction has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 32269111 or [email protected]

SARINA Mechanical and Electrical contracting W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17112344 or [email protected]

Gulf Biotech B.S.C Closed has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33623023 or [email protected]

AL AALIYA RECLAMATION CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of SHOVEL OPERATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36837799 or [email protected]


NASSER SAEED AL-HAJRI CORPORATION W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of RIGGER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17312220 or [email protected]




SEPCOIII Bahrain Construction Company S.P.C. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 0 or [email protected]

SALEH ALI MOHAMMED ASHOOR has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38477979 or [email protected]

MOHAMED EBRAHIM MOHAMED ISA / AFRAAH1 / 10640 has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39250059 or [email protected]

Previa for cooker refilling and repairing has a vacancy for the occupation of SALES AGENT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38847202 or [email protected]

KADAR MOHAIDEEN to complete buildings. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36619159 or [email protected]

KADAR MOHAIDEEN to complete buildings. has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR SALES , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36619159 or [email protected]

Sign inn promotions co wll has a vacancy for the occupation of WELDER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17789219 or [email protected]

GENETECH SERVICES Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 13691113 or [email protected]

PRIDE AND PROPERTY REAL ESTATE has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER(SALES) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35351416 or [email protected] ALQOURA PHARMACY has a vacancy for the occupation of PHARMACIST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36674707 or [email protected] AUTO SPARE PARTS has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33885380 or [email protected]


M I CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17009161 or [email protected]

MOROOJ MAY CAFETERIA has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37381111 or [email protected]

ALMANNAI TRADING & INVESTMENT has a vacancy for the occupation of SPRAYER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17697800 or [email protected]

KOREAN BAKERY has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17214358 or [email protected]

ALMANARTAIN CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of AIR-CONDITIONING TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17590097 or [email protected]

ALMANARTAIN CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL HELPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17590097 or [email protected]

NASSER RAMADHAN ALABBASI has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICIAN(VEHICLES) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36668189 or [email protected]

CAPITAL TRADING & INDUSTRY has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17730000 or [email protected]

KOOHEJI CONTRACTORS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of STOREKEEPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17786500 or [email protected]

KOOHEJI CONTRACTORS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17786500 or [email protected]

ALMOOSAWI TRADING & ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING B.S.C.C has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 172700000 or [email protected]

ALNIMAH FOODSTUFF CENTRE W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17292393 or [email protected]

PANORAMA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING SERVI has a vacancy for the occupation of SANDBLASTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17729935 or [email protected] PRODUCTS COMPANY LIMITED S.P.C. has a vacancy for the occupation of ASSISTANT TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17813535 or [email protected]

AWAL PRODUCTS COMPANY LIMITED S.P.C. has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17813535 or [email protected]

ALFAJR ALUMINIUM FACTORY has a vacancy for the occupation of ALUMINIUM TECHNICIAN (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17784605 or [email protected]

ABDULAZIZ ALSAYED TRADING & CONTRACTING W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33344033 or [email protected]

ABDULAZIZ ALSAYED TRADING & CONTRACTING W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER(HEAVY TRUCK) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33344033 or [email protected]

PREMATOR GULF W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SANDBLASTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17673513 or [email protected]

AL BAIRAMI CONSTRUCTION EST has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39337515 or [email protected]

ALMOAYYED CONTRACTING GROUP W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400407 or [email protected]

Arab Asian Contracting WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of FABRICATOR(FIBERGLASS RODUCTS) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17251444 or [email protected]

Al inma Construction Co. W l l has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34342928 or [email protected]

SAMBA GULF CONSTRCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17242566 or [email protected]

Star World Electronics Co W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17442208 or [email protected]

ABU MAHMOOD FISHING EQUIPMENT has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39145891 or [email protected]

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JASJES INTERNATIONAL W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77082440 or [email protected]

TTSJV WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR ASSISTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17686801 or [email protected]

Bu Ali Spice Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17240030 or [email protected]

TITANIC LADIES SALOON has a vacancy for the occupation of HAIRDRESSER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17660594 or [email protected]

AYA NAPA IMPORT AND EXPORT W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALES REPRESENTATIVE , suitably qualified applicants can contact 16555000 or [email protected]

Saudi door for glass and mirrors has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33126933 or [email protected]

Saudi door for glass and mirrors has a vacancy for the occupation of OFFICE ASSISTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33126933 or [email protected]

RELIANT MECHANICAL CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36660065 or [email protected]

Professional Aluminum Workshop has a vacancy for the occupation of ALUMINIUM TECHNICIAN (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33088991 or [email protected]

SHAHAD ALZAFARAN ROASTERY has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33154547 or [email protected]

JAAN CLICK MEDIA has a vacancy for the occupation of OFFICE BOY / FARRASH , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39963034 or [email protected]

Urban Tarka Restaurant has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33926361 or [email protected]

ENCO GROUP LIMITED - FOREIGN BRANCH has a vacancy for the occupation of PAINTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39135771 or [email protected]

HASHEM ALORDON RESTAURANTS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of RESTAURANT MANAGER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33060088 or [email protected]

CRISPY AND SPICY CAFETERIA has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36333817 or [email protected]

AJAX Professional Maintenance & Cleaning Services W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17272827 or [email protected]

RAM MEDICAL CENTER W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SPECIALISED DENTIST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33389339 or [email protected]

Bella salma beauty lounge has a vacancy for the occupation of BEAUTICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66333181 or [email protected]

FOOD WORLD W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17411802 or [email protected]

FLORET BOUTIQUE has a vacancy for the occupation of FOREMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33994231 or [email protected]

New Aseel Commercial Services Co. S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICAL SERVICE ADVISER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33474149 or [email protected]

Anwar Al Iraq Restauant W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36894809 or [email protected]

JEWELLERY CORNER has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17623444 or [email protected]

SULTANA STAR SHOES & BAGS REPAIRING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66950555 or [email protected]

Succo Electrical And Electronic has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39255859 or [email protected]

KIM PACK TRADING CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39857572 or [email protected]

Madera Artworks has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36619903 or [email protected]

Sayed Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17620672 or [email protected]

Sayed Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17620672 or [email protected]

Sayed Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17620672 or [email protected]

Sayed Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17620672 or [email protected]

DOWN TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected]


DOWN TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of STEEL CHIPPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected]

DOWN TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected]

DOWN TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of STEEL CHIPPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected]

DOWN TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably

qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected]

RAMSIS ENGINEERING CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL HELPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17830801 or [email protected]

AL MUSSILAH TAILORING has a vacancy for the occupation of TAILOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33116604 or [email protected]

Arabesque for Carpentery Co. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17701006 or [email protected]

ALMOAYYED CONTRACTING GROUP W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400407 or [email protected]




Arab Asian Contracting WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17251444 or [email protected]

Arab Asian Contracting WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17251444 or [email protected]

POWER TECH CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39279042 or [email protected]

Black lion auto service has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17685318 or [email protected]

Slider Station W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17326603 or [email protected]

USMAN GHANI LAUNDRY has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35915159 or [email protected]

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�� Kelly Clarkson reveals her kids are receiving therapyANI | Washington

American singer-songwrit-er Kelly Clarkson and her

estranged husband Brandon Blackstock have introduced therapy to their children to help them cope with their di-vorce, The Source reported.

According to Fox News, the

38-year-old TV show host and her husband Blackstock, share two children, 6-year-old Riv-er and 4-year-old Remington. In June, the ‘Stronger’ singer filed for divorce after 7 years of marriage.

Recently, Clarkson opened up about getting the children therapy to protect their “little

hearts.”The Because of You’ song-

stress told Extra, “It’s just one day when you’re like, ‘Wow, this has forever changed and it’s not just my heart has changed, there’s other little hearts, too.’”

Clarkson continued: “We have a lot of help as far as ther-

apists or child psychologists ‘cause we want to do it right.”

“I definitely want to do it right. Everyone’s sad and it’s OK to be sad,” she added.

‘The Voice’ coach has also been leaning on loved ones during her divorce.

The talk show host told the outlet, “I have a great fami-

ly and friends that are there for me. It’s a very hard thing to navigate, to be able, to be hon-est, and share your story, so maybe you can help someone else, but at the same time protecting these little kids you adore.”

Andy Murray exits first round of Cologne’s ATP indoor tournament

AFP | Cologne

Former world number one Andy Murray suffered a

first-round exit at the indoor ATP tournament in Cologne as he lost in straight sets to Spain’s Fernando Verdasco.

In the last game of the day, Verdasco converted his fourth match point just after mid-night early yesterday morning to seal a 6-4, 6-4 win over Brit-ain’s Murray.

This is only the fourth tour-nament Murray has played in 2020 during a season disrupt-ed by injury which has seen his ranking drop to 115th.

The two -time Olympic champion is struggling to re-find his form after hip surgery earlier in the year.

“It was tough, I had a few chances, but I didn’t serve that well and these courts are quite slow, so it’s important to get break points which I didn’t get,” Murray said in Cologne.

“He played better than me.”Murray hopes to use the

back-to-back tournaments in Cologne to relaunch his season after a loop-sided first-round exit to Stan Wawrinka at the French Open last month and will stay on for next week’s indoor event.

“I plan to stay and play next week, get some practise in the next few days,” he said.

“It wasn’t that big an im-provement (on defeat to Waw-rinka), I need to practise, play matches and get better.”

This was Murray’s third straight defeat to Verdasco, ranked 62nd, who last beat the Scotsman twice in 2018, once at the Shenzhen tournament and also at that year’s US Open, yet Murray still leads the head-to-head 13-4.

Murray had the chance to level the second set with three break points at 5-4 down, but Verdasco kept up the pressure by firing down his sixth ace of the match to wrestle back control and eventually seal the win.

In the second round, the Spaniard faces Germany’s Al-exander Zverev.


Neymar hat-trick fires Brazil past Peru, Argentina labourNeymar scored two penalties as his hat-trick took him past Ronaldo as Brazil’s second highest scorer of all time

• Argentina squeeze past Bolivia

• Ecuador hammer Uruguay

AFP | Brazilia

Neymar scored a hat-trick to become the second highest scorer in Brazil’s

history as the Copa America champions won 4-2 away to 10-man Peru in a World Cup qual-ifier on Tuesday.

The goals took Neymar to 64 international strikes, two more than Ronaldo but still well be-hind Pele’s record of 77.

Elsewhere, Joaquin Correa scored the winner 11 minutes from time as Argentina labored to a 2-1 victory over Bolivia to maintain their 100% record af-ter two matches.

Peru twice took the lead through Andre Carrillo and a heavily deflected strike from Renato Tapia, but two contro-versial Neymar penalties, an injury time third and a close range strike from Richarlison maintained the Selecao’s win-ning start to qualifying for Qatar 2022.

Carrillo opened the scoring on six minutes with a dipping volley from 20 yards after latch-ing onto Marquinhos’s weak clearance.

Peru Goalkeeper Pedro Gallese then denied Firmino from point blank range after he seemed certain to tap home from Richarlison’s cushioned header.

Brazil dominated the ball but Peru’s pacey forwards looked dangerous on the counter-at-tack and visiting goalkeeper Weverton had to be alert to

keep out a shot from Christofer Gonzales.

But Neymar sent Gallese the wrong way from the spot after Yoshimar Yotun was penalised for tugging his shirt in the box.

Out of nowhere, Tapia’s spec-ulative long-range strike took a wicked deflection off Rodrigo Caio and wrong-footed Wever-ton on 59 minutes.

The lead lasted only a few minutes before Richarlison touched a Firmino header from a corner over the line to restore parity.

The winner came seven min-utes from time as Carlos Zam-brano was harshly adjudged to have fouled Neymar.

Worse was still to come for Zambrano as he was sent off minutes later for a stray elbow that caught Richarlison and Neymar drilled home the final nail in Peru’s coffin after Gal-lese spilled a shot from Everton Ribeiro.

Farcical equaliser Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina

earned a second narrow victory in a row following Thursday’s 1-0 win over Ecuador.

Marcelo Moreno Martins had

given hosts Bolivia a deserved lead but Argentina scored a for-tuitous equaliser through Lau-taro Martinez.

Bolivia should have been ahead on six minutes when Argentina goalkeeper Franco Armani was caught off his line but Moreno Martins sent his header from an angle onto the roof of the net.

Mo r e n o M a r t i n s m a d e amends on 24 minutes as he rose between Argentina’s center-backs to power home a header from eight yards after Alejandro Chumacero was al-lowed to run from halfway into the visitors’ box before crossing from the left.

Argentina’s equaliser came in comical fashion as Jose Car-rasco tried to clear the ball out of his six yard box after cut-ting out Martinez’s cross, but he shanked the ball off the for-ward’s shin and past goalkeeper Carlos Lampe.

Lionel Messi, who had an oth-erwise quiet game, and Martin-ez then combined to tee up Cor-rea to thrash home the winner.

Ecuador work of art Ecuador totally dominated

Uruguay in a 4-2 victory in Qui-to.

They took the lead on 15 min-utes as Moises Caicedo flicked home a header from an Angel Mena cross.

Both sides had a goal ruled out following a VAR review be-fore Michael Estrada doubled the advantage on the stroke of half-time, rifling home from in-side the box after a mistake by veteran Uruguay center-back Diego Godin.

Uruguay were denied again by VAR before Ecuador went straight up the other end where Estrada cracked home Valen-cia’s backheel from 20 yards.

Ecuador’s final goal was a work of art as Alan Franco’s re-verse pass bemused Uruguay’s defence and Gonzalo Plata rolled his foot over the ball to commit both sliding defender Ronald Araujo and goalkeeper Martin Campana before strok-ing the ball into the far corner.

Luis Suarez scored his re-cord-extending 61st and 62nd goals for Uruguay with a pair of late penalties that were no more than a consolation.

Radamel Falcao scored an in-jury time equaliser as Colombia salvaged a point in a 2-2 draw in Chile. Jefferson Lerma gave Colombia an early lead but Chile turned the match in Quito around by half-time with strikes from Arturo Vidal and Alexis Sanchez.

Brazil’s Neymar takes a penalty to score against Peru

Britain’s Andy Murray hits a return

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Ukraine shock Spain, Germany and Switzerland draw thriller• Tsyhankov outwits De Gea for winner in the Nations League

• Gnabry’s back-heel flick rescues point for Germany in 3-3 draw

AAP | Kyiv

Spain and Germany both had setbacks in the Nations

League on Tuesday.The Spaniards lost to the

Ukraine for the first time while the Germans were held to a draw by Switzerland, who are bottom of League A Group 4.

Spain retained the group lead despite a 1-0 defeat in Kiev in a match attended by about 15,000 fans at the Olympic Stadium.

Germany went two goals down in the first 26 minutes but salvaged a 3-3 draw with the Swiss in a game played in Cologne with no fans due to ris-ing coronavirus infections in the area.

Spain have seven points from

four matches, one point more than Germany and Ukraine, fol-lowed by Switzerland with two points.

In the final round in Novem-ber, Spain visit Switzerland and then host Germany while Ukraine are on the road to face Joachim Loew’s men before they wrap up their group cam-paign against the Swiss.

Viktor Tsygankov scored shortly after coming off the

bench in the second half to nab Ukraine’s first goal in 17 years against La Roja.

The substitute took David de Gea by surprise when he fired a shot from outside the area into the net to complete a counter attack in the 76th minute.

“I don’t even need to say an-ything because my players have said everything with their atti-tude and commitment,” Ukraine coach Andriy Shevchenko told

reporters.Young guns Ansu Fati and Ad-

ama Traore - touted as the future of Spain’s national team - started together for the first time but couldn’t help find an equaliser.

“I’ve lost many games like this in my career, when you are playing better but the opponent grows in confidence then scores on the counter attack,” Spain coach Luis Enrique.

“But overall I liked what I saw from my players.”

Ukraine goalkeeper Georgiy Bushchan made several key saves to keep Spain scoreless for the first time in a Nations

League match.Germany fought back to draw

with Switzerland after another error-strewn performance.

Mario Gavranovic and Remo Freuler gave the Swiss a buffer before Timo Werner replied in the 29th and Kai Havertz equal-ised in the 55th.

Gavranovic’s second restored Switzerland’s advantage but a brilliant Serge Gnabry’s back-heel flick on the hour gave the hosts a point.

“It was extremely intense. We started badly but showed great attitude in coming back. That was positive,” Germany coach Joachim Loew said.

The game marked midfielder Toni Kroos’ 100th international for Germany.

Elsewhere, C1 leaders Mon-tenegro lost 2-1 to Luxembourg while Cyprus picked up their first point with a goalless draw against Azerbaijan.

The Faroe Islands beat Andor-ra 2-0 to move five points clear of Malta, who accounted for Lat-via 1-0, at the head of D1 while Liechtenstein and San Marino drew 0-0 in D2.

This is only the fourth tournament Murray has played in 2020

during a season disrupted by injury which has seen his

ranking drop to 115th

Ukraine’s Viktor Tsygankov shoots to score a goal

Arsenal ambition convinced Partey to join clubAFP | London

New Arsenal signing Thomas Partey has re-

vealed seeing the club hold on to captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang proved to him that they are serious about matching his ambitions.

Partey was a long-term target for Arsenal, who fi-nally landed the Ghana in-ternational from Atletico Madrid on transfer deadline day as they paid his release clause, reported to be £45 million ($58 million).

Arsenal also added Brazil international Willian on a free transfer from Chelsea and signed defender Gabriel Magalhaes from Lille.

But tying Aubameyang down to a new three-year deal was seen as the best piece of business by the club, especially given the lack of Champions League football since the 31-year-old arrived from Borussia Dortmund in 2018.

I’ve lost many games like this in

my career, when you are playing better but the opponent

grows in confidence then scores on the

counter attackSPAIN COACH LUIS ENRIQUE

64international goals have been scored by Neymar

for Brazil, two more than Ronaldo but still well

behind Pele’s record of 77

Dhoni slammed for ‘bullying’ umpire into changing mindAFP | Dubai

Cricket fans have slammed icon Mahendra Singh Dho-

ni for apparently bullying um-pire Paul Reiffel into changing a wide call during an Indian Premier League game.

The incident occurred Tues-day when Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings paceman Shardul Thakur bowled outside the off stump of Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Rashid Khan.

Umpire Reiffel, who played 35 Tests for Australia before retiring, appeared to start the signal for a wide -- both arms outstretched at shoulder height -- when Dhoni began protest-ing.

Reiffel then seemed to change his mind midway through the signal and the ball went down as legitimate in the crucial pe-nultimate over of Hyderabad’s unsuccessful chase of 168.

Commentator Ian Bishop, a former West Indian interna-tional, said on ESPNcricinfo that Reiffel had erred.

“He started calling it a wide, he looked up, saw Dhoni and he changed his mind,” Bishop said.

“I am someone who is sym-pathetic to the umpires because it is a difficult job, but tonight I will say that Reiffel made a mistake.”

Hyderabad captain David Warner also seemed visibly

unhappy from the dugout of the Dubai stadium in the United Arab Emirates.

The match saw Chennai bounce back from two losses to

win by 20 runs and draw level with Hyderabad on six points in the eight-team table.

But Dhoni’s action did not go down well on social media.

“Such a mockery of game, pathetic! Dhoni keeps bullying umpires and gets away with it. I have just lost count of it,” one cricket fan wrote on Twitter.

Others criticised Reiffel for apparently succumbing to pres-sure from Dhoni.

“Weak umpiring! Sad to see an Elite umpire bogging down by the stature of a cricketer,” said another Twitter user.

Last year Dhoni was fined 50 percent of his match fee after he stormed onto the field during a tense IPL game to contest an umpiring call.

Delhi beats Rajasthan by 13 runs in IPLAP | Dubai

Delhi Capitals used the pace of Anrich Nortje and Kagi-

so Rabada to earn a 13-run vic-tory over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

Nortje (2-33) claimed the key wickets of Robin Uthappa (32) and Jos Buttler (22) and togeth-er with Rabada (1-28) tied down hard-hitting Rahul Tewatia in the end to restrict Rajasthan to 148-8.

Delhi had earlier scored 161-7 on the back of Shikhar Dhawan’s second successive half century as the left-handed opener scored 57 and captain Shreyas Iyer added 53.

“On a slow wicket it is dif-ficult to make up runs in the end,” Rajasthan skipper Steve Smith said. “Guys kept getting in and kept getting out, and not making 60-odd (runs) to see us through.”

In a game dominated by pace bowlers, Jofra Archer had ear-lier clean bowled Prithvi Shaw off the first ball of the match, to finish with figures of 3-19.

But Delhi showed that they have the capability to defend small totals with the likes of Nortje and Rabada in their bowling armory.

English duo Buttler and Ben Stokes (41) provided a rol-licking start for Rajasthan by smashing 37 runs in the first three overs. But once Buttler was castled by Nortje and Smith (1) offered a tame return catch

to offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin, Delhi kept striking at regular intervals.

Smith had scored back to back half centuries in the first two games at Sharjah, but since then the Australian has scored just 44 runs in the next six games and has struggled on the slow surfaces of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Stokes, playing in only his second game this season, hit six fours before he was outdone by seamer Tushar Deshpande’s slow delivery and holed out in the deep midway through the Rajasthan run-chase.

Sanju Samson (25) and Uthappa kept Rajasthan in the hunt before Samson was clean bowled by leftarm spinner Axar Patel in the 12th over and Nortje clean bowled Uthappa in the 18th over.

Tewatia, who had earlier played two magnificent knocks in the tournament, couldn’t at-tack against the fiery pace of Nortje and Rabada in the end and remained unbeaten on 14 off 18 balls as Rajasthan lost their fifth game in the tourna-ment.

Delhi now sit on top of the ta-ble with 12 points after winning six of their eight games.

Rajasthan are languishing in seventh place with six points as they have won just one out of their last six games. They started the tournament with back to back wins at Sharjah but since then their top order batsmen have struggled.

“We are not in a great posi-tion, are we? We have got to quickly move on and come back with a big game in three days time,” Smith said.

Bahrain to face Tajikistan, Lebanon in Dubai friendlies

• Bahrain are currently looking to secure berths in the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup

TDT | Manama

Bahrain’s national football team will be playing two

international friendly matches during their overseas training camp in Dubai next month, the Bahrain Football Association (BFA) has confirmed.

The Bahrainis will first be taking on Tajikistan on No-vember 7 before facing their Lebanese counterparts on No-vember 12.

The nationals are scheduled to hold their camp from No-vember 1 to 17, a BFA official told TDT.

Bahrain head coach Helio Sousa is expected to name his squad for the camp within the next few days.

Bahrain are currently look-ing to secure berths in the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

The joint-qualifiers have been delayed due to the coro-navirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and matches are only expected to resume next year.

Bahrain are in Group C of qualifying, where they cur-rently sit in second place be-hind leaders Iraq, while be-ing ahead of Iran, Hong Kong and Cambodia following five

games already played.The Bahrainis still have

three more fixtures remain-ing—first at home against Cambodia, then away at Iran, before closing out this stage of qualification against Hong Kong at home.

In this stage of the quali-fiers, there are eight groups in all, with five nations in each group. At the end, the eight group winners and the four best runners-up advance to the third round of World Cup qualifying, and also se-cure their berths in the Asian Cup.

The next best 24 teams will compete in a separate compe-tition for the remaining 12 slots in the Asian Cup.


2,000cc Challenge returnsBIC 2,000cc Challenge is back action with season’s second round

• The event will take place as part of National Race Day tomorrow

TDT | Manama

The Middle East’s long-est-running circuit rac-ing championship is back

in action this weekend at Bah-rain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir.

The BIC 2,000cc Challenge takes place at “The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East” as part of National Race Day tomorrow. It will be the second round of the 2020/2021 cam-paign and it follows a hugely ex-citing season-opener in which former champion Shaikh Sal-man bin Isa bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa was dominant.

Shaikh Salman will be hoping to continue from where he left off when action gets underway this meeting with a 30-minute practice at 5.22pm. Qualifying follows at 6.32pm, also set for 30 minutes, determining the grid for the round’s first 12-lap race at 8.13pm. Race two is then scheduled to start at 9.33pm. Podium ceremonies will be held after each sprint.

Shaikh Salman is once again set to go up against a high-qual-ity field that includes other ex-champions Shaikh Hamad bin Isa bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa

(Honda Civic), Tareq Al Tajer (Ford Focus), and Raed Himmo (Honda Civic). Al Tajer joined Shaikh Salman on the overall podium for both races in round one, along with Raed Raffii (Honda S2000).

They are all among the top names in the 2,000cc’s Pro class, where they are joined by Nasser Al Alawi (Honda S2000).

The Novice category’s front-runners include Wiebke Buelow (Honda Civic) and Martyna Al Qassab (Acura DC5), both the series’ only female drivers who have been excelling amidst the tough competition.

They will be up against a field that includes Andreas Buelow

(Honda Civic), Ramzi Al Qa-ssab (Acura DC5), Majed Him-mo (Honda Civic), Samer Gha-zwan (BMW E46), Khaled Al Rayyes (Renault Clio), Giovan-ni Salerno (Ford Focus), Ali Al Toblani (Honda Civic), Ahmed Al Ghatam (Honda Civic), and Shaikh Abdulla Al Khalifa (BMW Z3).

The 2020/2021 BIC 2,000cc Challenge features seven meet-ings, culminating in April of next year. Round three will be held on the weekend of Novem-ber 12 to 14 in support of the FIA WEC 8 Hours of Bahrain.

Round four will then be the first event of 2021 on January 8, followed by round five on Feb-

ruary 5 and round six on March 5. The season-finale is then slat-ed for April 2.

Friday’s meeting will be tak-ing place with all precautionary measures in place, in line with guidance from the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs and the Ministry of Health.

National Race Day is being orgainsed by BIC, in coopera-tion with the Bahrain Motor Federation and Circuit Racing Club.

Amidst the current health sit-uation, no spectators or guests of participants will be permitted to attend. Entry to BIC is re-stricted to the registered drivers and their appointed crew.

He started calling it a wide, he looked

up, saw Dhoni and he changed his mind. I am someone who is sympathetic to the umpires because

it is a difficult job, but tonight I will say that Reiffel made a

mistakeIAN BISHOP

Participants steer their cars during BIC 2,000cc Challenge (file photo)

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Kagiso Rabada of Delhi Capitals celebrate a wicket

Mahendra Singh Dhoni of Chennai Super Kings throws the ball during a match

Bahrain are in Group C of qualifying,

where they currently sit in second place

behind leaders Iraq, while being ahead of Iran, Hong Kong and Cambodia following five games already

played

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Shaikh Hamad bin Isa bin Ebrahim Al Khali-fa, Tareq Al Tajer and

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