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Labour and Social Development Minister, Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, has announced that the rate of compliance with the summer afternoon outdoor work ban has reached 99.7%, which reflects commitment to the ministerial edict 39/2013, given its humanitarian and economic dimensions, and ultimate goal of protecting workers from the dangers of working during difficult summer weather conditions. While commenting on the end of the afternoon outdoor work ban for this summer, he said that the Labour Ministry’s specialised teams had carried out 13,658 surprise and regular inspection visits to work sites during the ban, which started on July 1 and…

Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee died on Monday aged 84, confirmed his son Abhijit Mukherjee. He had suffered a fall at his Rajaji Marg house and had been operated to remove a blood clot in his brain on August 10. Doctors on Monday morning warned that there was a decline in his condition and he was in septic shock due to infection in his lung. ♦ Former Indian President ‘Pranab Mukherjee’ tests positive for COVID-19 “With a Heavy Heart, this is to inform you that my father Shri #PranabMukherjee has just passed away in spite of the best efforts of Doctors of RR Hospital &…

Public sector employees in Saudi Arabia returned to their workplaces on Sunday after months of working from home due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development said the return to the workplace comes amid strict guidelines, preventative measures and protocols put in place by the authorities to ensure a safer work environment amid the pandemic. The ministry has set a number of conditions for the return of all employees to their place of work, which require that employees follow measures like the continuation of only attending work according to flexible working hours and the…

British universities should scrap plans to reopen next month to prevent travelling students from fuelling the country’s coronavirus pandemic, a union said, calling for courses to be taught online. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has come under fire over its moves to restart education, especially after a row over exam results for school students and a failed attempt to bring all pupils back to their classes earlier this year. Johnson has been calling on Britons to return to something more akin to normality after the coronavirus lockdown, calling on workers to return to offices to help the economy recover from…

Over six million male and female students are scheduled to resume on Sunday their education journey remotely under the motto “My School is in My Home”. The education ministry has completed all its education preparations and plans, by providing all textbooks and ensuring the mechanism for distributing them to male and female students is in line with the precautionary measures being implemented in the school. In addition, the ministry has created the “Madrasati Platform” for distance education, which includes all manuals for use by male and female students, their parents, male and female teachers, school leaders and education supervisors. The…

Director-General of Capital Governorate Police announced the arrest of three Asians for selling alcohol in Jid Hafs. He said that investigation into received cases led to identifying and arresting the suspects and confiscation of alcohol making tools and money. He said that legal proceedings were taken and the case was referred to the Public Prosecution.

Bahrain has announced the registration of 23,094 mask violations of not wearing face masks at public places and shops since the enforcement of the order. The Northern Governorate Police Directorate reported 1,538 violations related to the rule of social distancing and 5,057 violations of not wearing masks at public place. It carried 521 awareness campaigns. The Capital Governorate Police Directorate took 367 steps to protect social distancing in the district, along with reporting 3,793 mask-related violations and distributed 4,200 meals among expatriate workers. It also held 601 awareness campaigns. Muharraq Governorate Police Directorate registered 1,115 social distancing violations and 5,829 mask-related violations.…

Inspectors at the Al-Siddiq Center affiliated to the Northern Ports Customs Administration have seized postal parcels containing various counterfeit goods, including sets of clothes, fabrics, women’s bags, shoes and T-shirts for violating the Intellectual Property Law, based on the Customs Instructions No. 45 of 2020. Measures have been taken to send the confiscated goods to the Central Destruction Committee. The General Administration of Customs has warned those who smuggle counterfeit and prohibited goods in all their forms and types into the country saying they will be subjected to legal accountability and customs measures.

Moderate to heavy rains have been reported from Al Buraimi, Al Dhahirah, North al Sharqiyah, Al Dakhiliyah, and South al Batinah, leading to flowing wadis.  The Public Authority for Civil Defence (PACDA) has urged people to exercise caution and not to risk crossing the valleys to avoid accidents of vehicle drifting and loss of life and property.

The High Criminal Court today sentenced three Future Bank officials to five years in prison each and to $1 million fines in the latest of a series of money-laundering cases by the Central Bank of Iran and other banks. The court also sentenced the Central Bank of Iran and the other banks implicated in the wide money-laundering scheme to fines of $1 million each, General Advocate Nayef Youssef Mahmood said. The total of fines imposed on the Iran Central Bank, other Iranian banks and the three Future Bank officials in seven cases reached $47 million. The court also ordered the…