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Students of Al Noor International School (CBSE Curriculum) have achieved 100 percent success in their All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE). The tenth batch of Grade XII students appeared for the examination in March 2020. In the Science stream Shamila Salik scored 95.4% and is the school topper, followed by Tanvi Shailendra Rai with 95% and Taha Mulla with 94.6%. In the Commerce Stream, Fahad Paivalike Hussain topped with 90.2%. School Chairman Mr. Ali Hassan congratulated all the students, parents and teachers for their sincere efforts and wished them success in their future endeavors. The School Director Dr. Muhammad…

India’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of a former royal dynasty to run the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, the world’s richest places of worship, after the state government tried to take it over when the family patriarch died. When one of the vaults of the towering centuries-old Hindu temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala state was opened in 2011, it was found to hold diamonds by the sackful along with tonnes of gold coins and jewellery – a hoard estimated at over $20 billion. The Kerala High Court had ruled that year, after public interest petitions, that the Travancore family…

Concerning audio on social media of a woman, accusing police personnel of violating the legal procedures while arresting her son, the Director-General of Northern Governorate Police said on Monday that the department carried its legal arrest procedures, after obtaining an arrest warrant from the Public Prosecution. He said that the warrant was for a 17 years old individual who is wanted in two theft cases and was before held at the Juveniles Care Centre over robbery cases. The Director-General said that during the arrest, his mother, 53, who had verbal abuse and fight cases filed against her and his brother,…

Bahrain will add around 177 million dinars ($470 million) to its 2020 state budget in emergency spending on fighting the coronavirus pandemic, BNA said today, reporting a royal decree issued by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. To this end, $450 million will be taken as a one-time deduction from the Future Generations Fund (FGF), a fund set up in 2006 to reinvest hydrocarbon revenues, and allocated to this year’s state budget. The decrees also announced a temporary halt to the allocation of oil revenues to the FGF until the end of 2020. The kingdom has registered over…

A member of a team searching a Southern California lake for a missing TV star said Sunday that he’s confident his crew is getting a clearer idea of where in the lake to find her, a magazine reported. Robert Inglis of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Team told Us Weekly that Naya Rivera sent to a family member a picture of her 4-year-old son, Josey, in front of a cove before she disappeared July 8 after diving into Lake Piru. “There was a picture sent to a family member that showed the boy on the boat by a cove,”…

Saudi Arabia has reported 2,852 new cases and 20 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 235,111. The death toll raised to 2,243 after reporting the new deaths. Saudi is holding the 14th position for most coronavirus cases worldwide, just below Italy. Meanwhile, 2,704 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 169,842. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases are in Riyadh (258), followed by Jeddah (235) and Al Hafouf (203). https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1282654761351811072?s=20

Google on Monday said it will spend around $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years through equity investments and tie-ups, marking its biggest commitment to a key growth market. The investments will be done through a so-called digitization fund, highlighting Google’s focus on the rapid pace of growth of apps and software platforms in India, one of the world’s biggest internet services markets. “We’ll do this through a mix of equity investments, partnerships, and operational, infrastructure and ecosystem investments,” Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, said on a webcast during the annual “Google for India” event. “This…

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela and anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died at the age of 59. Zindzi Mandela died in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday morning, public broadcaster SABC said. She was serving as the South African ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death. The cause of her death was not immediately revealed. Zindzi Mandela was Nelson Mandela’s sixth child and his second with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, his second wife. “This is untimely. She still had a role to play in the transformation of our own society…

Kuwait has reported 614 new coronavirus cases, of which 378 are citizens, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 55,508, according to the health ministry. 3 patients died of the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 393. Kuwait has the world’s 34th highest number of coronavirus infections just over UAE. Meanwhile, 746 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 45,356. Kuwait has done 4,086 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test more people and detect cases early.…

Oman has registered two deaths and 2,164 new cases of coronavirus, of which the majority of the cases are from citizens by 1,572 and the rest 592 from foreigners, taking the total cases to 58,179. It’s the first time the sultanate is reporting over 2,000 daily cases of COVID-19. The death toll reached 259 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 1,159 new recoveries were announced, bringing the total to 37,257. 6,173 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, across the sultanate. So far 244,787 COVID-19 tests have been conducted. In March, Oman began to introduce lockdowns in certain regions…