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Bahrain : Bahrain has pledged $1 million to provide relief aid and help meet the increasing humanitarian needs of civilian refugees fleeing Ukraine. Ukrainians and people from other nationalities, without discrimination, will benefit from the relief, the Royal Humanitarian Foundation (RHF) said as it announced its initiative. The initiative, reflecting Bahrain’s humanitarian role, support for assisting those in need and focus on the principles of human solidarity, is in implementation of the directives of HM the King. It is also in response to an urgent appeal from the United Nations and the Regional Refugee Response Plan in Ukraine. RHF Secretary…

CBI on Sunday arrested Chitra Ramkrishna, former CEO and MD of National Stock Exchange (NSE), in a 2018 case of bourse manipulation. This is the second high-profile arrest in the case, with the agency last month arresting Anand Subramanian, NSE’s former group operating officer and Ramkrishna’s deputy and confidante. “Ramkrishna has been arrested following questioning and will be produced in a competent court on Monday,” a CBI official said. Ramkrishna had earlier been questioned by the agency last month along with Subramanain and former NSE CEO Ravi Narain. The CBI action comes in the wake of allegations against Ramkrishna that she was…

SRINAGAR :  One person was killed and more than 20 others injured on Sunday when an assailant lobbed a grenade at a busy market in the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. According to local media reports, the target of the attack in Srinagar appeared to have been security personnel in the area. There was a huge crowd in the market when the grenade exploded. The injured were taken a hospital. Police officer Sujit Kumar said that security forces were investigating and that the attacker would be found soon. Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, which both claim…

Bangkok : The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from over. The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming and businesses are reopening around the globe. The death toll, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, stood at 5,996,882 as of Sunday morning and was expected to pass the 6 million mark later in the day. Remote Pacific islands, whose isolation had protected them for more than two years, are…

India continued its efforts to evacuate over 700 Indian students from the embattled northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday. However, it found little success as severe shelling and airstrikes continued. Meanwhile, a tweet from Indian embassy in Ukraine said that its team has been stationed in Poltava to coordinate safe passage of Indian students stranded in Sumy to Western borders via Poltava. It said a confirmed time and date for evacuating the students will be issued soon. On Saturday morning, the Indian students posted a video saying they have decided to leave for the Russian border and that the…

LVIV/KYIV :  Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday his campaign in Ukraine was going to plan and would not end until Kyiv stopped fighting, as efforts to evacuate 200,000 people from the heavily bombarded city of Mariupol fell apart for a second day in a row. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday his campaign in Ukraine was going according to plan and would not end until Kyiv stopped fighting, as efforts to evacuate the heavily bombarded city of Mariupol failed for a second day in a row. He made the comments in a phone call with Turkish President…

Washington : Twenty-four Amazon investors are calling on the tech giant to increase transparency in tax disclosures and adopt a new reporting standard, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The investors are trying to get a shareholder resolution demanding a new tax reporting standard at the company’s annual meeting this year, FT said, citing a letter that will be sent to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week. “Aggressive tax practices can expose a company and its investors to increased scrutiny from tax authorities, adjustment risks, and increase their vulnerability to changes in tax rules as countries look to protect their…

Bahrain :  His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today ratified and issued Law (6) of 2022, endorsing the amended Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Patent Law (Regulation). The law stipulates that the phrase “competent authority” means the ministry responsible for commercial affairs. The Prime Minister and ministers, each in their capacity, shall implement the provisions of this law, which takes effect upon its publication in the Official Gazette.

India: A CISF jawan died and 11 more were injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge in the Markundi valley here, police said on Saturday. The bus was taking the jawans from Kushinagar to Obra (in Sonbhadra) on election duty, they said, adding that there were 37 jawans in the vehicle. Robertsganj police station SHO S N Mishra said, “A Roadways bus carrying 37 CISF jawans had left for Obra from the Robertsganj area (in Sonbhadra) on Friday night. Around 12.30 am, as the bus reached the Markundi valley under the Chopan police station area,…

India : Three Air Force aircraft carrying 629 Indians from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries landed at the Hindon air base near Delhi early this morning. India has been evacuating its citizens from war-torn Ukraine’s neighbouring countries such as Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to the Russian military offensive. “Till date, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has flown 10 sorties to bring back 2,056 passengers as part of Operation Ganga,” the IAF statement said. The three Air Force aircraft – all of them C-17 heavy lift transport aircraft – had taken…