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  • Regular freight train service starts between India, Bangladesh on revived Haldibari-Chilahati rail route

    In a significant boost to connectivity between India and Bangladesh, a goods train loaded with stone chips in 30 wagons arrived at Chilahati in Bangladesh from India on Sunday afternoon through the Haldibari-Chilahati route. The train was dispatched from the Damdim station of the Northeast Frontier railway late on Saturday night. This rail route has […]

    Abu Dhabi Health Services Company Announces the Opening of the SEHA COVID-19 Drive-Through Services Center in Rabdan

    Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, (SEHA), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, announced the opening of a new COVID-19 drive-through services center in Rabdan area in Abu Dhabi. The new center is composed of 6 tracks; 2 for vaccination and 4 for nasal swabs and DPI laser-based testing with a capacity of 200 vaccinations […]

    S.Korea logs record jump in daily COVID cases, raises Seoul curbs to top level

    South Korea will raise anti-coronavirus restrictions to the highest level in Seoul and some neighbouring regions for two weeks from Monday, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said on Friday, after new COVID-19 cases climbed to a daily record for the second day running. The country reported 1,316 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday, up from […]

    Seha Wins The 7th International Best Practice Competition

    Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, (SEHA), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, has won the 7th International Best Practice Competition for their COVID-19 Drive-Through Screening Centers project, managed by Ambulatory Health Services (AHS), part of the SEHA network. The competition, organized by Business Performance Improvement Resource (BPIR) and the Centre for Organizational Excellence Research, […]

    Hong Kong’s last remaining pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily shuts amid severe crackdown from Beijing

    Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper The Apple Daily published its last edition yesterday as it was forced to end a 26-year journey amid a national security crackdown that froze the company’s funds. The newspaper said it was forced to cease operations after police froze 2.3 million dollars of its assets, searched its office and arrested five […]

    Nigerian Govt creates its account on Indian microblogging platform ‘Koo’

    The Nigerian Government created its account on Indian microblogging platform Koo, days after the African country banned Twitter. Koo co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna welcomed the government onboard the platform. He said on Thursday that, a very warm welcome to the official handle of the Government of Nigeria on @kooindia. Nigeria on June 5 banned Twitter after […]

    United States returns 27 stolen antiquities to Cambodia

    The United States has repatriated 27 antiquities to Cambodia, after years of work by New York investigators to recover the smuggled artefacts. Valued at about 3.8 million $, the items included several Hindu and Angkorian Buddhist statues, such as a bronze meditating Buddha on a Naga, a statue of Shiva, and a Buddhist sandstone sculpture […]

    SEHA Announces Extended Operating Hours for the COVID-19 Prime Assessment Centers

    Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Health Services Company “SEHA” announced extended operating hours for the COVID-19 Prime Assessment Centers. The centers are located in Mina Zayed and Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi and in Al Ain Convention Center in al Ain, will operate daily from 8 AM to 10 PM. The COVID-19 Prime Assessment Center in […]

    Bangladesh: Chinese workers test Corona positive at Khulna Power Plant, locals apprehensive

    A large number of Chinese workers at the Khulna power plant in Bangladesh have been infected with Coronavirus. Among the Chinese persons working at the power plant 85 people were found to be Corona positive out of which 19 proved negative later on. The local people are apprehensive that the COVID 19 infection may spread […]

    Around 3,000 rockets fired towards Israel from Gaza: Israel Army

    The Israel army has said that the country has seen the highest ever concentration of rocket attacks on its territory during the ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza. Major General Ori Gordin has said that Hamas had fired about 3,000 rockets towards Israel since Monday. He claimed that the rocket launches this time has surpassed […]