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‘One-family spirit’HM King Hamad opens fifth legislative term’s fourth session with vow to keep economy ‘growing’

• Focus on ‘confident return’ to Bahrain Economic Vision 2030 growth paths despite tough challenges

• Businessmen urged to come up with more ideas and initiatives for comprehensive economic development

TDT | Manama

The one-family spirit char-acterising the Bahraini community will sustain

Bahrain’s robust economic per-formance despite difficult times.

“We are proceeding steadily and with strong economic per-formance that leads to satisfac-tion and optimism for a confi-dent return to the growth paths Bahrain Economic Vision 2030 aspires for,” said His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as he inaugurated yesterday the fourth session of the fifth leg-islative term of the Shura and Representatives Councils.

His Majesty delivered his virtual address to the parlia-ment at the Sakhir Palace, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

HM the King pointed out professional dealing with the fast-paced economic changes to boost the kingdom’s compet-itiveness and economic status.

He called on businessmen to come up with more ideas and initiatives for comprehensive economic development while focusing on the role of small and medium institutions to attain the goals of sustainable growth, particularly in the field of indus-try and future sciences.

HM the King lauded Bah-rain’s one-family spirit, stress-ing keenness on continuous development of legislation and work systems, particularly those pertaining to protecting human rights and fostering family and social cohesion.

He pointed out, in this re-gard, the alternative penalties programme which succeeded to achieve its goals as a civili-sational national project with comprehensive human aspects.

His Majesty urged the devel-opment of ways to tackle envi-ronmental challenges and the climate crisis threatening earth.

HM the King commended

the government’s effective pro-grammes to achieve fiscal bal-ance and self-sufficiency as a pre-requisite to increase and ensure sustainability of national resources. He praised contin-uous development of the gov-ernment’s performance while committing to the latest admin-istrative and technical practices.

HM King Hamad affirmed the kingdom unwavering com-mitment to its diplomatic ap-proach based on the policy of good neighborliness and mu-tual respect with brotherly and friendly countries.

He expressed great concern over the deliberate targeting of the Arabian Gulf territorial wa-ters which threatens regional security and international nav-igation.

His Majesty stressed that the recurrent hostile attacks on the commercial ships in the Arabian Gulf and the Arab Sea require more international cooperation

to fight terrorism and halt its support and funding.

HM the King commended the blessed GCC march, expressing keenness on achieving the noble GCC goals of rallying ranks and developing common interests.

He praised cooperation be-tween the government and the National Assembly to work out effective solutions and review and develop legislation of pri-ority.

He also lauded the role of the parliamentary delegations in highlighting the kingdom’s im-age in regional and international platforms.

HM the King commended the outstanding efforts and sacri-fice of Bahrain’s armed forces and security bodies in defending the nation, its achievements and sovereignty.

“We express to our military institutions our great pleasure and blessing for their adoption of advanced military industri-

alisation programmes and the localisation of their operations, in line with what we are wit-nessing in regional experiences that make us proud to achieve the defence force that supports stability in the region,” His Maj-esty said.

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HM the King delivers his virtual address to the parliament

His Majesty invited by King Salman to Future Investment Initiative ForumTDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yester-

day received a written mes-sage from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, inviting him to attend the fifth edition of the “Future Invest-ment Initiative Forum”, set to

be hosted by Riyadh later this month.

HM the King was handed over the letter by the Saudi Ambassa-dor to Bahrain, His Royal High-ness Prince Sultan bin Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, whom HM received at Al Sakhir Palace.

HM King Hamad expressed thanks and appreciation to the Saudi Monarch for his

kind invitation, lauding the solid long-standing fraternal relations between the two kingdoms, as well as between their leader-ships and peoples.

HM the King expressed pride in the pioneering role played by sisterly Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of King Salman, at the international arena, as well as in its major initiatives to achieve

sustainable development goals at the regional and global levels.

HM King Hamad highlight-ed the success of the “Future Investment Initiative” since its launch, wishing the participants and organisers every success in enhancing global coopera-tion and solidarity to achieve the common aspirations of the entire humanity.

HM the King receives the Saudi Monarch’s letter from Ambassador Prince Sultan bin Ahmed

We are proceeding steadily and with strong economic

performance that leads to satisfaction and optimism for a

confident return to the growth paths Bahrain Economic Vision 2030

aspires forHIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL

KHALIFA

Audit offices to face action for ‘violations’TDT | Manama

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tour-

ism has referred two audit offices to the Auditors Dis-ciplinary Board following vi-olations related to auditing.

In a statement, the minis-try stressed it would spare no effort to check all abuses and deal with them in ac-cordance with the provi-sions of the law, in a way that enhances transparen-cy, sustainability and con-fidence in the commercial and economic conditions in Bahrain, contributes to attracting investments, and enhances the reputation of the Kingdom.

The ministry called on audit offices to comply fully with professional norms.

02MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2021

I look forward to a new phase of serious

and fruitful work within the blessed renaissance march

initiated by the fathers towards the homeland of

love, freedom and prosperity

HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA

New phase of cooperationHM King looks forward to continuing ‘serious and fruitful work’ with Shura and Representatives Councils towards homeland of love, freedom and prosperity

• His Majesty thanks HRH Prince Salman for diligent efforts in handling health crisis

• Royal praise for medical teams who work at frontlines and face pandemic

TDT | Manama

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His Majesty King Ham-ad bin Isa Al Khalifa expressed pleasure

at inaugurating the Shura and Representatives Councils’ fifth legislative term fourth session yesterday.

“I look forward to a new phase of serious and fruitful work within the blessed renais-sance march initiated by the fathers towards the homeland of love, freedom and prosperity,” said His Majesty as he delivered his virtual address to the parlia-ment at the Sakhir Palace, in the presence of His Royal Highness

Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

Upon HM the King’s arrival at the Sakhir Palace, the music band played the national an-them. HM the King’s Personal Representative, His Highness Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and Royal Court Minis-ter, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, also attended the cere-mony alongside HM the King.

Council of Representatives Speaker Fawzia bint Abdullah

Zainal, Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Abdullah Saleh, Parlia-ment Affairs Minister Ghanem bin Fadhl Al Buainain and the members of the bicameral par-liament also attended the cere-mony remotely.

Following a recitation of some verses from the Holy Quran, HM the King delivered his address to the parliament.

His Majesty stressed the reg-ular constitutional continuity that aims at consolidating the Bahraini sober traditions char-

acterising the national expe-rience.

HM the King expressed thanks to HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister for his diligent and continuous efforts in han-dling the emergency health cri-sis, praising the role of Bahrain taskforce in this respect which will be cherished by the nation forever.

He cited, in particular, the medical teams who are working at the frontlines and facing the pandemic with vaccination.

HM the King virtually addressing the parliament

His Majesty congratulated by HRH Prince SalmanTDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has re-

ceived a cable of congratula-tions from His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, on patronis-ing the opening of the fourth session of the fifth legislative term.

HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister hailed HM the King’s keynote speech and praise for Team Bahrain’s ef-forts to further development across all fields and combat COVID-19 pandemic.

He pledged to continue ef-forts to achieve HM the King’s visions, highlighting Bahrain’s development strides across all fields thanks to HM the King’s directives.

He said that the priority would be given to achieving economic recovery, consoli-dating financial stability and overcoming the pandemic fall-out in cooperation with the legislative branch of govern-ment. HM the King sent a cable of thanks in reply to HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Min-ister’s cable of congratulations on the opening of the fourth session of the fifth legislative term.

HM the King praised HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister’s pledge and strong resolve to implement royal vi-sions and directives into fruit-ful work through programmes and projects to achieve eco-nomic recovery and further wide-ranging sustainable de-velopment.

HRH Crown Prince and Prime Minister receives cablesTDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, yesterday re-ceived congratulatory cables from Shura Council Chair-man Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh and Council of Representatives Speaker Fawzia bint Abdul-lah Zainal on the occasion of the inauguration of the fourth session of the fifth legislative term of the National Assembly.

Chairman Al Saleh noted the Shura Council’s commitment to building on the successes and national accomplishments attained under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

He commended HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Min-ister’s continued support of the Shura Council, as well as in strengthening executive-leg-islative cooperation and coor-dination in order to enhance Bahrain’s democratic process.

The Shura Council head confirms HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister’s appreciation of all the dedicat-ed efforts of the Shura Council and Council of Representatives to serve the kingdom and con-solidate democratic principles, in line with the government’s initiatives to improve coopera-tion between the executive and legislative branches to achieve

the aspirations of the Bahraini citizens.

HE Zainal extended her thanks and appreciation to HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister for participat-ing in the opening ceremony, confirming HRH’s support for the dedicated efforts being ex-erted to further develop the Kingdom of Bahrain’s demo-cratic process.

The Speaker wished HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister continued success in bringing about more progress and prosperity to the King-dom.

Zainal asserted that she is looking forward to attaining more achievements and im-proving cooperation between the executive and legislative branches to achieve the aspi-rations of Bahrain’s citizens.

HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister

Roadmap for present, future national action: SpeakerTDT | Manama

A roadmap for present and future national action.

This was how Council of Rep-resentatives Speaker Fawzia bint Abdulla Zainal described His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s comprehensive and all-inclusive speech at the open-ing of the Shura and Represent-atives Councils’ fifth legislative term fourth session yesterday.

She lauded the royal key-note speech, affirming that HM

the King’s directives support further national action and achievements, through fruitful executive-legislature cooper-ation.

The Speaker extended sin-cere thanks and gratitude to HM King Hamad and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for their constant directives to en-hance cooperation between the Council of Representatives and the government, as well as to work together to achieve the

royal aspirations for serving the nation and the citizens.

Zainal noted that national action requires the concerted tangible efforts of everyone to protect the top interests of the nation, and those of the citizens.

She indicated that the land-mark achievements attained thanks to the royal care, as well as the efforts of Team Bahrain, led by HRH Crown Prince and Prime Minister, are a catalyst for more determination to sup-port all development fields and economic recovery.Speaker Zainal delivering his message

Dialogue key to develop national solutions and legislationTDT | Manama

The Shura Council will con-tinue consultation, dialogue

and discussion with the gov-ernment to develop national solutions and legislation.

This was the assurance made yesterday by Shura Council

Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh yesterday, in addition to contin-uing to consolidate Bahraini di-plomacy through active partici-pation in international forums.

In his opening speech to the first procedural session of the Shura Council, Al Saleh said that the Council will work with

all seriousness to achieve sus-tainability of the national econ-omy, financial balance, econom-ic recovery, and pursue growth paths within the Bahrain Eco-nomic Vision 2030.

He also stressed the impor-tance of enhancing competitive-ness and attracting more invest-

ments, achieving sustainable development goals in the fields of industry and future sciences, and eliminating environmental challenges and climate change.

“The content of His Majesty’s speech carries deep meanings that emerged from a pioneering royal vision,” said Al Saleh.

Royal greetings for Fijian leader on Independence DayTDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a

cable of congratulations to the President of the Republic of

Fiji, Jioji Konroteon, on his country’s Independence Day.

HM the King wished Pres-ident Konroteon good health and happiness on this occa-sion.

Bahrain offers deep condolences with Russia over plane crashTDT | Manama

The Kingdom of Bahrain has expressed its condo-

lences and sympathy to the government and people of Russia over a plane crash in its Tatarstan region yesterday

that killed 16 and injured six.The plane carrying a group

of parachute jumpers crashed after takeoff.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wished the injured a speedy recovery.

HRH Prince Salman highlights Kingdom’s judicial legacy, achievementsTDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, yesterday received the President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA), HE Shaikh Ab-dulrahman bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Khalifa, who present-ed His Royal Highness with the first edition of his book, “The History of Judiciary in Bahrain”, at Gudaibiya Palace.

HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister highlighted the importance of documenting the Kingdom’s wide-ranging achievements, which acts as a point of reference for future

generations.The book presented to His

Royal Highness follows the his-tory of the Kingdom’s judiciary system since the establishment of the modern state of Bahrain in 1873 by Shaikh Ahmed Al Fateh, until the second third of

2021, during His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s on-going reign.

His Royal Highness extend-ed his gratitude to Shaikh Ab-dulrahman, commending HE’s efforts in documenting the Kingdom’s judicial legacy and

achievements, which are a bed-rock of the Kingdom’s sustaina-ble development.

HE Shaikh Abdulrahman ex-pressed his gratitude for the opportunity to meet His Royal Highness, highlighting his un-wavering support to the doc-umentation of the Kingdom’s substantial achievements.

HE Shaikh Abdulrahman noted the Kingdom’s fair, in-dependent, and transparent ju-dicial system is considered one of the most advanced judicial systems within the region.

The Minister of Finance and National Economy, HE Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, also attended the meeting.

HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister receives HE Shaikh Abdulrahman


Keen to upgrade healthcare servicesCabinet approves memorandum to develop evaluation and accreditation

procedures for public and private hospitals and health centres

• EU decision welcomed to add Bahrain to list of epidemiologically safe non-EU countries

TDT | Manama

Bahrain is committed to upgrading healthcare services amid the pro-

longed coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

This came as the Cabinet during its weekly meeting ye-strday, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, ap-proved a memorandum by the Minister of Health regarding the development of evaluation and accreditation procedures for public and private hospi-tals and health centres, which aims to ensure compliance with the approved regulations and standards for services provided to patients. The memorandum contributes to raising the qual-ity and efficiency of the King-dom’s health services.

The national accreditation will contribute to the estab-lishment of a continuous, open and constructive partnership between the National Health

Regulatory Authority (NHRA) and health institutions.

The Cabinet welcomed the decision of the European Un-ion to add Bahrain to the list of epidemiologically safe non-EU countries, stressing that this re-flects the Kingdom’s outstand-ing national efforts to combat COVID-19.

It commended the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council in regard to the Republic of Yemen, hoping that it will support steps aimed to stabilise Yemen.

The Cabinet expressed its condolences to the government and people of Pakistan for the victims of the earthquake that struck Balochistan.

Other memorandums ap-proved by the Cabinet were the following:

• A memorandum by the Ministerial Committee for Legal and Legislative

Affairs regarding an MoU on further strengthen-ing cooperation between GCC ministries and en-tities related to endow-ments and Islamic affairs.

• A memorandum by the Ministerial Committee for Legal and Legislative Affairs regarding draft framework for cooper-ation on the exchange of financial sector cy-bersecurity informa-tion among GCC central banks. The framework aims to support efforts to enhance cybersecurity and maintain the integri-ty of the GCC’s financial and banking sector.

• A memorandum by the Ministerial Committee for Legal and Legislative Affairs regarding the government’s response to a proposal for a law

submitted by the Coun-cil of Representatives and a proposal for a law submitted by the Shura Council.

The Cabinet also reviewed a memorandum by the Minister of Shura Council and Council of Representatives Affairs regard-ing decree laws and draft laws submitted by the government, which are under study by the Legislative Authority during the fourth regular annual session of the fifth legislative term.

The Cabinet took note of the ministerial reports, including the outcomes of: the partici-pation in the 65th regular ses-sion of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency; the visit of Libya’s Minister of Foreign Affairs to Bahrain; and inter-national cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and Libya.

HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister chairs the weekly Cabinet meeting at Gudaibiya Palace

Stage set for India-Bahrain Golden Jubilee celebrationsTDT | Manama

The Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities

(BACA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of India and the In-dian community, is organising week-long celebrations from tomorrow to October 19 at the ‘Little India in Bahrain’ near Bab al Bahrain.

They are part of year-long Golden Jubilee celebrations on the establishment of diplo-matic relations between India and the Kingdom of Bahrain. The diplomatic relations were established on 12 October 1971.

The activities include cul-tural events by Indian and Bahraini artists, handicraft, cuisine and seminars/webi-nars.

The introduction of the pro-gramme was made at a press conference held yesterday at the National Museum.

The following are among the programme’s detailed itiner-ary:

Tomorrow (from 5.45pm to 9pm/Bab Al Bahrain): Il-lumination of Bab Al Bahrain with Indian national colours; March from Bab Al Bahrain to Heritage Shop led by Min-istry of Interior Band; Teas-er performance of the Indian Music Troupe in front of the Heritage Shop; Performance by Mohammed bin Faris Band; Visit the Little India Market (Stalls); Shreenathji temple visit; (8pm) International Mu-sic Festival Performance by Shri Jaywant Naidu Classical and Folk Music Troupe from India.

Wednesday, October 12: Seminar, Bob Thaker, Pres-ident, THMC (7pm, Audi-torium, National Museum); International Music Festival Performance by Shri Jaywant Naidu Classical and Folk Mu-sic Troupe from India (8pm, Cultural Hall)

Saturday, October 16: Hand Block Printing Workshop (10am, Art Centre, near Na-tional Museum); (4pm, Art Centre, near National Muse-um) Kala Design – Traditional Indian Craft

Sunday, October 17: Seminar, Yousuf Salahuddin (7pm, Au-ditorium, National Museum)

Other programme details:12 October (7pm–9pm):

Mohamed bin Faris Band; 13 October (6pm-9pm) Beatz of Bahrain (Drums); Community Folk Dance

14 October (6pm-9pm): Ma-harashtrian Traditional per-formances; Traditional Mara-thi Lavani Dance (5 ladies par-ticipating) - 7min.; Traditional Lezim Dance with Traditional Dress - (ladies 10 participants) - 20-30 min.; Traditional Lezim Dance with Tradition-al dress (10 participants only male) with Live Dhol [Drums] - 30 -40 min.

15 October (6pm- 7pm): Kannada Sangha Bahrain Indian Traditional Dance; (7:30pm–9pm) Shabab Alriffa Band

16 October (6pm–7.30pm) Telugu Kala Samithi Tradi-tional Indian Dance; (7:30pm–9pm) Dar Alriffa Al Oda

17 October (6pm–7pm) Bah-rain Odia Samaja Traditional Indian Dance; (7pm– 9pm) Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam Classical Indian Music Con-cert and Dances

18 October (6pm–9pm) Is-mail Dawwas Band

19 October (6pm–9pm) Shabab Al Hidd Band

Undersecretary for Consular and Administrative Affairs, Ambassador Tawfeeq Ahmed Al Mansoor, Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) President Shaikha Hala bint Mohammed Al Khalifa and Indian Ambassador Piyush Srivastava address a press conference outlining the planned celebrations of Golden Jubilee on the establishment of Diplomatic Relations between India and Bahrain.

91 stranded Filipinos in Bahrain repatriatedTDT | Manama

Ninety-one distressed Fil-ipinos in the Kingdom of

Bahrain have returned home through the Philippine gov-ernment’s ongoing Repatria-tion Programme.

The Philippine Embassy fa-cilitated the repatriation of the Filipinos who have been stranded in Bahrain due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pan-demic.

The repatriates included minors, pardoned detainees, overstaying overseas Filipinos, pregnant women, medical pa-tients and wards at the Embas-sy Shelter.

It negotiated with Gulf Air for a special ticket rate and direct commercial flights on 6 October to allow more Filipino nationals to benefit from the repatriation programme.

The embassy shouldered the airfare of 39 undocumented repatriates through the Assis-tance-to-Nationals Funds of the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

DFA-Office of the Undersec-retary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs (OUMWA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administra-tion (OWWA) coordinated with the concerned agencies in the Philippines for the repatriates’ quarantine facilities.

New Millennium School hosts online Inter-School Oratorical ContestTDT | Manama

The New Millennium School, Bahrain hosted the 3rd In-

ter-School Oratorical Contest Reverberations-2021, on 5 and 6 October, through the digital platform.

NMS had invited partici-pants from all the CBSE schools around the island to showcase their extraordinary oratory skills through a Debate and a Decla-mation contest.

The Inter School Debate had two participants from Grade XI and XII from six CBSE schools

debating for and against the mo-tion “Online Education As Effec-tive As Traditional in Campus

Education”.The participants, armed with

statistics and data, made their

arguments more emphatic with their righteous facial expres-sions, body movement and ges-tures. Three best speakers each from the Proposition and Op-position stand, were felicitated with trophies and certificates.

From the Proposition Stand, Sarah Dawood of Ibn Al Hytham School clinched the first posi-tion, Meryl Liza Manu of New Millennium School the second position and Vigneshwari Nat-arajan of The Indian School the third place.

From the Opposition Stand,

Joel Tiji of The New Indian school bagged the first position while Nanditha Dileep of New Millennium School and Devikaa Suresh of The Indian School earned second and third posi-tions, respectively.

In the Declamation contest, Dana Khalid Iskander Jaberi of The New Indian School clinched the title followed by Naina Fathi-ma of Ibn Al Hytham School bagging the second position and Manaal Mansoor of Asian School bagging the third position.

All the participants were

awarded with participation cer-tificates and were greatly ap-plauded by the audience.

School Chairman Dr Ravi Pillai, Managing Director Gee-tha Pillai and Principal Arun Kuumar Sharma applauded the efforts put in by the English Department in successfully or-ganising the spectacular show in coordination with the Head Mistress (Activities and Admin-istration), and congratulated the proud winners their mentors and parents for this laudable achievement.

School Chairman Dr Pillai and Principal Sharma watching the contest

Students celebrate World Mental Health Day via online platformTDT | Manama

New Millennium School, Bahrain celebrated the

World Mental Health Day yes-terday with great zeal and en-thusiasm, through the online platform.

A pre-recorded video on the importance of understanding mental health disorders, com-monly found among teenagers, was presented by the psycholo-gy students of Grades 11 and 12.

The video presentation aimed at creating awareness on the causes, diagnostic symptoms,

risk factors and treatments as-sociated with mental disorders.

As part of the Mental Health

Day programme, the students from Grades 9 to 12 were asked to create positive affirmation

statements, mental health slo-gans and posters.

Principal Arun Kuumar Shar-ma, in his message to the stu-dents, highlighted the impor-tance of maintaining the mental health in school and to make it a continuous practice to ensure the mental hygiene of each stu-dent.

The Chairman, Dr Ravi Pillai, and Managing Director, Geeta Pillai, appreciated the efforts of the students and the staff in creating an active awareness on mental health and hygiene.

Teachers and students join the celebration

Plans for celebrations outlined


All of this – the whale shark sighting and the discovery of Egypt’s fossilised amphibian whale – should stay in our minds when next we set sail for an evening of fun or fishing or a beachside BBQ. Why? Because if we remember that we share our oceans and land with such magnificent creatures, perhaps we will be more careful about how we use our seashores and oceans

iGA wins award for BeAware Bahrain appA fitting recognition of its key role and ‘effectiveness’ in supporting Kingdom’s fight against COVID-19

• iGA Chief Executive Al Qaed receives Innovation Award at Smart Cities Summit 2021

• Application makes all pandemic-related services available to public on single platform

TDT | Manama

Owing to BeAware Bahrain app’s crucial role in help-ing the Kingdom combat

the pandemic, the Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) was presented with the COVID-19 Innovation Award at Smart Cities Summit 2021.

The award recognises the ap-plication’s effectiveness in sup-porting frontline workers and making all pandemic-related services available to the public on a single platform.

It was received by iGA Chief Executive Mohammed Ali Al Qaed who attributed the BeAware Bahrain app’s success to the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, who leads the National Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus.

He also praised the support and cohesion maintained by all public and private sector stake-holders, who helped the King-dom implement the policies necessary to make the BeAware Bahrain project a success.

Al Qaed added that the app is an important step in Bahrain’s digital transformation journey, which is ongoing in the face of the challenges imposed by the pandemic.

Al Qaed expressed his appre-ciation to Minister Khalaf and summit organising committee on the awarding.

The event, now in its fifth year, started yesterday under the pa-tronage of His Excellency the Minister of Works, Municipali-

ties Affairs and Urban Planning, Eng. Essam bin Abdullah Khalaf.

The two-day event, held at the Gulf Convention Centre, saw the participation of 250 repre-sentatives of public and private sector entities and international organisations, most notably from the United Nations Develop-ment Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Human Set-tlements Program (UN-Habitat).

Benayat system updatesMeanwhile, iGA Geographical

Information Systems Director Shaikha May bint Mohammed Al Khalifa provided Minister Khalaf a detailed explanation of the Benayat system updates and how it supported during the pandemic.

Benayat also provides in-frastructure services covering electricity, water, and sanita-tion, and a geo-navigator service that allows property owners to check building requirements and whether road, electricity, water and sewage services are available at their locations.

Shaikha May emphasised the system’s role in speeding up the building permit process for investment, residential, indus-trial and commercial projects, including the main services pro-vided to licensed engineering offices, such as permit applica-tions, status enquiries, and ser-vices related to building licenses, fees, and more.

iGA eServices and Applications Development Director Abdullah

Ali Al Jowder will participate in a panel discussion on the second day of the event giving the sum-mit audience a look into the The Story of BeAware, during which he will cover the app’s inception and development as team Bah-rain, in cooperation with other government entities.

He will also outline how the iGA will address challenges pre-sented by the application, and how the Kingdom intends to share its experience regionally and internationally.

iGA Change Management and Business Process Reengineering Director, Donia Faisal Sarhan will participate in a panel discus-sion entitled Opportunities for Smart Cities During and After COVID-19, where she will discuss the benefits of deploying digital solutions and new ICT practices during the pandemic, and how this is encouraging Bahrain’s cities to become “smarter” and more sustainable as the King-

dom returns to normalcy.

Summit featuresThe summit featured more

than 20 speakers who reviewed global smart city transformation practices, the challenges facing countries in the transition to smart cities, and the best strat-

egies to overcome them.It included 10 panels discuss-

ing smart city initiatives, sys-tems and projects, including the lessons learned and plans for the continued transformation of smart cities in the short and medium terms.

Topics covered included

smart city solutions, future technologies, waste manage-ment, community partnerships for monitoring the environ-ment, implementing sustain-able development goals in cities, the future of sustaina-ble energy, and smart police applications.

Works Minister opens Bahrain Smart Cities Summit 2021

TDT | Manama

Works, Municipalities Af-fairs and Urban Plan-

ning Minister Essam bin Ab-dulla Khalaf yesterday opened the fifth edition of the Bahrain Smart Cities Summit at the Gulf Hotel’s Gulf Conventions Cen-tre, in the presence of Housing Minister Bassim bin Yacoob Al Hamar and senior officials.

Technology, sustainability and smart cities experts from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE participated in the two-day event. Around 250 repre-sentatives of public and private entities concerned with trans-forming sustainable smart cities into a tangible reality took part in the Summit.

In addition, more than 15 ex-hibitors from the private sec-tor, ministries and government departments took part in the accompanying exhibition.

Addressing the event, Min-ister Khalaf stressed that the

importance of the Bahrain Smart Cities Summit 2021 which stems from the fact that it comes after the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pan-demic, noting that it is among the specialised conferences that provide a platform to avail of the international expertise and pioneering experiences, which will reflect positively on the kingdom’s urban progress.

He expressed confidence that the plenary sessions will provide opportunities to learn how to benefit from integrating successful experiences at the global level with the existing in-itiatives and studies at the local level to enable the kingdom to make a qualitative leap in the field of sustainable smart cities.

Khalaf expressed thanks and appreciation to the organisers and sponsors of the fifth edi-tion of the Bahrain Smart Cities Summit, appreciating all their efforts and endeavours to en-sure the success of the event.

During the opening ceremo-ny, Minister Khalaf honoured the winners of the summit’s prizes for their valuable pro-jects related to the establish-ment of sustainable smart cities that are characterised by sus-tainability and smart solutions in a number of fields.

Edamah CEO Amin Alarrayed also delivered a statement in which he highlighted the com-pany’s “smart” initiatives, in-cluding the Mantis Bahrain Ha-war Island Hotel & Resort and Bilaj Al Jazayer development project, noting that the two projects will turn Bahrain into a marine destination, through the use of renewable energy by generating solar and wind ener-gy, as well as water purification.

UN Assistant Secretary Gen-eral and Director of the Bu-reau of Policy and Programme Support at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Haoliang Xu, also ad-dressed the summit remotely.

Participants in the summit

Al Qaed receives the award from Minister Khalaf

The app is an important step in Bahrain’s digital transformation

journey, which is ongoing in the face of the challenges imposed by the

pandemicMOHAMMED ALI AL QAED, IGA CHIEF

EXECUTIVE

Four Bahraini doctors complete medical specialisation programmeTDT | Manama

French Ambassador to Bah-rain Jerome Cauchard has

honoured four Bahraini doctors for successfully participating in the Franco-Bahraini medi-cal specialisation programme with French language B2 level diplomas.

The programme is within an intergovernmental agreement signed in 2019 during the visit of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to France. The French Embassy in Manama is following up on its implemen-tation.

Bahrain-France cooperation is a major basis for relations between the two countries, the French embassy said in a state-ment.

“At a time when the world is going through an unprece-dented health crisis, medical cooperation needs to exist and develop between nations more than ever. This cooperation in

the field of Health, France and Bahrain has made it concrete through this magnificent pro-gramme.”

All the students in the class, like their predecessors last year, passed the language tests with high scores. They will take off for France in November to start their new adventure.

The Bahraini doctors, Dr. Rashed Noaman Al Hasan, Dr Jalal Toorani, Dr Alanood Al Meraisel and Dr Shaikha Ala-sam, will learn and practice

their medical specialisation for four to six years before return-ing in the Kingdom.

Ambassador Cauchard con-gratulated the Bahraini doc-tors at a ceremony attended by their hospital director as well as members of their family, and eminent personalities from the Ministry of Health, at the Resi-dence of France.

The ambassador hailed their performance and presented to them their language diplomas, wishing them further success.

Ambassador Cauchard with the graduates

‘Navratri Utsav’ at Bhavans-Bahrain Indian SchoolTDT | Manama

Celebrations and festivities bring gleam and energises

the soul.Indian festival of Navratri

symbolises the victory of good over evil and it is celebrated in various parts of the world with great fervour.

Bhavans-Bahrain Indian School celebrated the event with parents and students as they rejoiced in the festivity through ‘Navratri Utsav’ which was held virtually on Saturday.

The highlights of the Utsav were Garba, fun games and ac-tivities. The event was applaud-ed and appreciated by all and the parents were elated and felt

rejuvenated too. Principal Saji Jacob thanked

all for joining ‘Navratri Utsav’. Directors Himanshu Verma

and Ritu Verma conveyed their greetings and wished that God illuminate everyone’s life with countless blessings.

Enjoy Philippines’ Masskara Festival through virtual tourTDT | Manama

The Philippine Embassy in the Kingdom of Bahrain

continues to promote the Fili-pinos’ unique festivals, culture, and traditions.

It is inviting everyone to

catch the special episode of “Fi-esta Filipinas: An Online Cele-bration of Philippine Festivals” featuring the Masskara Festival of Bacolod City on 30 October 2021, 11am (Bahrain Time) via the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Official

Facebook and YouTube Chan-nel.

The project is a multi-for-mat online event which will simulate a festival through live and pre-recorded vide-os and live workshops and activities.


Two Ithmaar Bank customers win US$100,000 each in third Thimaar quarterly draw

TDT | Manama

It h m a a r B a n k , a B a h -rain-based Islamic retail

bank, distributed the third Thimaar quarterly prizes for the year and presented two Bahrainis, Mahmood Abdu-laziz and Mohamed Merghani Elmahi, US$100,000 each.

The draw was held remotely at the Bank’s headquarters in Seef Tower and supervised by the Ministry of Industry, Com-merce and Tourism (MOICT), as well as external auditors BDO Bahrain and the Bank’s own internal auditors.

“Thimaar savings account incentivises saving and invest-ing for the future and we are truly honoured to be part of

this journey with our custom-ers,” said Ithmaar Bank Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Abdul Hakeem Al Mutawa.

“The Thimaar scheme, of-fers the highest chances of winning of any comparable product in Bahrain, which is an extremely attractive pros-pect for savers,” he said.

“In line with the Bank’s cus-tomer-centric commitment to delivering a superior banking service, we are continuously improving our Thimaar sav-ings account,” said Al Mutawa.

“We noticed an obvious cus-tomer demand for increased chances to win large cash prizes for prize-based saving accounts, and we restructured Thimaar accordingly,” he said.

Facebook will try to ‘nudge’ teens away from harmful content Reuters | Washington

A Facebook Inc executive said Sunday that the com-

pany would introduce new measures on its apps to prompt teens away from harmful con-tent, as U.S lawmakers scruti-nize how Facebook and sub-sidiaries like Instagram affect young people’s mental health.

Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, also expressed openness to the idea of letting regulators

have access to Facebook algo-rithms that are used to ampli-fy content. But Clegg said he could not answer the question whether its algorithms ampli-fied the voices of people who had attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

The algorithms “should be held to account, if necessary, by regulation so that people can match what our systems say they’re supposed to do from what actually happens,” Clegg said.

KPMG hosts a seminar on Bahrain’s VAT increase

TDT | Manama

Audit, Tax and Advisory firm, KPMG in Bahrain, recent-

ly organized an online semi-nar yesterday under the theme “Bahrain VAT rate change” to discuss the anticipated VAT in-crease from 5% to 10%. The rate change is expected to take place starting from January 2022.

In September 2021, the Coun-cil of Ministers in Bahrain ap-proved an increase in the stand-ard rate of VAT from 5% to 10% with effect from 1 January 2022. This comes as part of fiscal re-form efforts to re-stabilize the local economy which was im-pacted by Covid-19.

The event was attended by 270 tax and finance profes-sionals in the local business community, who obtained valuable insights from KPMG in Bahrain’s Tax profession-als on the implications of this change on their operations. Partner and Head of Tax and Corporate Services at KPMG in Bahrain, Mubeen Khadir, the keynote speaker, was joined by Omar Hisham, Tax and Corpo-rate Services Senior Manager, Shashank Chandak and Dao-Han Hung, Tax and Corporate Services Managers at KPMG in Bahrain.

The webinar focused on what companies need to do to get

ready for the VAT rate change and ensure their teams’ readi-ness to deal their ongoing com-pliance obligations at the new rate.

Mubeen Khadir said, “Hav-ing worked with many Saudi businesses last year preparing them for the VAT rate increase, we strongly recommend Bah-rain businesses start preparing today. Businesses should review their existing contracts to assess the impact of the transition-al rules and plan for changes to documentation templates, such as invoices, credit and debit notes. They also need to perform a gap assessment of the existing IT and accounting sys-

tems to examine their readiness for VAT rate change from the cut-off date. Also, they need to consider any immediate change to marketing/pricing strategies and communications with sup-pliers, customers.”

Omar Hisham said, “Busi-nesses may have taken VAT costs less seriously as errors at 5% or the inability to claim input VAT may have not had a material impact on their finances. How-ever, with the rate set to double, VAT should become a material consideration for most busi-nesses - with VAT at 10%, errors and the inability to claim input VAT is likely to have a significant impact on businesses.”

Lulu drives ‘Think Pink’ support with biker paradeTDT | Manama

With October being global ‘Think Pink’ month to

raise awareness of and fund-ing for breast cancer screening, Lulu Hypermarket helped to spread the message with a roar of support – over 350 bikers rode into Dana Mall’s drive-way facing the highway on im-pressive motorcycles and nifty scooters with pink ribbons to signal their championing the cause.

The bikers represented all communities and included several prominent Bahrainis including Think Pink Vice Chairperson Tahera Al Alawi and lead biker Roy Ribeiro. At Dana Mall, they were greeted by Lulu Group Director Juzer Rupawala and Bahrain’s “Think Pink” founder Dr. Julie Sprakel.

The initiative was also sup-

ported by the Rotoract Club of Bahrain, whose members, led by President 2021, Tanima Chakra-vorty, were part of the group.

The bikers were then led by Rupawala to the specially po-sitioned “Tree of Hope” in the centre of the Dana Mall ground floor area to tie a symbolic pink ribbon as a sign of their care and commitment to the cause.

“Lulu Hypermarket has al-ways supported awareness rais-ing for breast cancer which is a health crisis that hundreds of women face,” said Rupawala, “Time and again, we have taken the message that regular testing can help detect the condition early on and prevent fatalities. This year, we have teamed with the incredibly effective “Think

Pink” NGO and Bahrain’s biker community to take the message on the road. We welcome all members of the public to visit Dana Mall and tie a pink ribbon to our ‘Tree of Hope’ as a sign of their support and also perhaps in memory of a loved one who is a cancer survivor or fought the disease.”

Zain Bahrain and Bahrain Deaf Society discuss partnership to provide inclusive customer services

Zain Bahrain discussed a possible long term and sustainable partnership with the Bahrain Deaf Society and explored opportunities to support segments with impairments

• As part of Zain Bahrain’s corporate responsibility efforts, the company has announced its target to teach sign language to some of its employees to further serve the respective segment in the best way possible

TDT | Manama

Zain Bahrain, the leading Mobile Broadband net-work operator in the

Kingdom, met with representa-tives of the Bahrain Deaf Society to bring its internal focus to im-pairment diversity and expand its service reach to all segments of society in order to instill an inclusive company culture.

Zain Bahrain discussed a pos-sible long term and sustainable partnership with the society and further explored opportunities to support the segments with impairments in order to make the Zain brand more accessible to all. The company will contin-ue its efforts towards executing the latest programs aimed at achieving customer satisfaction, in addition to introducing the most recent services to main-tain its position in the Bahrain

market. As part of its corporate social

responsibility program, Zain Bahrain has announced its target to train some of its employees to learn sign language in order to further serve all members of the public in the best way possible.

Zain is among the first tele-com providers in the region to have established a ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ office, as an indication of how seriously the company views uplifting its entire work-

force and benefiting society. Commenting on the success-

ful meeting, Sheikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa, Director, Communications and Investor Relations at Zain Bahrain said, “As a leading network operator we cater to all segments; and people with impairment remain a significant and contributing sector of our society. The meet-ing with Bahrain Deaf Society is a step further to showcase our long term responsibility and

dedication towards becoming an inclusive organization”

Fatema Haider, Manager, Sus-tainability and Inclusivity said,

“A strong desire to help is at the heart of all our

customer service interactions. We embrace this opportunity with the Bahrain Deaf Society to foster an environment where all our customers with impairment feel empowered. We want our customers to have a sense of be-longing when they interact with our service teams and for that it is highly essential for our staff to be adequately trained in visual interactive language.”

Commenting on meeting the Zain Bahrain team, Aqeel Ali, President of the Bahrain Deaf Society commented, “People with different communication needs should be given equal im-portance and we are glad that Zain Bahrain is taking initiatives and has developed protocols to provide training to ensure the customer service employees know how to communicate to people with impairment.”

We welcome all members of the public to visit Dana Mall and

tie a pink ribbon to our ‘Tree of Hope’ as a sign

of their support and also perhaps in memory

of a loved one who is a cancer survivor or fought the disease

LULU GROUP DIRECTOR JUZER RUPAWALAOfficials flag-off the parade

Ithmaar Bank officials with winner Mahmood Abdulaziz

A screenshot shows speakers during the webinar

Officials of Zain Bahrain and Bahrain Deaf Society after the meeting

The initiative to train some of our employees

to become sign language competent

highlights our commitment to provide

the best services to customers with

accessibility needs, a welcoming attitude in

addition to support them with a seamless

mobile experience

Sheikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa, Director, Communications and

Investor Relations at Zain Bahrain

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Pope meets Colombian nun released by Mali jihadistsAFP | Vatican City

Pope Francis yesterday met with Gloria Cecilia Narvaez,

a Franciscan nun from Colom-bia, a day after she was freed by jihadists in Mali after more than four years of captivity, a Vatican spokesman said.

Sister Gloria was taken hos-tage on February 7, 2017 in southern Mali near the border with Burkina Faso where she had been working as a mission-ary.

“This morning, before the celebration of the holy mass to open the bishops’ synod, the pope greeted the recently freed Colombian sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez,” Matteo Bruni said in a statement.

Mali’s presidency had an-nounced Sister Gloria’s release on Saturday, with a statement on the presidential Twitter account paying tribute to her “courage and bravery” along with photos of the nun taken after her release.

“I thank the Malian authori-ties, the president, all the Ma-lian authorities, for all the ef-forts you’ve made to liberate me, may God bless you, may God bless Mali,” Sister Gloria

said in images broadcast on state television showing her with Mali’s interim president Colonel Assimi Goita and the

archbishop of Bamako Jean Zerbo.

“I am very happy, I stayed healthy for five years, thank God,” the nun said, smiling and wearing a yellow robe.

Her liberation had been the fruit of “four years and eight months of the combined effort of several intelligence services”, the presidency said.

In the official statement, Goi-ta assured that “efforts are un-der way” to secure the release of all those still being held in Mali.

Archbishop Zerbo said Sister Gloria was “doing well”.

Merkel vows German commitment to Israel in farewell visitReuters | Jerusalem

Outgoing German Chancel-lor Angela Merkel pledged

yesterday that her country would preserve its post-Hol-ocaust commitment to Israel, which hailed her as a “mor-al compass” for Europeans at times divided over its Middle East conflicts.

Merkel, making her eighth and final visit to Israel as she concludes her 16-year term, met Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and was scheduled to tour the Yad Vashem memorial to the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during World World Two.

Germany has been a leading postwar European ally of Israel and Merkel has sought to culti-vate security and economic ties, though she has differed with Israel on policies concerning the Palestinians and Iran.

“I want to use this opportu-nity to emphasise that the topic of Israel’s security will always be of central importance and a central topic of every German

government,” she told Bennett at a private meeting, accord-ing to a transcript issued by his office.

Attending a later session of Bennett’s cabinet, Merkel added: “It is a gift of history, to which Israel contributed much, that Germany can sit here at a table with you today since the history of the Shoah (Holocaust) is a singular event for which we continue to bear responsibility in every phase of history, including in the future.”

Sixteen killed in Russian parachutists’ plane crashSix people in ‘very serious condition’ after being rescued from wreckage of aircraft

• L-410 Turbolet crashed in central Russia’s Tatarstan region

AFP | Moscow

Sixteen people were killed when a plane carrying par-achutists crashed in central

Russia yesterday, the emergencies ministry said.

The L-410 plane carrying 22 people crashed around 9:23 am (0623 GMT) near the town of Menzelinsk in the republic of Ta-tarstan, the ministry said on its Telegram channel.

“Six people were rescued, 16 were taken out without signs of life,” the ministry said.

The ministry had earlier said 15 people died and that the aircraft was carrying 23 people.

While the Menzelinsk club or-ganises skydiving experiences for amateurs it has also hosted cham-pionships and training sessions for cosmonauts.

Images published by the minis-try showed the aircraft broken in half with a severely dented nose.

The six survivors were taken to hospital, the local health ministry told the Interfax news agency.

Tatarstan head Rustam Min-nikhanov, who travelled to the scene, said pilots had reported an engine failure and requested an emergency landing shortly after taking off.

He said the plane tried to avoid a nearby residential area as it ap-proached for landing but “the al-

titude didn’t allow it”.The plane hit a parked van with

its wing and the aircraft turned over.

All the survivors were sitting in the back of the plane, club in-structor Oleg Shiporov told TASS news agency.

Russian investigators have launched a criminal probe over the violation of safety rules.

Monday has been declared a day of mourning in Tatarstan.

‘Cosmonauts train here’

According to Interfax, the plane belonged to the Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Avia-tion and Navy of Russia, which describes itself as a sports and defence organisation.

The organisation was creat-ed in the 1920s and Soviet cos-monaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to travel to space in 1961, has trained on its airfields.

The head of the Menzelinsk parachuting club said that it was not to blame for the accident.

“We are the best, we are among the top five clubs,” Ravil Nurme-khametov told TASS news agency, adding that the club had hosted European and World champion-ships.

“Cosmonauts train here,” he said.

TASS cited a source as saying that the state Cosmonauts Train-ing Centre has suspended its work with the club pending the inves-tigation.

In 2018, two amateur skydivers died while completing a group free-fall jump at the Menzelinsk club after their parachutes got tangled.

The Czech-built L-410 light aircraft was one of the two planes used by the club, according to its website.

Two L-410 planes suffered fatal accidents in Russia earlier this year, leaving a total of eight peo-ple dead.

Russia was notorious for plane accidents but has improved air traffic safety in recent years with major airlines switching from So-viet aircraft to modern jets.

But poor maintenance and lax safety standards still lead to fre-quent accidents in far-flung re-gions involving light aircraft, with occasional large-scale tragedies.

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Saudi Arabia

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UAE 737,766 +111 2,113 731,113 4,540

Kuwait 412,079 +31 2,454 409,002 623

Oman 303,965 +50 4,102 299,278 585

Qatar 237,359 607 235,758 994

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2 India 33,971,293 450,814

3 Brazil 21,567,181 600,880

4 UK 8,154,306 137,735

5 Russia 7,775,365 216,415

6 Turkey 7,444,552 66,180

7 France 7,056,511 117,052

8 Iran 5,702,890 122,592

9 Argentina 5,265,528 115,458

10 Spain 4,973,619 86,778

11 Colombia 4,970,718 126,585

12 Italy 4,700,316 131,301

13 Germany 4,327,246 95,029

14 Indonesia 4,227,932 142,651

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News in brief u Dubai police seized 500 kilograms of pure cocaine worth more than

500 million dirhams ($136 million) in a drugs raid, Dubai’s media office said yesterday. The police arrested one person of Middle-Eastern origins, who was operating as an intermediary for an international drug syndicate, the media office added.

u The Australian government is considering a range of measures that would make social media companies more responsible for defamatory material published on their platforms, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said yesterday. Intensifying a debate over the country’s libel and defamation laws, Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday called social media “a coward’s palace”, saying platforms should be treated as publishers when defamatory comments by unidentified people are posted.

u A performer at Russia’s legendary Bolshoi Theatre was killed in an accident on stage

during an opera, the Moscow company said. The theatre said the incident took place during a set change in Sadko, a 19th century opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. “The performance was immediately stopped and the audience was asked to leave,” the theatre’s press service told the Interfax news agency.

u Italian police said they had arrested 12 people including the leaders of the extreme right-wing party Forza Nuova, after clashes in Rome a day earlier over a government drive to make the COVID-19 “Green Pass” mandatory for all workers. Thousands of people took to the streets of the Italian capital on Saturday to oppose the move. Some tried to break past police in riot gear guarding access to Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s office, while a separate group broke into the headquarters of Italy’s main CGIL trade union and turned its offices upside down.

u Abdul Qadeer Khan, celebrated as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme but accused

of smuggling technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, died yesterday at 85. The nuclear scientist, who spent the last years of his life under heavy guard, passed away in the capital Islamabad, where he had recently been hospitalised with Covid-19.

Dubai police seize cocaine worth $136 mln

Australia mulls measures making social media giants responsible for

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Italian police arrest far-right party leaders after anti-vax riot

Bolshoi performer killed in accident on stage

‘Father of Pakistan’s bomb’ AQ Khan dies at 85

Five dead in Yemen blast targeting Aden governor: security sourcesAFP | Aden

Five people have been killed in a car-bomb attack target-

ing the governor of Aden, the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, securi-ty sources said yesterday.

Aden, in southern Yemen, is home to a separatist movement that last year precariously inte-grated into the central govern-ment, and both have long been aligned against Huthi rebels in a grinding civil war.

Ad e n g ove r n o r A h m e d Lamlas and Salem al-Socotri, a government minister, both survived the blast which went off as their convoy passed, the sources said.

“A car bomb... on Al-Mualla Street exploded while the con-voy of officials... was passing,” a Yemeni security source told AFP, adding that the victims were in the convoy.

Five members of the entou-rage were killed and 11 others were wounded in the attack.

The central government relo-cated to Aden from the capital Sanaa in 2014, forced out by the Iran-backed Huthis, who are fighting Saudi-backed Yemeni government loyalists. The Sau-di-led military coalition inter-vened in Yemen’s war in 2015.

Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek Saeed has called for an investigation into yesterday’s “terrorist and cow-ardly” attack, the official Saba news agency reported.

It added that the premier spoke with Lamlas and Socotri, to whom “no harm” was caused.

Beyond the conflict with the Huthis, Southern Yemen has separately been beset by peri-odic tensions between the cen-tral government and southern separatists in recent years, in-cluding sporadic armed clashes.

In December 2020, officials from the Southern Transitional

Council (STC) were integrated into the cabinet in an uneasy power-sharing agreement.

Lamlas and Socotri are both STC personnel.

No one has yet claimed re-sponsibility for yesterday’s blast, which is the deadliest since December 2020 when an attack ripped through Aden’s airport targeting cabinet mem-bers.

At least 26 people, includ-ing three members of the In-ternational Committee of the Red Cross, were killed and scores were wounded when explosions rocked the airport as ministers disembarked from an aircraft.

All cabinet members were re-ported to be unharmed, in what some ministers charged was an attack by the Huthis.

The STC has sought to restore the independence of South Yemen, a then country which was integrated into the north in 1990.

The central government and the separatists are, despite their own differences, aligned against the Huthis.

The Huthis have lately in-tensified a campaign to take Marib city, capital of an oil-rich province of the same name and government loyalists’ final toe-hold in northern Yemen.

Some fear that the Huthis will then turn their attention to expanding in southern Yemen.

STC spokesman Ali al-Kathiri in a statement yesterday called the Huthis’ offensive in Marib a “dangerous” scheme that could be a springboard to targeting the south.

Yemen is also home to Al-Qa-eda in the Arabian Peninsula, which launches periodic at-tacks against both fighters aligned with the country’s au-thorities and the insurgents.

Tens of thousands of peo-ple, mostly civilians, have been killed and millions displaced in Yemen’s conflict, dubbed the world’s worst humanitarian disaster by the United Nations.

Gunmen kill at least 20 in attack in northwest Nigeria

Reuters | Bauchi

At least 20 people were killed in Nigeria’s Sokoto

state when gunmen attacked a market and torched cars, as armed gangs continue to wreak havoc in the northwest part of the country, a state of-ficial and local member of par-liament said on Saturday.

Northwestern Nigeria has since last December wit-nessed a wave of kidnappings of school children and villag-ers for ransoms by bandits, disrupting everyday life for millions of citizens.

Idriss Gobir, special advi-sor to the Sokoto police af-fairs minister, said the armed bandits rode on motorcycles and shot sporadically, killing several people.

“The bandits in large num-bers killed at least 20 people that we have seen and counted and set nine vehicles on fire,” he told Reuters by telephone.

Hussain Boza, a local mem-ber of parliament in Sokoto, blamed the attack on a lack of adequate security in the state.

A Sokoto police spokesper-son confirmed the attack but could not immediately say

how many people had been killed.

Parts of Sokoto, like other neighbouring states in the northwestern part of the coun-try, are under a telecommuni-cations blockade as part of a security operation to disrupt the operations of the armed gangs.

On Thursday, security agents rescued 187 people who had been abducted by armed gangs in Zamfara state.

Policemen and firefighters work at the scene of a blast in Aden

Iraqis show little enthusiasm for parliamentary electionReuters | Baghdad

Iraq’s parliamentary election on Sunday drew one of the small-

est turnouts for years, electoral officials indicated, with the low participation suggesting dwin-dling trust in political leaders and the democratic system brought in by the 2003 US-led invasion.

The established, Shi’ite Is-lamist-dominated ruling elite whose most powerful parties have armed wings is expected to sweep the vote, with the movement led by populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who opposes all foreign interference and whose main ri-vals are Iran-allied Shi’ite groups, seen emerging as parliament’s biggest faction.

Such a result would not dramat-ically alter the balance of power in Iraq or the wider Middle East, say Iraqi officials, foreign diplomats and analysts, but for Iraqis it could mean that a former insurgency leader and conservative Islamist could increase his sway over the government.

Two electoral commission of-ficials told Reuters that nation-wide turnout of eligible voters was 19% by midday. Total turnout was 44.5% in the last election in 2018. Polling stations closed at 6

p.m. (1500 GMT)Initial results are expected on

Monday but final turnout figures could be announced on Sunday night.

However, Iraqi elections are often followed by protracted talks over a president, a prime minister and a cabinet.

It appeared to be the lowest turnout in any election since 2003, according to electoral commis-sion counts at polling stations that Reuters visited across the country.

In Baghdad’s Sadr City, a polling station set up in a girls’ school saw a slow but steady trickle of voters.

A woman scans her finger to verify her identity before voting at a polling stationEdgar Narváez, brother of Colombian nun Gloria Cecilia Narvaez, talks after receiving the news of his sister’s release in Pasto, Colombia

Security personnel stand at a female hostel at the Greenfield University in Kaduna, Nigeria (file photo)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks as she attends a cabinet meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Benett in Jerusalem

The wreckage of the L-410 plane is seen at the crash site near the town of Menzelinsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

A tragedy happened. Unfortunately, at this

moment we have lost 16 people

PRESIDENT OF TATARSTAN, RUSTAM MINNIKHA-NOV

No one has yet claimed responsibility for yesterday’s blast, which is the deadliest since December 2020 when an attack ripped through Aden’s airport

targeting cabinet members

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I want to use this opportunity to emphasise that

the topic of Israel’s security will always be of central importance

and a central topic of every German

governmentANGELA MERKEL

I thank the Malian authorities, the

president, all the Malian authorities, for all the efforts you’ve made to liberate me, may God bless you, may God bless Mali

SISTER GLORIA CECILIA NARVAEZ

Russia was notorious for plane accidents but has improved air traffic safety in recent years

with major airlines switching from Soviet

aircraft to modern jets

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At least 167 parties and more than 3,200 candidates are com-peting for Iraq’s 329 seats in parliament,

according to the country’s election

commission

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Criminal gangs known locally as bandits have terrorised

northwest and central Nigeria for years, but

they have become more brazen in re-

cent months and the military has renewed

operations in the region

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Kristen Stewart reveals why she felt ‘disloyal’ playing Princess DianaIANS | London

Actress Kristen Stewart said that she felt “dis-loyal” playing Princess

Diana in ‘Spencer’ because she doesn’t have children of her own so didn’t think she was “a u t h e n t i c ” enough in the role.

T h e

31-year-old actress plays the late royal in ‘Spencer’, which focuses on three days at San-dringham the Christmas before the Princess split from Prince Charles.

She said: “She’s like this feral animal you wouldn’t dare ac-costa (I regretted that) I’m not a mum yet. I need that to feel authentic. It’s the one part of playing her that I felt disloyal about.”

The movie has had a mixed reaction from critics and Stew-

art always knew it would be a divisive subject but

she ultimately felt it was worth the risk, reports femalefirst.

co.uk.She told the Daily Mail

newspaper columnist Baz Bamigboye: “I definitely knew that the chances of ‘mucking this up’, as a Brit might say, were

f a r

greater than doing a ‘good job’.“But I thought it was worth

it. I’ve been working as an actor for a long time and it’s really rare to find things that make you feel this way.”

She had been prepared for the “daunting and exception-ally harrowing experience” of recreating one of the lowest periods in the life of Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997, but she wasn’t ready for how much “joy” she would feel.

She said: “Diana just really did have this overriding, dis-arming, beautiful energy. [The decisions she was making were] earth-shattering.

“(But) inhabiting her made me feel taller, and made me feel I could dance. I felt her power in a f****** beautiful way.”

Stewart spent six months researching the role and a lot of time focusing on Diana’s “buoyant” accent.

She said: “When I’m talk-ing, I barely open my mouth, and everything comes to

an end fairly abruptly.”But on occasion, if she

felt “self-protective or tight or emotional” on set, Stewart lapsed back into her natural accent and would

end up walking around shouting “Argh! Argh!” in

order to get her voice back on track, much to the shock of the crew and her castmates.

Madonna regrets turning down a role in ‘The Matrix’ANI | Washington

Madonna’s career is un-matched by many, but

there’s one job she wishes she never turned down.

In an interview with Jimmy Fallon

on Thursday’s e p i s o d e o f ‘The Tonight S h ow ’ , t h e 63-year-old pop star re-vealed that

she rejected a role in ‘The

Matrix’, r e -

ported People magazine.“Can you believe that?” she

told Fallon.“That’s like one of the best

movies ever made. A teeny-tiny part of me regrets just that one moment in my life,” Madonna added.

Released in 1999, ‘The Ma-trix’ follows a hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves), who gets stuck inside a simulated re-ality. The sci-fi film grossed USD 171.5 million domestically and USD 466.3 million globally, according to Box Office Mojo, and earned dozens of awards.

Madonna confirmed that she also missed out on playing Cat-woman in ‘Batman Returns’ and a leading role in ‘Show-girls’, though she only regrets the former.

“I saw them both and I regret that I turned down Catwom-an, that was pretty fierce,” the Grammy-winner confessed. “Showgirls? No.”

Currently, Madonna is back in the director’s chair for a movie about her life. The artist has directed two other films: ‘Filth and Wisdom’ (2008) and ‘W.E’. (2011).

Studios had previously at-tempted to produce movies about Madonna’s life, but none of them met her standards. One film, she told Fallon, was “the most hideous, superficial piece

of crap I’ve ever read.”“I’m thinking, ‘Why would

these people want to make a movie about my life?’ There’s nothing true in the script,” she explained, adding that a direc-tor behind one of the proposed films “had no appreciation for women.”

In September 2020, Madon-na announced she would pro-duce her own movie about her life. “I said, ‘There is nobody on this planet that can write or direct [or] make a movie about me better than me.’ It’s just the truth,” the pop star told Fallon on Thursday.

A name and release date have yet to be announced.

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dare accosta (I regretted that) I’m not a mum

yet. I need that to feel authentic. It’s the one

part of playing her that I felt disloyal

aboutKRISTEN STEWART

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Mubarak takes podium place in Abu Dhabi Spartan raceTDT | Manama

Bahraini Nawa f Yo usi f Mubarak clinched a su-

perb third place in the 40 to 44 age-category at the Spartan Mixed Race, held at Al Ghaz-al Golf Club in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Mubarak, competing with Spartan Brothers team from Bahrain, completed the Sprint 5K in a time of 42 minutes 11 seconds to finish on the podium in his division.

He was an impressive 30th overall amongst the 140 partic-ipants from all over the world, both men and women, racing in

the Sprint age groups.There were over 1,000 com-

petitors in all in the event, which also featured action in the Sprint elite and Sprint open classes.

This was the first Spartan race held in the UAE since the implementation of COVID-19 restrictions last year.

Mubarak and his Spartan Brothers teammates are now set to compete in another Spar-tan event in the UAE on Novem-ber 5. It will be held at Al Ain Zoo, and it will feature Sprint 5K and Super 10K Spartan rac-es, as well as a Hurricane Heat 4HR endurance race.

BRAVE CF pioneer Gaziev Eager to restart his title run after being inspired by new champTDT | Manama

Russian mixed martial arts fans in the bustling city of

Rostov-on Don are in for a treat as Gadzhimusa “Deadshot” Ga-ziev will be donning the coun-try’s signature colors of white, blue and red on BRAVE Combat Federation’s upcoming event this November 6th.

The 29-year-old knockout artist from Makhachkala, Rus-sia is set to lock horns with Bel-gian standout Issa Isakov on the supporting card of BRAVE CF 55.

Gaziev has been part of the organization’s roster since its inaugural event in 2016, win-ning four of his last eight out-

ings—with all victories coming by way of stoppage.

Noticing similarities between his career and the journey of the new Lightweight Champion of the World Ahmed Amir, Ga-ziev is motivated and is looking forward to turning his BRAVE CF legacy around by using his

5 year experience at the pro-motion as a drive to restart his title run by securing his second victory in 2021.

Fresh from a third-round knockout triumph against Ger-aldo Neto at BRAVE CF 49: Super Fights, another victory could put him in line for a shot at El-dar Eldarov’s BRAVE CF Super Lightweight World Champi-onship.

However, it will not be a walk in the park as Isakov presents a stern test for the Russian hard-hitter. The Belgian—who holds a professional record 8-3, possesses an 88-percent finish-ing rate.

BRAVE CF releases full fight card for Russia return, headlined by mega Flyweight boutTDT | Manama

BRAVE Combat Federation has announced the full fight card

for BRAVE CF 55, in association with PRO FC. The already historic fight card will be hosted on No-vember 6th, in Rostov-On-Don, and is set to be headlined by a monumental Flyweight semifinal bout. MMA legend Ali Bagautinov takes on amateur double world champion and two-weight re-gional champion Jose Torres.

The winner of this fight will advance to the final of the most prestigious tournament in Fly-weight history. Bagautinov or Torres will face Velimurad Alkh-asov, with the sambo world cham-pion already in the final after beating Flavio Queiroz and Zach Makovsky.

Aside from Bagautinov vs Tor-res, BRAVE CF 55 will have anoth-er 12 huge bouts, with eight na-tions represented: Russia, United States, France, England, Austria, Brazil, Kyrgyzstan, Belgium.

In the co-main event, local star Artur Sviridov will have the big-gest opportunity of his career as he faces off BRAVE CF veteran Ibrahim Mane. In a Lightweight feature bout, jiu-jitsu ace Kamil Magomedov takes on Sam Patter-son, with the Englishman looking to extend his winning streak to four.

Two big Bantamweight bouts are also set for fight night with Kasum Kasumov vs Mochamed Machaev and Alexander Keshtov vs Ivan Eremenko.

Al Zayed wins Bill Brien Trophy at Awali Golf Club

TDT | Manama

Majed Al Zayed clinched the Bill Brien Trophy

over the weekend at Awali Golf Club (AGC), which has officially opened its 2021/2022 season.

Al Zayed claimed the vic-tory in the 18-hole stableford competition after scoring 41 points. He put in a steady per-formance in good playing con-ditions, and his choices on the course were well-thought out, with his execution often as he planned.

Al Zayed was later present-ed his winner’s trophy and other prizes in an awarding ceremony held at the AGC clubhouse.

Several other players also took home awards.

Sarah Hobday came away

with the Best Lady title after finishing the competition with 35 points. Hobday also won the Two’s Club revenues after needing only two shots to hole out from 130 yards on the par-four second hole.

Finishing second overall behind Al Zayed was Charles Dela Cruz, who had 39 points after shooting a brilliant back nine. In third place with 39 points was Gerry Dunn, who nearly hit a hole-in-one on hole 12.

Rounding out the top six, all of whom came away with a prize, were Irfan Bilal with 38 points in fourth, Manuel Garcia with 37 points in fifth, and Anthony Noone with 37 points, winning on countback, in sixth.

Play at AGC continues on Fri-day this week with the BMMI Foursomes competition.


Nawaf Yousif Mubarak celebrates with his third place medal and the Bahrain flag at the end of the race

Majed Al Zayed is presented his winner’s trophy

Gadzhimusa “Deadshot” Gaziev

BRAVE CF 55 Full Fight CardFlyweight Tournament Bout: Ali Bagautinov vs Jose Torres

Super Welterweight: Artur Sviridov vs Ibrahim ManeLightweight: Kamil Magomedov vs Sam Patterson

Bantamweight: Kasum Kasumov vs Mochamed MachaevBantamweight: Alexander Keshtov vs Ivan Eremenko

Featherweight: Shamil Gasanov vs Anzor AbdulkhozhaevMiddleweight: Rustam Chsiev vs Daniel Pereira

Flyweight: Sean Santella vs Rizvan AbuevWelterweight: Andrey Bragovskiy vs Sergey Yaskovec

Super Welterweight: Kamal Magomedov vs Luis Felipe DiasCatchweight (67kg): Abdulmutalip Gairbekov vs Nemat Abdrashitov

Super Lightweight: Gadzhimusa Gaziev vs Issa IsakovFeatherweight: Ahmed Omarov vs Albert Mallokurbanov

Shahzoda clinches title double in Asian U14 tennisUzbek youngster wins both Girls’ Singles and Doubles crowns in first of back-to-back ATF Bahrain U14 Tennis Championships hosted by the Bahrain Tennis Federation

• Shahzoda wins Girls’ Doubles title with compatriot Emili Kim as top seeds

• Issah Ali of Great Britain wins Boys’ Singles division after battle of wild cards in final

• Rizwan brothers Muhammad Haider Ali and Muhammad Hussain Ali from Pakistan capture Boys’ Doubles title

TDT | Manama

Shahzoda Artikbaeva of Uzbekistan claimed a fantastic title double in the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) Bah-

rain U14 Tennis Championship, which came to a close at Bahrain Tennis Federa-tion (BTF) on Saturday night.

The 17th-ranked player in the conti-nent won the Girls’ Singles crown and also teamed up with compatriot Emili Kim to capture the Girls’ Doubles title.

Meanwhile, wild card Issah Ali of Great Britain claimed the Boys’ Singles title and the fourth-seeded pairing of brothers Mu-hammad Haider Ali and Muhammad Hus-sain Ali Rizwan from Pakistan won the Boys’ Doubles category.

Following all the matches on the final day, the winners and runners-up from each di-vision were awarded their respective prizes in a ceremony by BTF president Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, in the presence of other BTF officials.

A second ATF under-14 tournament is now scheduled to get underway today, also hosted by the BTF.

The qualifying matches were held yester-day for the main draw starting this morning, with action once again in all four categories.

In Saturday’s final day of the first in the back-to-back championships, second-seed-ed Shahzoda won her Girls’ Singles crown

after defeating top seed and Asia’s sixth-ranked player Samira Hazieva, also of Uz-bekistan, in a three-set thriller 6-0, 2-6, 6-2.

That secured her double as she had ear-lier claimed the Girls’ Doubles title with Emili as number one seeds. They defeated Uzbek second seeds Samira and Keyra Kim 6-0, 7-5 in the final.

On the distaff, it was a battle of wild card players in the Boys’ Singles final and Issah was able to end his dream run with the title. He defeated Rushkesh Sonawane of India 6-4, 6-2 for first place overall.

The Boys’ Doubles final was a Rizwan family affair. It saw the fourth-seeded sib-lings of Muhammad Haider Ali and Mu-hammad Hussain Ali secure their victory with a 6-2, 6-1 decision against their brother Muhammad Hamza Ali, who was teamed up with Ahmed Ibrahim of Egypt as the third seeds.

The back-to-back tournaments in Bah-rain are a part of the ATF U14 circuit.

Shahzoda Artikbaeva in action in Bahrain en route to her title

All the tournament winners with officials at the awarding ceremony

Indian women fire in five goals past Bahrain

• Pyari Xaxa scores brace, while Sangita Basfore, Indumathi Kathiresan and Manisha Kalyan supply one goal apiece

• Visiting Indian women’s national team to next play counterparts from Chinese-Taipei in another friendly on Wednesday

TDT | Manama

India’s women’s national foot-ball team posted a convincing

5-0 victory over their Bahraini counterparts last night in an international friendly match played at the Hamad Town Club pitch.

The visitors were dominant in the game, despite playing the last quarter-hour with just 10 ladies.

Three of India’s goals came in the first half, with Pyari Xaxa scoring on either side of the interval.

Sangita Basfore gave India the early lead after finding the net in the 13th minute. Just six

minutes later, they doubled their advantage after Pyari Xaxa scored off a pass from Dalima Chhibber.

India’s Indumathi Kathire-san then hit home in the 34th minute to make it 3-0 and give her team the com-manding advantage at the break.

The Indians then fired in their last two goals in just a two-minute span early in the second half. In the 68th, Sanju Yadav headed to Indumathi, who sent a through-ball to Pyari, who hammered home India’s fourth.

Their fifth and final goal came in the very next minute from Manisha Kalyan.

It was a tough loss for Bah-

rain, who had some chances but could not convert.

They played the friendly as part of their preparations for the qualifying competition for the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup. The nationals are in Group A of the qualifiers along with Chinese Taipei, Laos and Turk-menistan, and the Kingdom will host the matches from October 18 to 24.

The Indians already have a spot in the Asian Cup as hosts. The tournament is currently scheduled for January 20 to February 6 in three host cities, including Mumbai, Navi Mum-bai and Pune.

India are scheduled to play another friendly against Chi-nese Taipei on Wednesday.

Strong finish powers Muharraq past Al Hala in basketball league

• American professional Dewayne Jackson puts in fine, all-around effort to lead Muharraq with 32 points, 15 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and five blocks

• Muharraq join defending back-to-back champions Al Ahli and Manama as the only remaining undefeated teams in the league

TDT | Manama

Muharraq powered past Al Hala 84-70 last night to remain undefeated after four

games in the 2021/2022 Zain Bahrain Basketball League.

The victors finished the game strong as they turned a slim 40-39 lead at the half to the com-fortable 13-point win.

Hala stayed within striking distance early in the final canto, but Muharraq were able to pull away and lead by as many as 14 points late on.

After Hala cut the lead to just two, 64-66, De-wayne Jackson buried a three-pointer with just over six minutes remaining to begin Muharraq’s late surge. Jackson then hit another triple to put his team ahead by double digits, 76-66, with just over three minutes left, and Hala never recovered.

Jackson finished as the game’s top scorer with 32 points. He put in a fine, all-around perfor-mance and nearly had a triple double, grabbing 15 rebounds and dishing out eight assists while also registering four steals and five blocks. He finished the game with five makes from beyond the arc.

Bader Abdulla Malabes chipped in with 15 points and four assists, while Sayed Mohammed Hameed had 14 to go with eight rebounds. Veter-an court general Hussain Shaker also flirted with a triple double, scoring nine points, grabbing seven rebounds and sending out eight assists.

Professional Amir Williams had just 13 points to lead Hala in the loss. He also had 19 rebounds.

Hasan Gerashi added 12, Hussain Jan 11 and Sayed Kadhem Majed 10 points.

With the result, Muharraq kept pace with back-to-back defending champions Al Ahli and fellow-title challengers Manama as the only unbeaten teams left in the league. Hala dropped to a 2-2 win-loss record.

League action continues on Wednesday with Ahli facing Al Ettihad at 5.30pm followed by Bahrain Club playing Samaheej at 7.30pm.

BIC brings back exciting on-track experiences this weekend

TDT | Manama

Bahrain International Cir-cuit (BIC) is bringing back

the very best of motorsport experiences with the launch this weekend of three of its most popular activities for the 2021/2022 season.

Race fans can expect the ul-timate thrills on Friday when BIC’s Open Track Night along with the SR3 and Clio Cup car passenger rides are available to enjoy at “The Home of Mo-torsport in the Middle East”.

All the action will be held along BIC’s 2.550-kilometre Inner Track between 4pm and 11pm, giving participants the chance to speed around the circuit in the daylight, at twi-light and at night under BIC’s state-of-the-art floodlights.

To protect the health of all involved, strict protocols will have to be followed by all those taking part. Aside from the participants, additional drivers and passengers will be permitted to book.

In Open Track, those taking part can bring either their very own car or motorbike for a chance to explore their limits within a safe and controlled environment.

Driver etiquette is of ulti-mate importance, so there is no close or aggressive overtaking. Overtaking is by invitation be-tween corners and driving is

monitored, with poor or dan-gerous driving being dealt with swiftly by officials.

Open Track Night can be availed at a price of BD110.5 for the full night and BD79 for a half night. A single session costs BD42.

Those who pre-book their slots can benefit from reduced rates. The full night would be just BD94.5, a half night BD68.5 and a single session at BD31.5.

Registration is scheduled for 3pm onwards. Aside from the Open Track activity, the SR3 and Clio Cup passenger rides can also be enjoyed.

The SR3 Radical car boasts an RPE-Suzuki Generation 1,340 DOHC engine. It can go from zero to 100kph in 3.4 sec-onds, and it has a six-speed sequential gearbox and paddle gearshift system. The SR3 pas-senger ride costs BD37.

The Clio Cup car is a Re-nault-manufactured racing machine that features a 1.6-li-tre, turbocharged engine that can generate up to 220bhp and 6,000rpm. The passenger experience can be bought for BD26.500.

Motorsport enthusiasts have this and so much more to look forward to at BIC this season.

For more information on all the circuit offerings or to make a booking, visit www.bahraingp.com or call the BIC Hotline on +973-17-450000.


Bottas wins in Turkey, title advantage to VerstappenValtteri Bottas wins from pole as Lewis Hamilton struggles to fifth

• Max Verstappen takes six-point championship lead

AFP | Istanbul

Mercedes driver Valt-teri Bottas claimed his first chequered flag of

the season to win the Turkish Grand Prix yesterday as Max Verstappen reclaimed the lead in the title race.

The Red Bull driver finished second to take a six-point lead in the championship ahead of Bottas’ teammate Lewis Ham-ilton who finished fifth voicing frustration with team strategy.

Sergio Perez, in the other Red Bull, took third with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in fourth.

Although the rain eased by the start of the race, the wet conditions prevailed through-out, making the tactics around tyres and the timing of pit stops all the more important.

Bottas began from pole, avoid-ing a tangle between Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso on the opening lap, and led until pitting on the 38th lap of the 58-lap race.

That gave Leclerc the lead but as his tyres faded so did his pace and the Finn soon reclaimed the lead, going on to take his 11th Grand Prix ain and his first win since Russia over a year ago.

“It ’s been a while. Feels good,” said Bottas who is leav-ing Mercedes at the end of the season to join Alfa Romeo.

“From my side, probably one of the best races I’ve had ever.

“It is not easy to choose the strategy here with these conditions and when to stop and which tyre but I’m glad everything went smooth for once for me.

“When only one drying line, it doesn’t need much to go off. I definitely needed to focus all through the race. A difficult one, but feels like a well-earned vic-tory.”

Verstappen, who began the race two points behind Ham-ilton in the title race, made no attempt to challenge Bottas and focussed on a damage limitation exercise, content to ease home

second knowing that Hamilton was three places further back.

“It was not easy today,” said the Dutchman who took a slen-der six-point lead in the cham-pionship with six races remain-ing.

“The track was very greasy, we had to manage the tyres the whole race so couldn’t really push.

“Just seemed Valtteri had a bit more pace, could look after the tyres all race. Happy to finish second in these conditions, it’s easy to get it wrong so you drop back.”

Hamilton frustration Hamilton was quickest in

qualifying but had to start the race in 11th because of a grid penalty incurred for changing his engine.

The seven-time champion gained two places on the open-ing lap before picking his way up to fifth where he was held up by Perez.

As the other cars came in to change their tyres Hamilton stayed out, moving up to third and looking good for the po-dium.

Hamilton declined the initial call to come in for fresh tyres but finally acceded to the Mercedes team instructions, boxing eight laps from the end.

It cost Hamilton two places as Perez and Leclerc flew on ahead and the Englishman did not hide his frustration over the radio.

“We shouldn’t have come in. Massive graining man. I told you,” an angry Hamilton said to his team as he struggled to hold off Pierre Gasly in the McLaren.

A disgruntled Hamilton later pointed out Alpine’s Esteban Ocon made it round with one set of tyres, intimating that he could have stayed out.

It is not easy to choose the strategy here

with these conditions and when to stop and

which tyre but I’m glad everything went smooth

for once for meVALTTERI BOTTAS

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas crosses the line to win the race

Muharraq’s Bader Abdulla Malabes looks to get off a shot but is tightly guarded by Al Hala’s Hasan Gerashi

India’s women’s national team players pose for a photograph before last night’s match against Bahrain

Action from an Open Track Night at BIC (file photo)

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