Three journalists who fled to Thailand to escape censorship in Myanmar may be at risk of deportation after being arrested during a random police search.The journalists from the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) were arrested in the Thai city of Chiang Mai on Sunday and charged with illegal entry into the country.All three had been covering the unrest and protests in Myanmar following the February 1 military

Reporters Who Fled Myanmar Censorship Risk Deportation From Thailand

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Indore has registered as many as 11 cases of black marketing of Remdesivir (anti-viral drug) injections against 21 people under the National Security Act (NSA) amid the second wave of COVID-19, police said on Tuesday.
Speaking to ANI, Harinarayanchari Mishra, IGP Indore said, "We have also registered cases regarding fake Remdesivir. An SIT team has also been formed to catch t

11 cases against 21 people registered under NSA in Indore

Hundreds of cities across the United States have lost their local newspapers in the past decade, cutting off readers from quality journalism focused on issues specific to their region.The spread of so-called "news deserts" came at the same time social media became a popular way to access information and, more recently, during a rise in disinformation.Twitter is trying to redress that balance through its #

Twitter Rolls Out Hashtag to Save Local Journalism

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Indore has registered as many as 11 cases of black marketing of Remdesivir (anti-viral drug) injections against 21 people amid the second wave of COVID-19, police said on Tuesday.
Speaking to ANI, Harinarayanchari Mishra, IGP Indore said, "We have also registered cases regarding fake Remdesivir. An SIT team has also been formed to catch these people. Recently, a case was regi

11 cases registered in Indore for black marketing of Remdes

New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and senior officers of the Department of Commerce and Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Tuesday held a meeting with the export promotion councils to discuss various issues concerning the international trade.
Goyal complimented the exporters for their encouraging performance, even during such trying times and said that performance of 

Piyush Goyal holds meeting with export promotion councils

Around the world, the use of social media continues to grow and to influence commerce. It offers great benefits for marketing businesses.African businesses, too, could gain from the features and popularity of these pl

Why Nigerian small businesses aren&#039;t using the full power of social media

Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh police on Monday arrested Rajesh Maheshwari, a BJP leader and the manager of Maheshwari Medical Agency, in connection with "black marketing of oxygen flow meters" amid the second wave of COVID-19 in the state. He was later released on bail.
According to the police, the BJP leader was caught red-handed in Ratlam for selling oxygen flow meters at a rate as high a

BJP leader arrested, released on bail for black marketing o

BONTOC, Mountain Province, May 11 (PIA) - - The Department of Science and Technology (DOST - CAR) through its Provincial S&T Center here has partnered with the local government unit and community stakeholders for Community Empowerment through Science and Technology(CEST) program in three identified End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC ) barangays in this municipality.DOST Provincial S&T Center Director Alfo

DOST brings S&T projects to 3 ELCAC brgys in Bontoc

New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI/BusinessWire India): "Marketinginnovation are the two key drivers of business growth," says Pravin Chandan who has taken on the tumultuous task of being a mentor to aspiring marketers in the country.
Pravin Chandan is an experienced marketer with more than two decades of experience that has shaped him into one of the most sought-after business consultants in the direct selling industry. He h

Marketer, Maker and Mentor -Pravin Chandan

Fulham were relegated from the Premier League with a 2-0 loss at home to Burnley on Monday that assured the Clarets of their top-flight status.London club Fulham will now join already-demoted West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield United in the second-tier Championship next season.Fulham had to avoid defeat at Craven Cottage on Monday to maintain their slim h

Fulham relegated from Premier League after Burnley loss

New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI/ThePRTree): Founder of 'Health Before Wealth', Sapna JaySingh Patel has assisted over 7000 clients in staying fit and living a happier lifestyle through a healthy desi diet. Via the medium of social media channels, online webinars, and corporate workshop Nutritionist Sapna envisions to reach and impact 1 million people in the next two years.
Since healthy eating is a way of life, it's critic

Sapna JaySingh on importance of home-cooked food

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 11 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday asked officials to prepare for the third wave of COVID-19 and ordered to set up a task force committee to handle the forthcoming situation.
India is currently dealing with a devastating second COVID-19 wave that has swept through the nation, crushing the country's health infrastructure and overburdening frontline medical workers

Karnataka to form task force to tackle third COVID wave

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 11 (ANI): Karnataka Police on Monday arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in illegally selling Remdesivir injection at exorbitant rates here in Bengaluru.
According to Kamal Pant, the Commissioner of Police of Bengaluru City, accused Malathesh and Shanmukhayya used to steal the vials from the hospitals they used to work for and sell them at Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 per vial.


Two held in Bengaluru for selling Remdesivir illegally

Despite the increasing diversity among America's college students, business school professors remain overwhelmingly white.In U.S. business schools, Black and Hispanic individuals make up 23.2%</a

Why business school efforts to recruit more diverse faculties are failing

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 10 (PIA) -- Cabinet Secretary and Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger Head Karlo Nograles highlighted the crucial role of barangay nutrition scholars (BNS), nutrition action officers (NAO), and other frontliners in the nutrition community in battling hunger and malnutrition amid the pandemic.In his keynote message during the "Webinar on Hunger and Malnutrition... Addressing

CabSec lauds nutrition frontliners in fight vs hunger, malnutrition

New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre and Delhi government to file a response to the plea seeking to declare medicines, medical equipment for COVID-19 treatment as essential commodities and setting up a fast-track special court for dealing exclusively with cases of their black marketing and hoarding.
A Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli asked the Centre and Delhi gove

Declare medical equipment as essential commodities: Plea

4 reasons business school faculty lack diversity

New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Three persons have been arrested in Delhi for allegedly black marketing Remdesivir injections and six vials of the drug being used in treatment of COVID-19 patients have also been recovered from them, the police said on Monday.
According to the Delhi police, the accused have been identified as Anshul Aggarwal, Sunil Kumar and Rahul Paul.
"Kumar works as a nursing assistant at NKS Hospital 

Delhi: 3 held for black marketing Remdesivir

BACOLOD CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Some 16,149 tourism frontliner from the province of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City received more than one-third share of the total beneficiaries of the Department of Tourism - Department of Labor and Employment (DOT-DOLE) Cash Assistance for Displaced Tourism Workers under the Bayanihan Act 2.Western Visayas has a total of 44,362 beneficiaries approved by DOLE 6 amounting to P22

Negros Occ., Bacolod City tourism frontliners get aid from DOLE-DOT

New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI/ThePRTree): Founded by Sachin Bamgude, SP Finance Academy received the 'Certificate of Recognition' under the Government's programme of 'Startup India'.
Aiming to alter the student's lives and get them nearer to their goals in financial entrepreneurship, he established the first ever Indian Academy dedicated solely to the same.
Many entrepreneurs have positioned themselves at the forefront o

India's leading entrepreneur Sachin Bamgude

Washington [US], May 12 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday (local time) imposed sanctions on seven individuals involved in financial operations with the Hezbollah terror group in a move to continue impeding the group's ability to operate in the global financial system.
In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: "Today, the United States is designating seven individuals involved in financial operations wit

US imposes sanctions on 7 individuals tied wth Hezbollah

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Sindh provinces have rejected monopoly to centralise transmission lines of gas companies in the country terming it as a violation of the 18th constitutional amendment and warned of approching the court against the Imran Khan government in this connection.
According to The News International, both the provinces have rejected the monopoly to centrali

Pak's provinces reject monopoly to centralise transmission

The clear shell of the new Georgian parliament building in the city of Kutaisi was supposed to represent the transparency of democracy. But a decade after breaking ground on the ultramodern structure, its glass panels are opaque with dust and its grounds becoming a wasteland after parliament packed up and left in late 2018.Georgia's parliament building in Kutaisi (May 2021)The dome was one of several hype

Georgia&#039;s Hypermodern Parliament Building Faces Uncertain Future

A quick-thinking Joburg man foiled an unsuspecting phone thief's plans in Edenvale on Friday. He chased down the assailant who snatched his colleague's cellphone. The phone was recovered and returned to its owner - in perfect condition.A quick-thinking Johannesburg man left an unsuspecting phone snatcher empty-handed after he 

Quick-thinking Joburg man thwarts phone snatching at petrol station

LONDON, England: IAG, parent company of British Airways, has expressed confidence that air traffic will increase beginning in July."We consider, in the second half, that we are going to be flying and we are prepared for that," IAG Chief Executive Luis Gallego told reporters.The company reported a loss of $1.4 billion in the first quarter of 2021.IAG also owns Iberia and Vueling in Spain, along with

British Airways expecting turnaround to begin in July

British Airways reports quarterly loss, says recovery to begin in July

After $1.4 billion loss, British Airways expects improvement in July

PARIS, France: Dassault Aviation launched Falcon 10X last week, a new long-range "flying penthouse."Viewed as its most powerful model, it has plans to enter service in late 2025 to challenge rivals catering to the wealthy and heads of state at the top end of the luxury jet market.With a range of 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km), it will compete with high-end models offered by Canada's Bombardier and Gene

Dassault launches 'flying penthouse' jet, available for $75 million

Elegance, security is market for Dassault's 'flying penthouse' jet

Asia is target market for Dassault's 'flying penthouse' jet

WASHINGTON D.C.: Some two dozen members of the U.S. Congress are demanding that airlines stop outsourcing jobs if they want to be eligible for a third round of federal payroll aid, following news that United Airlines has sought bids to outsource catering work at five airports.U.S. lawmakers also made the request to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, according to letters released by Unite Here, the union represent

U.S. lawmakers demand halt to aid to stop airlines outsourcing jobs

United Airlines ruffles feathers by outsourcing jobs and receiving aid

Unions, lawmakers to stop United from receiving aid while outsourcing

DUBLIN, Ireland - A new 410 room luxury hotel is to be built at Dublin Airport next door to Terminal 2.Costing &euro;100 million, the hotel will be linked to the terminal. It will create up to 550 jobs.As part of an agreement with daa, UK hotel group Arora has lodged a planning application for the development. Arora currently owns and operates twelve hotels including 10 located at airports. The gro

New 410 room four-star hotel to be built at Dublin Airport

Top UK airport-hotel group to expand to Ireland

Dublin Airport to get new terminal-linked hotel

WHITE HOUSE - Amid regional shortages and panic-buying of gasoline, the U.S. government is seeking to reassure motorists that fuel will be fully flowing again within days through a critical pipeline shut down after a Russian cyberattack.The secretaries of energy and homeland security were at the White House podium Tuesday afternoon attempting to calm concerns and issue a warning amid predictions gas prices are h

US Motorists Urged Not to Panic at Pumps

Kathmandu [Nepal], May 12 (ANI): The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has decided to extend the ban on international flights till the end of May amid surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
Issuing a release on Tuesday evening, the aviation regulatory authority of the Himalayan nation announced the extension of flight ban till midnight of May 31. The earlier flight ban was set to expire on May 14, which has now be

Nepal extends international flight ban till end of May

New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The flight operations from Terminal 2 (T2) of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital will be shifted to Terminal 3 (T3) from the intervening night of May 17-18 due to falling in passengers traffic amid the COVID-19 pandemic, informed officials on Tuesday.
According to the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), the move will help airlines and the airport in bet

Delhi airport to shift flight operations from T2 to T3

New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Water supply in many areas of East Delhi, North East Delhi, parts of South Delhi, parts of NDMC area will be affected on Wednesday.
"Water supply in many areas in East Delhi, North East Delhi, parts of South Delhi, parts of NDMC area will be affected in the morning and evening tomorrow," informed Delhi Jal Board.
"Due to very high turbidity in raw water from upper Ganga canal, the pumping 

Water Supply in parts of Delhi to be affected tomorrow

Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): China is shoring up its border to fence all provinces and cities to keep out the novel coronavirus after the nation largely banished the pandemic after it first emerged in the city of Wuhan, known as Beijing's new Covid firewall.
Frank Chen, writing in Asia Times, said that Beijing's authorities aren't taking any chances of a premature reopening as vaccinations lag and new Covid variants rav

Beijing's new Covid firewall shores up

CALAYAN, Cagayan, May 10 (PIA) -- Some major infrastructure projects under the administration's Build-Build-Build program are now underway in the Calayan group of islands.Mayor Joseph M. Llopis inspects the ongoing construction of the Calayan Seaport in Barangay Magsidel. (PIA) Mayor Joseph M. Llopis said that the seaport in mainland Calayan, which is a project from the Department Transportation (DOTr), is ab

Build-Build-Build program reaches Calayan Island

Kenya has suspended flights to and from Somalia, just days after the countries restored diplomatic ties after a five-month break.The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority sent a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) stating that all flights between the two countries are suspended except medivac and United Nations humanitarian flights, according to a Somali official who did not want to be identified because he is not allowed to spea

Kenya Suspends All Flights To and From Somalia

BELGRADE -- With a Chinese university project in Hungary drawing controversy over a lack of transparency and concerns about academic freedom, Beijing's influence in higher education in neighboring Serbia continues to grow.A strategic agreement signed between Hungary and Shanghai's prestigious Fudan University in April made international headlines and sparked a backlash at home.The decision to build a Buda

China Deepens Its Balkans Ties Using Serbian Universities

BUTUAN CITY, May 11 -- A total of 122 new police officers graduated from their Public Safety Basic Recruit Course (PSBRC) at the Regional Training Center 13 today.The "SIDLAK-ALAB" Class of 2020-04 will carry on the organization's mandate to enforce the law, prevent and control crimes, maintain peace and order, and ensure public safety and internal security with the active support of the community.Police 

122 rookie police finish Public Safety Basic Recruit Course

New York [USA], May 11 (ANI): Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday revised its outlook for the global airlines industry to positive from negative, reflecting that industry fundamentals will materially improve over the next 12 to 18 months.
This is despite the current record high daily infection rate in India, travel restrictions in countries with large amounts of traffic to and from India, and ongoing lockdowns in other c

Outlook positive for airlines: Moody's

New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): A day after bodies of suspected Covid patients washed up on banks of Ganga in Bihar's Buxar, some unidentified corpses were found floating in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
The local administration has initiated the probe.
"Our officers are present on the spot to investigate and ascertain where they came from. A probe into the matter is underway," MP Singh, Ghazipur's D

Unidentified corpses found floating in Ganga river in UP's

New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The proposed COVID-19 vaccination camp which was scheduled to be held at GSD Complex, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi on Tuesday and Thursday, has been cancelled as government authorities have expressed inability to hold these camps due to non-availability of vaccines.
An official letter issued by Air India stated: "The proposed COVID vaccination Camp at GSD Complex, IGIA (Delhi

COVID-19 vaccination camp at Delhi airport

BANGKOK - Alec Goldman, an American educator who has made a life in Bangkok, wants to get vaccinated.Right about now would be a good time as COVID-19 cases in Thailand have been spiking since early April, fueled by the highly transmissible variant B.1.1.7, first detected here just before the four-day Thai New Year holiday that began April 12.Goldman worries about the health risks posed by long internation

Overseas and Overlooked, Americans in Thailand Seek Vaccines

Kuwait City [Kuwait], May 11 (ANI): Kuwait became the latest country on Monday to ban entry of flights and travellers from Pakistan, in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Geo News reported citing local media that Kuwait has banned flights and barred entry to travellers from four countries -- Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka -- until further notice. The decision did not include cargo flights.
To enter Kuw

Kuwait imposes travel ban on Pakistan

Cristie Kerr accepted a special exemption into the 76th U.S. Women's Open, the USGA announced Monday.

Kerr, 43, will make her 24th consecutive appearance in the event (26th overall) when she tees off June 3 at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.

The 2007 U.S. Women's Open champion, Kerr brings the total to 13 former champions in the field.

"Winning the U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles was a career- and life-changing mo

Cristie Kerr receives U.S. Women's Open special exemption

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Imran Khan once targeted the armed forces for its anti-democratic political interventions when he was deeply involved in a lawyer's movement that aimed to end Pakistan's military dictatorship, but now his elected government is effectively run by ex-soldiers and they are the de facto rulers of Pakistan.
Earlier, Khan aimed to end Pakistan's military dictatorship and reiterated his intent

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