A FOOL THINKS HIMSELF TO QUOTE BE WISE, BUT A WISE MAN OF THE KNOWS HIMSELF TO BE A DAY FOOL. SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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CAPTAIN’S CORNER UoB Blackboard platform participation exceeds 90pc India caps prices Russia sees oil output rising after Great leaders of medical oxygen OPEC+ deal expires in 2022 Everyinspire step closerus to English Language centre takes students on a virtual tour amid rising US imposes curbs on Reuters | Moscow TDT | Manama COVID-19 cases ussia expects its oil pro- The virtual tour aims at famil- duction to increase after to thegoodness solution Reuters | New Delhi R articipation of students in the iarising students with the intro- the current OPEC+ deal on PBahrain University of Bah- ductory programme, the academ- exports to China’s SMIC output curbs runs its course rain (UoB) Blackboard e-Edu- ic courses on offer and the servic- ndia said yesterday it in April 2022, data from the cational platform exceeded 90 es the centre provides Iwas capping the price of economy ministry published per cent in the first week of The programmes offered by liquid oxygen used to treat SMIC said it had not on Saturday showed. study at the English Language the Distance English Language victims of novel coronavi- Russia, which the ministry • An employee holds a sample of crude Centre. Center includes 13 academic rus and other respiratory received any official expects to produce 507.4 mil- oil at the Yarakta oilfield, owned by hours for the English language, notice of the restrictions The attendance, UoB said, was diseases after complaints of lion tonnes of oil this year, is Irkutsk Oil Co, in the Irkutsk region, 91 per cent for first-level students three hours for information tech- hoarding and shortages, as seen increasing its production Russia and 95pc among second-level stu- nology, or three hours for mathe- total covid infections hit 5.9 SMIC will now have over the next three years to Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood dents. matics per semester. million countrywide. to• apply for individual 560 million tonnes, or 11.2 m er than last year’s exports. CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD The language centre is also or- Dr Ghada Ahmed Jassim, Di- “Due to the absence of a barrels per day, in 2023. The ministry forecast oil ex- ganising an induction day this rector of the University’s English price cap on liquid medical export licenses Ministry data forecasts an ports of 225 m tonnes this year, ever hasnce the again phrase the “Hang leaders, In There” the busi - Monday, where UoB will take Language Center, pointed out oxygen, manufacturers have increase in oil exports to 266.2 down from 269.2 m tonnes in Nbeen moreness meaningful. houses and Amidst the people all the of them on a virtual tour of the cen- that the centre has taken steps in hiked prices to fillers,” the Reuters | Shanghai/Washington m tonnes by 2023, slightly low- 2019. gloom of thethe pandemic, Kingdom now ofentering Bahrain its sev have- tre through the (Stream Live) preparation for students’ enroll- government said in a state- enthO month in Bahrain (if you count March application on the University of ment for the first semester of the ment, referring to off-takers he United States gov- come together in the spirit of patriot- 2020 as the first month when the action Bahrain website. Picture courtesy of AlAyam academic year 2020/2021. ism and unity to raise defenses against such as hospitals and clinics ernment has imposed against COVID-19 was officially mounted), which use the oxygen. restrictions on exports A security officer stands outside a building of SMIC during its grand opening in an unusual and unseen enemy – the T Japan’s ANA mulls 200 billion we are seeing a break in the grey clouds, a To ensure that the oxy- to China’s biggest silicon chip Shanghai November 22, 2001. proverbialCOVID -19silver virus lining. pandemic. Vaccine trials have gen is available at reason- maker after concluding there been mountedIn just 24 in hours, earnest these and Bahrainparties, hasled by able rates, the government is an “unacceptable risk” that and said it has no ties with the yen share offer: Nikkei reachedthe example its optimal of level HH Shaikhof trial numbers,Nasser bin has capped manufacturers’ equipment supplied to it could Chinese military. Reuters | Tokyo In the three months to June thanks to the leadership and the determined prices at 15.22 rupees per be used for military purposes. “SMIC reiterates that it man- 30, ANA posted a loss of 159 bn Hamad Al Khalifa, have raised over BD The Company has vision of our Crown Prince and First Deputy Bahrain-Thailand for greater ties cubic metre ( CUM), the Suppliers of certain equip- ufactures semiconductors and apan’s biggest airline ANA yen and said it did not expect Premier,21 million HRH Prince to help Salman people bin and Hamad business Al - statement said. ment to Semiconductor Man- no relationship with provides services solely for ci- JHoldings is considering is- a full recovery in demand for Khalifa.es struck He has by closely the impact monitored of the vac virus.- Prices of a cubic metre ufacturing International Cor- the Chinese military vilian and commercial end-us- suing 200 billion yen ($1.9 bn) international flights until at cineThe progress funds, and under even volunteered the project himself ‘Feena Bahrain Chamber takes part in first Bahrain-Thailand virtual business matching event of medical oxygen deliv- poration (SMIC) will now have and does not ers and end-uses,” SMIC said. in shares to bolster its finances least 2023. for theKhair’ experiment, (There winning is Good the in confidence Us) will be ered by cylinder to end-us- to apply for individual export manufacture for any “The Company has no rela- as the downturn in air travel With a full year loss likely to of thousands.used for business support and medical top rank in economic freedom al- ers has been fixed at 25.71 licenses, according to a letter military end-users tionship with the Chinese mil- drags on, the Nikkei newspa- be around 600 bn yen ANA will As we learn to live with the fear and lowing 100 per cent foreign own- support as well as humanitarian food Meeting focuses on rupees, higher than the from the Commerce Depart- or end-uses itary and does not manufacture per reported. need additional funds to en- the precautions of the pandemic, there’s a • ership in some business activities, previous ceiling price of ment dated Friday and seen for any military end-users or “We do not comment on sure it has enough capital for greaterand chance clothing of survival aid. for those getting opportunities in the strategic location giving access to 17.49/CUM. by Reuters. SMIC becomes the SMIC end-uses.” speculative information. The its operations, the Nikkei re- infectedThe later Bahrain in the Chamber cycle than of those Commerce who post-pandemic stage the 1.5 trillion dollars GCC market, The new ceiling prices are second leading Chinese tech- The Commerce Department story is factually wrong,” ANA ported. The company may opt got &infected Industry 6 months also provided earlier. The its reasonspacious pioneering standing as a financial applicable for six months nology company to face US ing blacklisting SMIC, which the declined on Saturday to com- said in an email. for a share offer because banks, for andthis iscentrally-located that doctors and scientists old premises know for TDT | Manama hub, and advanced transportation and exclude taxes. trade curbs after telecoms giant US authorities have identified ment specifically on SMIC, but Like other airlines, ANA has with which it is negotiating to more about Covid-19 now than 6 months and telecommunications infra- use by the COVID-19 task force. India’s demand for Huawei Technologies, whose as a threat due to an alleged said its Bureau of Industry had to slash flights as countries borrow an additional 400 bn ago and hence are able to treat patients bet- structure. medical oxygen has in - access to high-end chips has “fusion” of civilian and military and Security was “constantly imposed travel restrictions to yen, may be more reluctant to ter. ForIn instance,the midst of our peculiar con- first of its kind hybrid-vir- On this note, Bahrain’s ambas- creased by almost four been curtailed by its addition technologies. monitoring and assessing any halt the spread of the coro - lend to it in the future, while a dition of isolation, social dis- besides anti-viral Ours is the tual business matching sador to Thailand Ahmed Abdulla times to 2,800 tonnes a to a so-called entity list. Asked for comment, SMIC potential threats to US nation- navirus. So far the carrier has recent gain in stock prices in drugs like Favipiratancing- andmost despair, numerous we must Aevent held by Bahrain Al Hajri expressed pride in the day, straining production The Pentagon said earlier said it had not received any of- al security and foreign policy relied on loans from its banks Tokyo has made a share offer- vir and Remdesivir, Chamber of Commerce and In- strong ties between Bahrain and and supply, the statement this month that it was weigh- ficial notice of the restrictions interests”. and government financial aid ing more attractive, the news- I am sure you rejoice inresponsibility. this stream of com- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calls the proposed €540 billion rescue plan a trap. doctors arepassion now that has sprung from dustry resulted in enhancing Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber Bahrain’s ambassador to Thailand Thailand and the high-level co- said. to cope with the slump. paper said. will allalso agree using drugs We have to stay Bahraini-Thailand ties in various Shaker Al Shater Ahmed Abdulla Al Hajri operation. like Asprinamidst and usvigilant, to counter follow the harsh sectors. He also called Thai business DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN cannot now be said of the Southern This means they were This means they were broadly that thisHeparin has (bloodreality ofthe the prevention crisis. It is praise - The event held via VIXMA plat- Thailand, and the extensive co- to capitalise on technological ad- owners to mull investment and European states ravaged by a global broadly advocates advocates of a federated (or confed- inspiredthinners our thatworthy pre- ofprotocol the big of businesses form offered business owners the operation at all levels, with 12 vancements and innovation. partnership opportunities, and have long suspected that the pandemic. The basic issue of fairness erated), centralized European state, business housesvents clotting) to have as comewearing forward masks, to sup- opportunity to mull business and agreements and 17 memoranda Al Shater expressed the keen- to benefit from the vast features endless undoubtedly boring Eu- is in real question. of a federated (or without ever having the necessary protocol inport treat the- vision of the leaders partnerships in sectors like organ- of agreements signed between ness of the private sector in Bah- offered to foreign investors. He ment regimens social distanc- ropean summit meetings are so Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe confederated), centralized political debate that raged in the US and individuals of Bahrain and keep the hu- ic food, beauty, hotel supply, and both sides. rain on reinforcing liaison with underlined Bahrain’s favourable I since June 2020. ing and hygiene spa & wellness. Shedding light on the economic their Thai counterparts, and the business legislation and laws in- turgid for a reason. It is easy to get Conte rightly calls the proposed European state, without in the 1790s between the advocates to donateThis isso because manitarian of rules. consideration No one as The Chief Executive Officer of challenges that came along with readiness of the Bahrain Chamber cluding the updated bankruptcy lost in the byzantine complexities of €540 billion ($587 billion) rescue ever having the necessary of centralism (Alexander Hamilton) generouslythe and understand the first- grouppriority can in this win crisis. the Chamber Shaker Al Shater the Coronavirus pandemic and to facilitate and support all those law, and shed light on the ease of false agreements that actually solve plan “a trap.” The accord is there to political debate that and decentralization (Thomas Jef- tap the veining that of the virusLong afterthis deadlythe dust has set- voiced pride in the deep-root- the lockdown and containment endeavours. starting up a business in Bahrain nothing. And that is how theEU likes only deal with the immediate impact ferson). In the end, the federalist ad- also causestled blood around game the but world, the those ed relation between Bahrain and measures, he stressed the need Al Shater highlighted Bahrain’s using Sijilat platform. raged in the US in the goodness withinclots in the blood it: For us to have little idea that it is a of the virus. However, over the much 1790s between the ministration of George Washington who willlac beof attention remembered paper tiger, so much less than meets larger rescue efforts necessary to opted for Hamilton’s centralizing us and reachvessels out of theare lungs leaders of one who party led can from advocates of centralism and other parts of Beijing autoshow: China’s back, EVs booming, outlook uncertain the eye in terms of its geostrategic revive the Italian and other south- vision, won overwhelming re-elec- to help fellow-the body, causingthe heart. jeopardise Undoubtedly, all of the (Alexander Hamilton) and NMS-DPS hosts online Inter-school ‘Hindi Diwas’ competitions Reuters | Beijing power. ern economies necessitated by the tion and a popular mandate for the residentsreduced of oxygenaresponse- us. of Our Bahrain’s leaders lead - But crises clarify. And there is debilitating lockdown, normal con- decentralization (Thomas national government to assume state tion. ership willand shed our governa beacon- of absolutely no doubt that the coro- ditionality will be imposed. Jefferson). debt, while at the same time estab- Bahrain.The technology light on ourment historic are alert response. hina’s auto market has re- navirus has made crystal clear that This is understandably political- lishing a powerful national Treas- of the diseaseInspired has and by Hisready Majesty, to our Students from Cbounded smartly from also changed. To- act. Let us also • the COVID-19 crash in recent the old model governing the EU has ly toxic in Italy, where it is seen as ury, brilliantly headed by Hamilton day, more peopleCrown Prince and First Dep- CBSE schools in the months, executives said yester- finally, after a brilliant 70-year run, surrendering basic sovereignty to himself. are monitoringuty ox Premier- do our guided part. the gov- Kingdom gathered day, as a rare in-person trade entirely run out of steam. The sup- the uncertain mercies of economic union (a Valhalla that had far less Due to an overly clever function- ygen saturationernment of in the crucial early at a common digital show was dominated by talk of posed deal over emergency Europe- overlords the EU, the International than majority support), it was better alism, present European leaders all covid patientsdays to approach the sensi- platform to showcase recovery in the world’s biggest an coronavirus funds pledged last Monetary Fund and the Europe- to discuss seemingly inoffensive coal (with the honorable exception of *with a simpletive themes of quarantine and their talents in poetry car market. week to the plague-ravaged south, an Central Bank. No Italian leader and steel union, even as the latter led President Emmanuel Macron of home use pulsetreatment ox- with compassion. While conditions have im - ymeter and getting recitation and speech proved vastly from lockdowns far from being a concord, has ex- could accept such colonization and to further economic union, and then France) shied away from this diffi- them to hospitalWhen in he returned from his that froze economic activity in posed the EU’s haplessness for all survive. In true Kafkaesque fash- to a degree of political union. Large cult argument in the happier times timesojourn for corrective abroad, our beloved Prime TDT | Manama the country where the pandemic to see. ion, no country in the south that political questions were to be pur- that preceded the coronavirus. But treatment.Minister immediately galvanized the erupted, the Beijing autoshow First, if you are brave enough to truly needs the ESM can politically posefully avoided in favor of getting the failure of functionalism over the AllCabinet this means and government officials, ew Millennium School, DPS is a far cry from the usual ebul- wade through the actual agreement accept it. These design flaws have to large political answers (always in past 70 years to decisively answer thatdisplaying patients have his admirable energy and NBahrain, hosted its first-ever lience as fewer attend, new a better survival chance in September-Oc- reached, it becomes palpably clear become so obvious that the deal has the direction of ever closer union) the question of what sort of union crisis management in managing the virtual Inter-School Hindi Orato- models are scant and prospects tober 2020 and going forward than they ry competitions – UDAAN, 2020. remain uncertain. People wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at the venue of the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China show, in Beijing that it is full of policy holes. The unraveled almost immediately upon through the backdoor of technical, Europe was to become is now fatally did situation.in the beginning. The other phrase that Students from all CBSE schools Doubts remain over the du- Eurogroup of finance ministers has delivery. apolitical initiatives. Over decades, handicapping basic and necessary resonatesI am in sure our battleyou will against all agree this virus that is this in the kingdom gathered at a com- rability of the recovery, but the returned to the previous year’s ond-biggest carmaker would When almost all residents year sales growth in China, caused by COVID-19. recommended using the European This amounts to more than Eu- functionalism met with the great- efforts to combat the coronavirus “Togetherhas inspired we can”. our Like business a chessboard, houses each and mon digital platform to showcase focus for now is on bright spots level if not slightly better,” Nis- launch a number of new vehicles were told to stay home in Febru- while Chongqing Changan Au- Germany’s Audi AG is in talks Stability Mechanism (ESM), estab- rope’s glaring inability to behave as est of success, as a broadly united — the political risk event of our gen- of usindividuals has a place into this donate fight andso generously a path to their talents in poetry recitation such as strong demand for mid- san Motor Co CEO Makoto Uchi- in China over the next five years ary, sales collapsed by a record tomobile predicted the same for with long-term partner China lished in the wake of the 2008 Great a union when it truly counts; it also Europe emerged, all without ever eration. moveand in. tap The the government vein of goodness has to ensure within that us and speech. sized to large luxury vehicles da told a news conference via a as it struggles to return to profit. 79% to their lowest since 2005. its local joint venture with Ford FAW Group Corp [SASACJ.UL] it is armed with the right medical interven- Vaani Sharma of The New In- and a flood of interest - and in- video link from Japan. China’s auto sales rose 11.6% Executives at Germany’s Motor Co. about creating a second joint Recession, to meet the southerners’ illustrates the limits of the guiding answering the basic question of what The result is an EU built only for tionand and reach personnel out to to helpmanage fellow-residents the mount- dian School won first prize in vestment - in electric vehicles. “I expect this rebound to con- in August from a year earlier, BMW and Guangzhou-based Great Wall Motor Co, China’s venture to build electric cars needs. philosophy of the EU. The “Monnet sort of political construct was truly sunny weather, which trundles along ing offigures; Bahrain. our leadersThe days have are to accesschallenging the Hindi poetry recitation, Ayesha “The recovery in the Chinese tinue, but we need to watch for the fifth straight monthly rise GAC, which has partnerships top pickup truck maker, aims on its PPE platform in China, A basic problem with this is that method” — functionalism — is a pol- being created. nicely in good times, but is fatally visionbut to when plan our we economic have great future leaders, and de -we Abidi of Ibn Al Hytham Islamic market has been very remarka- signs of trouble,” said Uchida, after plunging during the lock- with Toyota Motor Corp and to boost overseas sales this year, Germany’s Automobilwoche the ESM was set up in the wake of icy strategy based on the advocacy of While this seemed clever and it overmatched in bad ones. A political velopment.all rise Andto the we occasion the people? and Ours to isgreater the School took second place, and ble, and our key segments have who announced Japan’s sec- down. Honda Motor Co, forecast full- helping to ease an overall drop reported. an asymmetric shock — the par- small, technocratic, apolitical agree- worked for a long while, in actuality, union that no one really believes in mostheights numerous of goodness responsibility. than Wewe haveourselves to Anushka Tayde of Bahrain In - ticular economic follies of Greece ments being agreed to precisely be- functionalism has stored up a great and whose members are not willing staythought vigilant, followpossible. the prevention protocol dian School secured the third Limited upside 10pc, the China Association of Premium vehicles account- Xpeng, Li Auto and WM Motor “This year’s auto sales are ket brands is intensifying, said of wearing masks, social distancing and position. Automobile Manufacturers esti- ed for a record 15% of the Chi- have together raised more than very different from previous Yale Zhang, head of Shang - and possibly other southern econ- cause they seemed secondary, or deal of trouble for Europe, which has to make the basic sacrifice of blood hygieneYes rules. indeed. No one There group is goodcan win in usthis all.. Mariam Farooque Mapari of China’s typically busy mates, better than its May fore- nese market in August, up from $8 billion this year. years,” said LMC Automotive hai-based consultancy Auto- omies — rather than the symmetric technical, eventually amounting to come home to roost since the Great and treasure for is a union only in deadly game (Captain but the Mahmood lac of attention Al Mahmood of one is the New Millennium School DPS car-buying season, “Golden cast of a 15pc to 25pc decline. around 10% for all of last year, But the recent improvement senior analyst Alan Kang. “Many Foresight. That’s a key battle shock of a global pandemic. In other decisive movement toward a con- Recession of 2008. The founders of name. And, without the Hamiltoni- party canEditor-in-Chief jeopardise all of of The us. Daily Our Tribune leaders and emerged as the winner of the September, Silver October”, is Much of the upturn is driven the China Passenger Car Asso- reflects Chinese carmakers cars were sold during summer ground for international and words, there can be no doubt that federated European state. the EU wanted a powerful Hamilto- an moment in these times of crisis, and our governmentthe President are of thealert Arab-African and ready toUnity Hindi speech competition. Anam off to a good start, according to by sales of larger passenger cars ciation said. making earlier model launches because customers delayed pur- domestic brands including Greece was largely to blame for its In the 1950s, rather than talking nian Brussels without ever having Europe will be increasingly unfit act. LetOrganisation us also do ourfor Relief, part. Human Rights and Altaf Tambe of The Indian School preliminary data, with passen- by makers such as Daimler AG Electric vehicles are also pro- as they could not wait for the chases after the lockdown.” Volkswagen, Toyota, and Geely. and Eqraa Qureshi of Ibn Al own parlous situation. The same about grand visions of European for purpose. Counterterrorism) ger car sales up 12pc in the first and BMW, boosted by new mod- viding buzz to the Beijing show, usual hype from the delayed au- Sales of larger sedans and “Sales performance in these their Hamiltonian moment.. (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Editor-in-Chief Hytham Islamic School secured 20 days of September. els, automakers’ discounts and a as a boom in Tesla shares has toshow before going to market. sport-utility vehicles have re- two months will give us a clue of The Daily Tribune and the President of the Arab- second and third positions, re- The rebound means this broader recovery in the world’s propelled interest in China. That suggests a more limited turned to last year’s levels, but of what will happen next,” said Hon. Chairman Najeb Yacob Alhamer | Editor-in-Chief Mahmood AI Mahmood | Chairman & Managing Director P Unnikrishnan | Advertisement: UpdateAfrican Unity Media Organisation W.L.L for | Relief, Tel: Human 38444692, Rights spectively. Students from all CBSE schools in the kingdom gathered at a common digital platform to showcase their talents year’s sales will fall less than second-largest economy. 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