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TWITTER SPORTS @newsofbahrain WORLD 6 India aims to reduce carbon footprint by 30-35 pc: Modi INSTAGRAM Teams set to arrive /newsofbahrain 22 for FIBA Asia LINKEDIN SUNDAY newsofbahrain NOVEMBER, 2020 qualifiers 210 FILS WHATSAPP ISSUE NO. 8664 Seven nations, in two 3844 4692 groups, set to play in FACEBOOK Bahrain games follow- /nobmedia ing the withdrawal of Korea | P12 MAIL [email protected] WEBSITE newsofbahrain.com Ryan Reynolds loves spending time with children 10 CELEBS BUSINESS 5 Britain and Canada sign post-Brexit rollover trade deal We are Proud of you HM King returns TDT | Manama is Majesty King Ham- Had bin Isa Al Khalifa returned from Abu Dhabi Saudi calls for affordable, after taking part in the tri- lateral summit. Jordanian monarch King Abdullah II ibn Al Hus - sain and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces HH Shaikh ‘equitable’ vaccine access Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan took part. The summit shed light on Saudi King Salman opens G20 Riyadh Summit, calls to reopen borders, economies strong fraternal relations and ways of boosting coop- eration in vital areas. In the draft Although we are optimistic about the communique Twitter to hand progress made in n The leaders noted the over @POTUS developing vaccines, coronavirus crisis had hit the therapeutics and most vulnerable in society account to Biden on diagnostics tools for hardest, and said some countries may need debt January 20 COVID-19, we must work relief beyond a temporary Reuters to create the conditions moratorium on official debt for affordable and payments now slated to end in witter Inc will transfer equitable access to June 2021. control of the @POTUS T these tools for all n G20 leaders said they would account to the Joe Biden people administration on Jan. 20, decide next spring whether the company said. The @ to extend the freeze, the Debt POTUS account is the offi- SAUDI ARABIA’S KING SALMAN Service Suspension Initiative, cial account of the President for another six months, and of the United States and is endorsed a common framework separate from the @real- Saudi King delivers G20 summit opening remarks virtually as World leaders watch on for debt restructuring DonaldTrump account that hammered out with the Paris President Donald Trump veloping vaccines, therapeutics facilitate the mobility of trade “We also need to create the Club of official creditors. uses to tweet. and diagnostics tools for COV- and people. conditions for a more sustaina- Summit this year n Leaders said they are ID King Salman further stressed ble economy,” he said stressing • -19, we must work to create determined to continue to use is held virtually the conditions for affordable the need to support developing the need to combat land degra- all available policy tools as and equitable access to these countries in a coordinated man- dation and conserve coral reefs BAHRAIN long as required to safeguard Saudi first Arab tools for all peoples,” King Sal- ner to maintain the development and biodiversity to safeguard nation• to hold G20 man, the custodian of the two already achieved over the past the planet. people’s lives, jobs and TOTAL CASES holy mosques told world lead- decades. The custodian of the two holy incomes, support the global ers. This year’s G20 summit also mosques said G20 leaders met economic recovery and enhance TDT | agencies 85,591 He said the pandemic dealt aims to build a sustainable fu- for the first twelve years ago the resilence of the financial “an unprecedented shock” to the ture. to deal with the financial cri- system, while safeguarding ACTIVE CASES audi Arabia’s King Salman world in a short time and that King Salman said G20 coun- sis, and “today, we are working against downside risks,” the 1,636 bin Abdulaziz Al Saud yes- people and economies are still tries must lead the international together again to face another, statement said. Sterday called on World na- suffering from it. community in preserving and deeper global crisis, that has n Leaders expressed support DEATHS tions to provide “affordable and King Salman assured the Saudi conserving the environment. ravaged people and economies.” for a push by the International equitable” access to vaccines would do its best to “overcome Seven Saudi Hawks He expressed confidence that Monetary Fund to explore 338 and other tools to all to combat this crisis through international and three civilian aircraft the Riyadh summit will deliver additional tools to address DISCHARGED the COVID-19 pandemic during cooperation.” from Saudi Arabian Airlines significant and decisive results countries’ needs as the crisis his G20 Riyadh Summit opening On this note, he urged world (Saudia) conducted a flyo- and will lead to adopting eco- evolved, and to address the remarks. economies to continue support- nomic and social policies that 83,617 ver, trailing the Kingdom’s “particular challenges faced by “Although we are optimistic ing the global economy and re- will restore hope and reassur- NEW CASES national white and green small developing states”. about the progress made in de- open economies and borders to ance to the people of the world. 124 colours. CRITICAL India will The G20 members are G20 nations have The first G20 Argentina, Australia, Brazil, enter the G20 15 contributed more than Troika, along Leaders’ Canada, China, France, $21 billion to combat Germany, India, Indonesia, with Saudi Summit the pandemic, which Arabia when Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic has infected 56 million 210 fils (includes VAT) took place in of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Italy will people globally and left take over the KNOW WHAT Washington South Africa, Turkey, the 1.3 million dead, and United Kingdom, the United Presidency 2008 D.C. in No- injected $11 trillion to of the G20 on States and the European “safeguard” the virus- vember 2008. Union (EU). December 1, battered world economy 2020. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2020 02 Al-Jasra Intersection third phase begins TDT | Manama he Ministry of Works, Mu- Tnicipalities Affairs and Ur- ban Planning yesterday inau- gurated the third phase of the Al-Jasra Intersection develop- ment project. Construction of entrances and exits at the intersection, modifi- cation of barriers on the upper bridge, asphalt layer works etc. are part of the project funded by the Gulf Development Pro- gramme and supported by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Pictures courtesy of AlAyam Minister of Works, Municipal- ities Affairs and Urban Planning serves those coming from Ma- Budaiya areas, and those com- Manama. serve those coming from the di Arabia via the King Fahd Essam Khalaf said the project nama towards the Al-Jasra and ing from the Hamala towards The intersection will also Budaiya area heading to Sau- causeway. Consumer prices drop in September 880 teachers now have Microsoft certifications TDT | Manama ahrain’s digital empower- ment drive in education Bahrain’s agreement for Partners in Bis picking pace with it Learning with Microsoft in February 2015, having more than 880 teachers gives teachers the opportunity to join now with Microsoft profession- remote training programmes at any time. al certificates. Teachers can also qualify after taking Courtesy of AlAyam The Minister of Education, professional certification exams at the Dr Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi Regional Center for Information and TDT | Manama of 9.8pc, restaurants and hotel said the certifications are in the with a drop of 8.5pc. Microsoft Innovative Educator Communication Technology (RCICT), which Meanwhile, prices of the (MIE), the Microsoft Innovative is an accredited centre for these exams. ahrain’s consumer prices food and non-alcoholic bever- Educator Expert (MIEE) and the DR MAJID AL NUAMI, EDUCATION MINISTER Bin September took a drop ages saw an increase of 4.2pc. Microsoft Certified Educator as the economy reeled from re- Cost of housing, water, elec- (MCE). strictions imposed to prevent tricity and fuels rose 3.4pc on a “Teachers of the first phase tal programmes and devices in at Ahmed Al-Omran Secondary Expert Teacher Certification, the coronavirus (COVID-19) year-over-year basis. of the Digital Empowerment their classrooms. School for Boys, who holds an said that Microsoft for teachers pandemic. However, on the sequential Programme schools benefited “It also enables them to re- expert teacher certificate from help integrates technology and According to the latest month basis, the Consumer from the agreement in June main informed about new ideas Microsoft International, says: modern digital tools into the report, the Kingdom’s CPI Price Index rose by 1.3 per cent 2015, the affiliates of the second and applications in the fields “I am very proud of this global teaching process. slumped 1.5 per cent in Sep- to reach 98.4 points (consider- phase schools in July 2016, and of distance learning and Inte- participation as an expert part- “It breaks the routine, revives tember this year, when com- ing April 2019 = 100). those of the remaining schools grated Education, which con- ner in digital transformation. I and motivates every student in pared to that of the same The move comes amid a in the following years,” said Dr tributes to achieving quality am proud of my contribution to the class.” month a year ago. series of fiscal and monetary Nuaimi. education,” the Minister added. distance education, TIMES and Microsoft requires all teach- The Consumer Price Index stimulus aimed at enhancing The accredited professional televised classes.” ers who have obtained the (CPI) is a measure that exam- economic activity. certificates, the Minister said, “I am proud” Professor Maryam Shams certificates to teach their col- ines the weighted average of Bahrain continues to pump allows teachers to acquire tech- Professor Amin Mansour, an from Al-Hidd Secondary School leagues a set of digital tools so prices of a basket of consumer money into the economy amid nological knowledge, use digi- education technology specialist for Girls, who holds the MIEE that the benefit is widespread.