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SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE EU doomed without the SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 04 05 Hamiltonian moment HH Shaikh Nasser 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 A event 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.