Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS An Air India Express flight from the Calicut International Airport to Bahrain was delayed by over eight hours owing to technical issues. The flight, with over 150 passengers, which was scheduled to depart from Kozhikode around 10 a.m. finally took off after 6 p.m., airport … Read more
Bahrain is targeting to increase tourist footfalls from India beyond the 2019 levels and has stepped up marketing and promotion efforts to achieve this target, a senior official of Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority has said. “India is an important market for us and this year we are targeting to increase the tourist footfalls from … Read more
One of the world’s leading Islamic clerics on Friday called for dialogue between the faith’s two main currents to settle sectarian differences, in an address to religious leaders including Pope Francis. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Cairo’s prestigious Al-Azhar mosque, a centre of Sunni learning, made the rare appeal at the Bahrain Dialogue … Read more
Mongolia promised its people a “COVID-free summer.” Bahrain said there would be a “return to normal life.” The tiny island nation of the Seychelles aimed to jump-start its economy. All three put their faith, at least in part, in easily accessible Chinese-made vaccines, which would allow them to roll out ambitious inoculation programs at a … Read more
Pakistan on Monday announced the commencement of its multinational air force exercise ‘Aces Meet 2021-1′ at an undisclosed operational air base. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and US Air Force (USAF) are participating in the games, while Bahrain, Egypt and Jordanian air forces are invited as observers. PAF Deputy Chief … Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has thanked Bahrain for taking “special care” of the Indian diaspora in this Gulf kingdom during the coronavirus crisis. On a two-day visit to Bahrain from November 24 to 25, Jaishankar held talks on bilateral issues as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest with his Bahraini counterpart … Read more
New Delhi: S. Jaishankar will be undertaking a visit to Bahrain, UAE and Seychelles from November 24 to 29 in what will be the Indian Foreign Minister’s visit to West Asia and Western Indian Ocean since the pandemic. During the visit he will be meeting his counterparts and also the top leadership of these countries. … Read more