8 cash couriers on UK-Dubai flights arrested for money-laundering
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Arrests made in London, Surrey, West Yorkshire, and Greater Manchester earlier this week
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested eight people as part of an operation targeting a suspected network of cash couriers responsible for laundering more than £50 million (Dh258,430.51) in criminal profits on flights to Dubai from Heathrow or Manchester in the United Kingdom (UK).
The NCA said the arrests were made after officers carried out the raids at locations in London, Surrey, West Yorkshire, and Greater Manchester earlier this week.
The three men and five women arrested are alleged to be cash couriers responsible for hiding large amounts of cash in luggage on commercial flights to Dubai from Heathrow or Manchester airports. On each occasion, they flew out with large numbers of checked-in baggage and returned days later with fewer cases.
Indian, Pakistani armies exchange sweets on Eid Al Fitr
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Exchange sweets and pleasantries on festive occasions is a long-held tradition between the two armies in the border areas.
Officers and soldiers of the Indian and Pakistan armies exchanged sweets and pleasantries along the Line of control in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr on Thursday.
An army officer told a journalist that they were exchanged in an atmosphere of bonhomie and festivities, at the Poonch-Rawalakot crossing point and the Mendhar-Hotspring crossing point in the district.
Indian Army and Pakistan Army celebrated #EidUlFitr on the LoC at Poonch-Rawalakot Crossing Point and Mendhar-Hotspring Crossing Point in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir today. Sweets were exchanged by the representatives of both the Armies. pic.twitter.com/WwsDZEUCco ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2021
India fights Covid: Delhi s positivity rate falls to 14%, oxygen demand down
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Delhi reported 10,400 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since April 20
The national capital has reported 10,400 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since April 20, when the city had reported 28,395 cases, health officials said here on Thursday.
More importantly, Delhi s daily Covid positivity rate has also come down to 14 per cent, the lowest since April 22, when the positivity rate was at its peak at 36 per cent.
Meanwhile, the capital s daily oxygen demand which had gone up to 700 metric tonnes per day, now has reduced to 582 MT as number of critical Covid patients has decreased in many hospitals.
UK restaurant menus to display calorie content to tackle obesity
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New rules to be enacted in the British parliament today and come into effect from April 2022
Packaged food items have long been required to display calorie information, but the Boris Johnson government in the United Kingdom is enacting new rules from Thursday (May 13) to make it mandatory for restaurants, takeaways, and cafes to reveal calorie content, as part of efforts to tackle obesity.
Regulations are to be laid in parliament that will require large companies with 250 or more employees in England, including cafes, restaurants, and takeaways, to display the calorie information of non-prepacked food and soft drink items that are prepared for customers.