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Abu Dhabi: Indian expat from Kuwait wins Dh12 million Big Ticket raffle

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March 4, 2019

Abu Dhabi, Mar 4: An Indian expat won Dh12 million in Big Ticket Abu Dhabi raffle on Sunday.

Rogy George is based in Kuwait and hails from Alappuzha district of Kerala. "I cannot believe this," an emotional George said when Richard, who conducted the raffle, called from the Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Two hours later after the unexpected call, George still found it hard to believe that he has actually become a millionaire. "This was totally unexpected. I was resting and just out of curiosity had a look at who the winner was. I saw my name and immediately the phone rang. The feeling is still sinking in," George told Khaleej Times over phone from Kuwait.

"As usual a Malayali has won," he added. In the first two months of this year, people from the south Indian state of Kerala had been winning the mega prize. "I am settled here with my family for over 12 years. My daughter is in grade 10. We were planning to return to India in a year or two," said George, a supervisor at the purchase department of a private firm, about his future plans.

George had bought the ticket online and usually buys them in bulk. "I clearly don't remember, this is my fourth or fifth attempt, if not sixth one. I purchase individually and usually three tickets at a time."

The Keralite hasn't got any immediate plans to do with his unexpected bonanza. "I don't have many unfulfilled wishes. I don't have any set plan to do with this money if I had won. I will surely be leading a normal life," said George.

There were six winners from India and one from Sri Lanka among the seven announced.

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May 29,2020

New Delhi, May 29: With the highest spike of 7,466 more COVID-19 cases and 175 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, India's COVID-19 tally reached 1,65,799 on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The number of active coronavirus cases stands at 89,987 while 71,105 people have been cured or recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. The death toll due to the infection has reached 4,706 in the country.

Maharashtra is the worst affected state with 59,546 cases. Tamil Nadu has recorded as many as 19,372 cases while Gujarat and Delhi have recorded 15,562 and 16,281 coronavirus cases respectively.

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April 5,2020

Ajman, Apr 5: A bakery worker in Ajman has been detained for spitting in the bread dough as he prepared bread at the bakery, police said.

The General Command of Ajman Police arrested the Asian worker in coordination with Ajman Municipality after investigators suggested that he intentionally spat in the dough while preparing bread at a bakery which is located in Ajman.

Lt. Col. Muhammad Mubarak Al-Ghafli, Director of Al-Jarf Al-Shamel Police Station, said a team from police had immediately gone to arrest the worker after receiving a report from the municipality confirming that the man spat in the bread dough.

Officials said a customer had filmed the Asian as he spat in the dough while preparing the bread at the bakery during the evening.

The customer then filed a complaint to the municipality with the supporting evidence of a video as the worker was doing the buzzer act.

Police said the man was taken for for psychological examination as he's being prepared to be referred to the public prosecution.

Meanwhile, the bakery has been shut down by the municipality for violating food hygiene and public health rules.

Lt. Col. Al-Ghafli has appealed to the public to report persons or any acts that could harm the health and safety of the public.

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August 3,2020

New York, Aug 3: The number of coronavirus cases confirmed all over the world has surpassed 18 million, while the global COVID-19 death toll stands at over 687,000 according to data from the Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center.

As of 06:00 Moscow time on Monday (03:00 GMT), there are 18,017,556 confirmed coronavirus cases in the world. The global death toll from COVID-19 stands at 687,930. The number of recovered individuals stands at 10,649,108.

The United States remains the country with the largest number of cases (4,665,932) and the highest COVID-19 death toll (154,841), according to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University.

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