Students, Parents Welcome Long Festive Winter Break
With UAE schools closed for the winter break on December 13, families are looking forward to spending more time together.
The winter break will last from two to four weeks, depending on the curricu...
December 16, 20180738Category: Education
Woman Found Dead In Hotel Apartment In Sharjah
A decomposed body was found on December 13 in an apartment in Sharjah’s Al Tawaun area following complaints from occupants of neighbouring apartments about a foul odour, police said on Saturday....
December 16, 20180854Category: Crime News
Clean Up UAE Nets 32.5 Tonnes Of Waste From 5 Emirates
The annual ‘EEG Clean Up UAE’ campaign reached Dubai after covering Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah and Abu Dhabi.
Volunteers of EEG — Emirates Environmental Group — have so far co...
December 16, 20180820Category: Environment
UAE To Celebrate 2019 As The Year Of Tolerance
The UAE will mark 2019 as the ‘Year of Tolerance’, President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan declared on Saturday.
The move will highlight the UAE as a global capital fo...
December 16, 20180919Category: Government
250 Couples Get Married At Mass Wedding Ceremony In Sharjah
Sharjah held UAE's first mass wedding in which 500 individuals from 19 different Arab countries got married.
The Zayed Arab Mass Wedding was organised by the Sharjah based entity, Arab Family O...
December 16, 20180823Category: Cultural
Police Respond Faster To Emergencies In Dubai
Dubai Police have achieved an average emergency response time of nine minutes and three seconds to occurrences in the third quarter of this year compared to 12 minutes and eight seconds on same time l...
December 16, 20180919Category: UAE Local News
Dubai Teen Bowled Over By Mumbai Dabbawalas
Dubai kids generally wish to learn entrepreneurial skills from corporate giants. But, an Indian teen from here recently opted for Mumbai’s Dabbawalas whose 128-year-old network is dubbed the wor...
December 16, 20180897Category: UAE Local News
Unstable Weather Could Bring Rain This Weekend
Parts of UAE will have unstable weather over the next three days as clouds will bring scattered rain on Friday until Saturday, forecasters said.
The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) is monitori...
December 15, 20180815Category: Weather
Gaza Youth Wins National Geographic Photography Competition
Aspiring photographer Mohammad Al Baraway from Palestine was named the winner of the 8th edition of the ‘Moments’ photography competition by National Geographic Abu Dhabi (NGAD) on Thursda...
December 15, 20180984Category: UAE Local News
Mohammad Congratulates New Batch Of Leaders
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Thursday attended the graduation of a new batch of leaders graduated from the Mo...
December 15, 20180789Category: Government
Employees, Suppliers And Sponsor Say Managing Director Owes Millions
An Indian supermarket chain in the UAE has downed shutters of many branches after the owner allegedly fled the country leaving hundreds of employees in the lurch and millions of dirhams in dues to sup...
December 15, 20180915Category: UAE Local News
Dubai Student Found Dead In Apartment
A Dubai-based Indian student was found dead in his apartment in Garhoud on Monday.
Himanshu Sharma, 22, was a final year architecture student at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai.
&...
December 15, 201801017Category: Crime News
Beware Of Magic Pen When Signing Cheques
Do not sign a cheque in which the amount and other details are filled in by someone else because they could be using a ‘magic pen’ which has disappearing ink, warned Dubai Police.
Ten c...
December 15, 201802140Category: UAE Local News
Dubai Start-up Aims To Make Organic Foods More Accessible
Demand for organic foods is gaining traction as people are becoming aware of healthy ways of living by spending on healthy foods rather than on medical bills.
Manu Mahdi, CEO and founder of Organic...
December 15, 201801008Category: Health
Dubai Expat Helps Revive Symphony Orchestra In Ukraine
A Dubai-based Indian expat is making waves in Ukraine for his efforts in keeping the long-cherished tradition of symphony orchestra alive.
Suvra Chakraborty, a food-and-feed products trader, who he...
December 15, 20180823Category: UAE Local News
Plastic Fantastic Exhibit Focuses On Damage To Ecology
NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery has announced the next show at its auxiliary venue: the Project Space.
Open to the public from December 16-19, ‘Plastic Fantastic’ will feature works by more t...
December 15, 20180820Category: Environment
Man Jailed For Taking Phone Credit Bribes From Prisoners
A waiter lost his appeal and will be jailed three months for accepting recharge cards as bribes, in return for giving extra meals to prisoners at Dubai Central Jail.
In May 2018, Dubai Police were ...
December 15, 20180901Category: Crime News
Minor Earthquake Recorded In UAE, No Damages Reported
A 2.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the UAE on Wednesday afternoon although no damages were reported, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said.
The epicentre was recorded in East Masafi...
December 13, 20180887Category: UAE Local News
Ethiopia, UAE Governments Working To Solve Issues And Abuse Faced By Maids
The Ethiopian government has stopped sending women for employment as domestic workers in GCC countries, including the UAE, a government official confirmed to Gulf News on Wednesday.
The UAE governm...
December 13, 20180821Category: UAE Local News
Oil, Transport Sectors Are Biggest Air Pollution Culprits
The oil and gas, road transport and industrial sectors are the biggest contributors to air pollution in Abu Dhabi, a new government report said on Wednesday.
The Environment Agency — Abu Dhab...
December 13, 20180805Category: Environment
