Zayed Honoured Through Art, Poetry And Music
The winners of the Art of Zayed competition were announced on Sunday at an award ceremony at the Emirates Towers’ Youth Hub.
The competition, which was launched earlier this year, aimed to co...
December 17, 20180856Category: UAE Local News
Dubai Lab Bags Reference Status In Region
Dubai Central Laboratory (DCL) has achieved the status of a reference laboratory in testing formaldehyde ratio in paints, Dubai Municipality announced on Sunday.
The referential rank has been achie...
December 17, 20180846Category: Health
Expect Fair Weather During The Day, Humid At Night
The UAE will have fair to partly cloudy weather during the day in general on Monday and Tuesday but humid by night and early morning.
Mist might form on Monday over some western areas while fog or ...
December 17, 20180784Category: Weather
Dubai Is Leading Itself To The Future
A toilet that can detect cancer cells long before a tumour grows. Contact lenses that harness information from the internet in one blink. Art conceived in the mind of an artist and then directly 3D-pr...
December 17, 20180860Category: Government
Global Study Also Ranked Pope Francis, World Leaders On Instagram For 2018
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice- President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has been ranked the ninth most followed world leader on Instagram, according to an an...
December 17, 20180804Category: Government
Emirati Begins Journey To South Pole
After becoming the youngest Arab to trek across the North Pole in May of this year, Abdullah Al Ahbabi, 26, is aiming to repeat that feat, only this time he plans on doing it on the South Pole.
Al ...
December 16, 201801003Category: UAE Local News
ECNR Registration Requirement Postponed Until Further Notice
In an apparent U-turn, the government of India has decided to temporarily halt the mandatory online registration of ECNR passport holders with job visas in 18 countries.
The decision was conveyed b...
December 16, 20180930Category: World News
Fancy Interning With Indian Consulate In Dubai
Fancy interning with a diplomatic mission? Well, Indian university students in Dubai will now get such an opportunity.
The Indian Consulate in Dubai has rolled out an internship programme for stude...
December 16, 20180857Category: Education
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, 20180774Category: 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, 20180900Category: 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, 20180862Category: 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, 20180988Category: 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, 20180874Category: 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, 20180969Category: 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, 20180938Category: 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, 20180860Category: 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, 201801063Category: 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, 20180826Category: 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, 20180956Category: 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, 201801060Category: Crime News
