62 Pc Of Population Is Overweight, Oman Insurance Study Finds
More than half of the people polled by Oman Insurance Company were found to be overweight, a new survey has found.
At least 62 per cent of the insurance company’s health care members are over...
November 08, 20180973Category: Health
Multiple Road Crashes Cause Delays On Major Dubai Roads
Multiple backups delayed road users in some parts of Dubai on Wednesday morning, including those who were catching a flight at Dubai International, due to at least four road crashes.
An accident was ...
November 08, 201801011Category: Transport
Visitor Smuggled 12kg Of Hashish In His Bag
A visitor has been accused of smuggling 12kg of hashish, which he thought was mixed nuts, for selling, heard a court on Wednesday.
A customs inspector asked the Iranian visitor, 25, when he arrived a...
November 08, 20180971Category: Legal
5 Men On Trial For Assault On Grocery Vendor, Stealing Cash And Items
Five workers have been accused of physically assaulting a grocery store vendor, injuring him with a knife, and stealing Dh11,000 worth of cash and products, a court heard on Wednesday.
The incident o...
November 08, 201801033Category: Crime News
Five Men Get Stiffer Jail Terms For Villa Heist
Five men lost their appeals on Wednesday and will spend three years in jail each, for breaking into a villa in Dubai and stealing cash and valuables.
An Emirati housewife had accompanied her sick son...
November 08, 20180975Category: Legal
Diabetes Walkathon In Ras Al Khaimah On November 9
NMC Royal Medical Centre is organising a walkathon on November 9 to combat diabetes.
The medical Centre will host the walkathon in association with the Ras Al Khaimah Police and the Ras Al Khaimah Pu...
November 08, 20180913Category: society
Louvre Abu Dhabi Unveils Roads Of Arabia Exhibition
Rare artefacts and archeological discoveries from the Arabian Peninsula dating back more than a million years ago, went on display on Wednesday at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, giving visitors the chance to l...
November 08, 20180989Category: Cultural
Road Speed Reduced To 80 Km Per Hour In Bad Weather
Get ready to slow down in bad weather.
When inclement weather brings poor visibility, the speed limit will be reduced to 80km per hour in Abu Dhabi, the Traffic Safety Committee in Abu Dhabi announce...
November 08, 201801105Category: Transport
Children Should Read More Reality-based Stories
Parents have to set an example if they want their children to develop the reading habit, says Australian children’s writer Dee White.
In the UAE to conduct storytelling workshops for children a...
November 08, 20180961Category: Education
Real Estate Value In Dubai Impacted By Proximity To Metro Station
Prices for residential units in Dubai that are within a five-minute walk to a metro station have grown by 51 per cent on average between Q1 2010 and Q1 2018, showed Knight Frank’s Dubai Metro 20...
November 07, 20180928Category: Transport
Nominate Pioneering Projects, Achievements In The UAE
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has called on citizens to nominate projects for UAE Pioneers.
The initiative honou...
November 07, 201801078Category: Government
Winter Camps Offered To Dubai Government Employees
Dubai Municipality has offered winter camps to government departments to entertain and delight their employees, the civic body said on Tuesday.
The temporary winter camps that are popular among Emira...
November 07, 201801348Category: society
Scientific LED Show Lights Up Sharjah International Book Fair 2018
An illuminating dance performance took place on November 5 at the theatre of the 37th Sharjah International Book Fair held at the Sharjah Expo Centre.
Wowing the crowds with a fast-paced, energetic, ...
November 07, 20180863Category: society
Pakistani Expat Hits 1 Million Dollors Jackpot In Dubai
Some people can barely afford the price of a lottery ticket, but one Pakistani expat managed to buy not just one, but a total of 18 tickets. And it was all worth it.
A Pakistani national has ju...
November 07, 201801005Category: society
UAE’s Long-serving Kerala Expats Reveal Their Love Of The Desert In New Book
More than one million expats from the south Indian state of Kerala have made the UAE their home in the past five decades.
But who are the Malayalis who first set sail to this country? How many of the...
November 06, 201801174Category: society
Mohammad Receives Ghana’s Vice President
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received on Monday the Vice-President of Ghana, Mahammad Bawumia, and his accompany...
November 06, 20180874Category: Government
42-year-old Jordanian Woman Died In Accident
A 42-year-old Jordanian woman died after she was run over by a speeding car while her fourteen-month-old daughter is fighting for her life at the ICU of Al Qassimi hospital in Sharjah.
The accident t...
November 06, 201801108Category: Crime News
22,000 Graduate From One Million Arab Coders Initiative
The One Million Arab Coders annual ceremony celebrated the initiative’s first batch of graduates and top achievers at the VOX Cinema in Mall of the Emirates on Monday, with over 22,000 people ar...
November 06, 201801035Category: society
Girlfriend’s Killer Wins Fresh Trial
A manager, who is serving a seven-year imprisonment for killing his girlfriend in her apartment over a financial dispute, will have a fresh trial before the appellate court.
In September, the Dubai A...
November 06, 20180883Category: Legal
