UAE Hosts Workshop On Nuclear Export Control System
Nine countries and United Nations representatives convened on Sunday to debate the status of the nuclear export control system and its future in a four-day workshop hosted by the UAE’s Federal A...
October 15, 201801033Category: Environment
Abu Dhabi Signs Deal With Global Urban Services Provider
The Abu Dhabi Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities (DPM) signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a French firm for the delivery of urban services that will contribute towa...
October 15, 201801068Category: Government
Fire Breaks Out In Abu Dhabi Building
A fire broke out in a 12-storey residential building in downtown Abu Dhabi's Muroor Road on Sunday evening.
No injuries were reported. Civil defence teams responded swiftly and controlled the spr...
October 15, 201801282Category: UAE Local News
67 Abandoned Boats Removed From Fishermen’s Port In Sadr City
Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) had launched a crackdown on boats abandoned at the Fishermen’s Port in Sadr City.
The campaign through Shahama Municipal Centre in cooperation with the strateg...
October 14, 201801043Category: Environment
Five Arrested In Major Drug Bust In Capital
Abu Dhabi Police have arrested five Asians with 17.5kg of narcotics, which they were planning to sell in the country. The police nabbed the accused in two separate operations, an official said on Satu...
October 14, 201801136Category: Crime News
Emirati Dies In UAQ Car Race Track
In a tragic incident, a 23-year-old Emirati man was killed late Friday night on a highway in Umm Al Quwain .
The accident occurred on the race track of Emirates Motorplex, the popular off-road race t...
October 14, 201801185Category: Traffic Department and Driving License
Driverless Taxi Is About To Hit Dubai Roads
A driverless taxi is about to hit Dubai roads.
The autonomous cab will be part of a series of smart techonology intiatives that the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is all set to unveil at the Git...
October 14, 201801329Category: Transport
Personal Data Is Not As Safe As You Think
Dubai-based Clint Arnold is on Google, looking for a local antique furniture shop. Needless to say, he instantly gets a number of options to explore. Later that evening, when he is on Facebook, he is ...
October 14, 201801078Category: Crime News
Nepalese Domestic Workers Left In Limbo In UAE
Hundreds of Nepalese domestic workers in the UAE are not going back home for emergency purposes or vacation to avoid getting stuck in Nepal.
They reached the UAE legally before the Nepalese governmen...
October 14, 201802740Category: Expats
Over Dh550,000 Payout To 4 Emiratis Dismissed Arbitrarily
The Abu Dhabi Labour Court has ordered a semi-government company to pay four Emiratis a total compensation of Dh550,766 for arbitrarily dismissing them from their jobs.
The court also told the compan...
October 14, 201801190Category: UAE Local News
How Humans Develop Colour Vision
US biologists have grown human retina tissue in the laboratory to determine how cells that allow people to see in colour are made, an advance that can lead to the development of therapies for diseases...
October 14, 201801043Category: Health
Traffic Chaos, Road Accident On Dubai Roads
UAE commuters experienced significant delays on Sunday as road congestions and accidents hampered traffic flow on major thoroughfares.
Roads leading in and out of Dubai were gridlocked as early as ...
October 14, 201801287Category: Transport
Dh2.14bn Provided In Social Assistance
A total of Dh 2.14 billion was offered by the Ministry of Community Development in social assistance in the first half of 2018.
The ministry’s generous aid aims to enhance family cohesion and s...
October 13, 201801277Category: Government
Shaikha Bodour Named Vice-president Of International Publishers Association
Shaikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi has assumed vice presidency of the International Publishers Association (IPA).
The announcement was made during the IPA General Assembly at the ongoing Frankfur...
October 13, 201801014Category: Cultural
Heartbroken, Suicidal Man Stopped From Jumping Off Roof
A 21-year-old man was saved from a suicidal plunge to certain death, from atop a 10-storey building in Sharjah’s Al Qassimia area on Wednesday evening.
The man was straddling the edge of the bu...
October 13, 201801333Category: Crime News
Abu Dhabi Temple Launches Website To Facilitate Donations
The first Hindu temple coming up in Abu Dhabi has launched a website that facilitates contributions to support the temple’s construction.
The website – www.mandir.ae – will allow pe...
October 13, 201801349Category: society
Influencer Fined Dh300,000 For Defaming Woman On Instagram
A prominent social media influencer in Abu Dhabi was fined more than Dh300,000 by the Abu Dhabi Court of Misdemeanours, for using abusive language online against another Emirati fashionista, popularly...
October 13, 201801055Category: Legal
Globetrotting Cyclist Pedals Into UAE
A cyclist from India, who is on a globetrotting green mission, has pedalled his way to the UAE, the 23rd country he has visited in 25 months.
Haryana-based Ayurvedic Dr Raj Phanden, aka “Cycle ...
October 13, 201801148Category: society
Emirati Retiree Learnt Kayaking On Social Media
A 58-year-old Emirati retiree says he learned coffee making and watersports from social media and started a related business in Dubai.
Abdullah Al Redha sells coffee machines and water-sport equipmen...
October 13, 201801000Category: society
