A four-year-old Indian-origin girl living in Dubai has now beaten Covid-19 after winning the battle with cancer
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Fine, jail for selling firecrackers during Diwali in Dubai
The Dubai Police, however, have noted that the practice has largely been curbed as a result of awareness initiatives held among the community, the Khaleej Times said in the report.
Dietary fibre cuts risks of hypertension, diabetes: study
The study tracked 200 participants’ fibre intake for six months and included check-ups at the start of the study, three months and six months.
9-year-old Indian origin girl in Dubai wins $1 Million jackpot
Earlier also the girl won a luxury car McLaren Coupe in 2013 draw of Duty-Free promotions
Indo-Canadian man hits $1 mn jackpot in Dubai
Dubai: A Canadian national of Indian origin won a jackpot of $1 million in Dubai Duty-Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire raffle on Tuesday. Mukhtar M., who is based in Dubai and works as a real estate broker, said he was surprised upon receiving “the call of a lifetime” from a Dubai[Read More…]
Dubai: ‘Robot journalist’ to address Arab Media Forum session
Dubai: An Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered robot will address a session during the Arab Media Forum (AMF) in Dubai on Wednesday and Thursday. The robot will address the session called the ‘future of news anchoring’ and highlight the use of AI in news anchoring, the Khaleej Times reported. At another[Read More…]
Chinese couple steal diamond in Dubai, held in India
Dubai: A Chinese couple who stole a diamond worth 300,000 dirhams (about $81,000) from a shop here and then fled the UAE were arrested within 20 hours from an Indian airport, authorities said. The 3.27-carat diamond was recovered in India after it was smuggled out of the United Arab Emirates[Read More…]
Indian expat wins $1 million jackpot in Dubai
Dubai: A 45-year-old Indian expat won a jackpot of $1 million (3.6 million dirhams) in the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw raffle on Tuesday. Sourav Dey, who has been living in Dubai from last six years, works as a department head for an insurance company here. He bagged the[Read More…]
Air India plane survives disaster after hitting wall
Trichy/Mumbai: Passengers and crew on board an Air India Express flight from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu to Dubai escaped a disaster early on Friday when the aircraft’s wheels hit the airport’s outer wall while taking off. Although parts of the Boeing B737-800’s undercarriage were damaged, the pilots, unaware of the[Read More…]
Indian meat traders annoyed over ban on livestock export before Eid, business faces loss
The Indian government had recently withdrew the permission to export more than 25,000 goats and sheep from the western state of Gujarat just before the Islamic festival of Eid-ul Azha (Bakrid). This has irked India’s meat trade industry as the business has suffered heavy loss. Sheep flocks were brought to[Read More…]
Dubai: Indian man jailed over emailing porn clips to girl
Dubai: An Indian man has been jailed here for three months for sending pornographic video content over e-mail to his Indian family friends 13-year-old daughter and molesting her during his visits to their home. The mother of the girl had found several porn clips sent to the latter in August 2017.[Read More…]
Police questions Boney, Dubai Public Prosecution begins probe
Dubai: The Dubai Public Prosecution has started an investigation into the untimely demise of Bollywood actress Sridevi, who was found dead in a bathtub at her hotel room here, a media report said on Tuesday. Sources at the Dubai Police informed Khaleej Times that the Public Prosecution will conduct further investigations[Read More…]
South Africa fined for slow over-rate in 4th ODI
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday fined the South African cricket team for maintaining a slow over-rate in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) against India here on Saturday. The hosts won the rain-curtailed tie by five wickets against India to keep the six-match ODI series alive at 1-3. ICC[Read More…]
More than 2 million Indians visited Dubai in 2017
Dubai: Of the 15.79 million tourists who visited Dubai in 2017, a staggering 2.1 million were from India. According to the just-released data by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), India has become the first country to cross the 2 million mark in a single year. Indian visitors[Read More…]
Dubai bakery celebrates India’s 70th Independence Day by creating Dangal cake
A Dubai bakery claims to have made the “world’s most expensive edible cake”. Cake artists at Broadway Bakery took around a month and over 1,200 man hours to bake the $40,000 (about Rs 25 lakh) cake. The cake weighs 54kg and has a special Indian touch to it. It pays[Read More…]
Bhai is fit and fine, says Chhota Shakeel on Dawood’s health and death rumours
After news of infamous gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s deaths circulated soon after some Pakistani media outlets said he’s been gravely sick, his long-time aide Chhotta Shakeel terms the news as ‘false’. The reports of the 61-year-old gangster’s death started circulating on Friday. But, his long-time aide Chhotta Shakeel was at pains[Read More…]
Uber plans to launch flying taxi service by 2023
Online cab aggregator giant Uber has unveiled plans to tie up with plane manufacturers to develop and test a network of flying cars by 2020. Uber will run trials in Dallas in US and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Aviation companies including Embraer and Bell Helicopter have been developing[Read More…]
Dubai: Gurudwara sets world record in serving food
Man sacked for sending vulgar messages to journalist Rana Ayyub
An Indian employee working in a UAE-based company has been fired for sending sexually explicit messages to renowned journalist Rana Ayyub on Facebook. The accused identified as Bincylal Balachandran hailing from Kerala has been working in Dubai for a firm called Alpha Paint, a sister company of National Paints in[Read More…]
This Dubai-based company is all set to take India’s HNIs to the skies
Over 200,000 Indian millionaires are readily choosing luxury in their air travel. India’s passenger growth has upped by 20% and according to the International Air Transport Association, we can overtake the United Kingdom as the world’s third-largest aviation market by 2026. While rich Indians can fly 1st Class, more and more[Read More…]
Dubai remains world’s busiest international airport
British tourist ‘gang-raped’ in Dubai faces jail for having sex outside marriage
A British tourist has been arrested and charged with illegal “extra-marital sex” in Dubai after telling police she had been gang raped. The 25-year-old woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was on holiday in the United Arab Emirates when she was allegedly attacked by two British men last[Read More…]
British tourist faces jail in Dubai after she was allegedly ‘gang-raped’
A British tourist who was allegedly gang-raped in Dubai has been charged by police for having extra-marital sex. The 25-year-old reported her alleged ordeal at the hands of two men to local police but was then locked up and charged, The Sun reported. It is feared the woman, who has[Read More…]
First pink ball Test: Pakistan’s Azhar Ali scores unbeaten 302 vs WI
Paksitan’s Azhar Ali led from the start and remained unbeaten in the final session of the second day against West Indies in Dubai in the first pink ball Test in the sub-continent. To make this occasion special, Ali registered an unbeaten 302 against the downtrodden visitors who have been mauled[Read More…]
Indian businessman buys ₹59.9 cr Dubai license plate for Rolls Royce
An Indian businessman has paid $9 million (₹59.9 cr) at auction to grab a single-digit car registration plate in Dubai, feeding a passion for “unique” number plates. Balwinder Sahani, who owns a Dubai-based property management company, spent AED (United Arab Emirates Dirham) 33 million on the “D5” number plate, in[Read More…]