DUBAI: A documentary on the ancient international trade centre where the ring that inspired the Expo 2020 logo was found was unveiled at a private screening recently. It will be available for general viewing from November 29, 2021 on Expo 2020’s Virtual Expo, Abu Dhabi TV, and Dubai TV, and soon on Discovery Channel. The […]
Chadwick Boseman was an American actor and playwright born on this day in 1976. Did you know that: • Sir James Jay invented invisible ink on this day in 1775• Thomas Edison demonstrated his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time on this day in 1877• The first patent for the invention of the traffic lights […]
The winner of the First Prize would be awarded USD 250,000 while 9 other finalists would be receiving substantial monetary prize at a grand ceremony in Dubai on International Nurses Day on 12th May, 2022. Nurses from around the world can submit their nominations via www.asterguardians.com by 30th January, 2022. Dubai: Launched on International Nurses […]
DUBAI: Coca-Cola Arena, has announced that tickets are now on sale for the Dubai Ice Show, which will be held from December 3 to 5, 2021. This is the first time that the multipurpose arena will be transforming into an ice rink. On December 3, the KHL regular season game between the most recent Gagarin […]
DUBAI: Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, and the Khalifa University of Science Technology signed a strategic partnership at Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit (GMIS) to enable students and alumni to work alongside tech startups, opening the private sector and entrepreneurship door for their career paths. Signed by Badr Al-Olama, Acting Chief Executive Officer of […]
DUBAI: The India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai has crossed yet another milestone by recording over 400 (thousand) footfalls since its inauguration. “The India Pavilion at the Expo 2020 continues to enchant the world by projecting an India that is Reforming, Performing & Transforming,” Piyush Goyal said on this accomplishment in a tweet. Dr. Aman […]
The Times of London was printed by automatic, steam-powered presses for the first time on this day in 1814. Did you know that: • John Wesley Hyatt, the inventor of celluloid, was born on this day in 1837• America’s first auto race was held in Chicago on this day in 1895• Mary Elizabeth Winstead is […]
Egypt celebrated the reopening of the ancient Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor, a 2.7-kilometres road that connects two temple complexes in the area, the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak. The event included a re-enactment of the Opet Festival, an annual ancient celebration, and a carnival held by Egyptian dynasties in the presence […]
The first tracings of dinosaurs in Missouri were found in the 1940s on the Chronister family’s property when they were digging a well. Nearly 60 years later, another set of fossils from the same species were uncovered about 50 feet away. After comparing and matching the tail vertebrates of these discoveries, paleontologists described them as […]
UAE, a country where cultures have always met like a beautifully synchronised symphony. To celebrate UAE’s 50th National Day, the children of GEMS Legacy School performed a beautiful Indian Kathak dance piece to lively Emirati music with the Indian Tabla to accompany it. Asha Alexander, Principal of GEMS Legacy School said, “The idea behind the […]
BOSTON: One of the first coins minted in Colonial New England, which was recently found among other coins in a candy tin, has sold at auction for more than $350,000 (AED 1.2m), more than it was expected to get, the auctioneer said. The one shilling silver coin made in Boston in 1652 — considered the […]
