SHARJAH – The Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department recorded 40,346 real estate transactions worth AED12.2 billion, marking a 40.5 percent increase till June 2021 against the same period last year, according to the department’s statistical report for the first half of 2021. Moreover, the total area covered in sales transactions was 75.2 million square feet. […]
DUBAI – Dubai has hosted 270 local and international sporting events during the first half of 2021, with the support, oversight, and cooperation of the Dubai Sports Council. The council announced its figures and statistics on sporting events held from 1st January to 30th June 2021, which included international tournaments, social events, women’s sporting events, […]
VIENNA – The World Heritage Committee inscribed five cultural sites, including one transnational property, in Saudi Arabia, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its 44th session held online and chaired from Fuzhou (China). The first site is Ḥimā Cultural Area in […]
ISLAMABAD – The World Health Organization (WHO), on behalf of the Polio Eradication Initiative, has announced that the United Arab Emirates has made available a total of US$ 23 million funding for polio campaigns and around US$ 376 000 for the procurement of frontline worker personal protective equipment for protection against COVID-19 in 84 highest-risk […]
DUBAI – Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that the RTA’s precautionary measures and initiatives applied to the scheduling and operation of public buses, marine transit means, and taxis, had accelerated the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Such measures contributed to […]
ABU DHABI – The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has announced the launch of the first official Public Profile for a tourism board on leading social media platform Snapchat – giving potential travellers the chance to explore everything that the UAE capital has to offer in a new and […]
Dubai: He stands a little over three feet tall. But what Abdul Rozik aka Abdo Rozik from Tajikistan lacks in size, he more than makes up with a big heart. The social media sensation and the world’s most diminutive singer is in Dubai on the invitation of UAE-based International Fighting Championship Management (IFCM) ahead of […]
Kkittu Motwni, an FTII director, makes her directorial debut with the short film ‘Push the Sky Away’. She is a Dubai-based Director and has directed various videos under the labels Colorbar Creatives and T-Series. One of her most notable projects was the ‘Das Ki Karan’ music video where she directed renowned Indian artistes Neha Kakkar, […]
Philippine community joins Eid celebrations with food festival across 12 Filipino-owned restaurants and enterprises. The event will showcase traditional Filipino cuisine that locals as well as expats have grown to love, living in Dubai’s multi-cultural set-up. The food festival, dubbed “PINASarap sa UAE” began on July 1 and will run until Aug. 31, 2021 – […]
AED 150,000 worth of Gold Gift Voucher to be won Up to 50% discount to Zero-Making Charges on select gold jewellery. Up to 75% Discount on Diamond jewellery. Free-gift with purchase of jewellery. Dubai: Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group (DGJG), the largest trade body for the jewelry industry, announced an offer-based campaign – ‘City of Gold Jewellery Surprises’ for […]
Dubai: Dubai’s homegrown pocket-friendly e-grocery app Yeepeey is contributing to the Eid Al Adha long weekend celebrations by offering free delivery in 45 minutes across Dubai. Adding to the celebrations, Yeepeey also discounts prices of groceries, fresh meat, and 50,000+ products on the app at up to 60%. Shop from 50 partner stores including Union Coop […]
