Oh, metropolitans if you have ostentatious and swanky shopping malls the small cities have their humbled Melas (Numaish). The people from every class, caste, creed or religion can congregate at one place and have fun. The world-famous Aligarh numaish was incepted way back in 1880 for the Nawabs to facilitate them for their horse shows […]
NEW DELHI – International travelers arriving at Indian airports from the Middle East, Europe and the UK have been advised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation here to brace for longer wait times from 23rd Feb 2021, Tuesday. This is in view of more stringent rules being introduced at entry points to minimize the risk […]
New biometric systems deployed at 122 smart gates at arrival and departure terminals in Dubai airports Service enables passengers to complete airport immigration procedures in 5 – 9 seconds. Dubai has launched a new fast-track passport control service that uses face and iris-recognition technologies to enable passengers to complete airport immigration procedures in five to […]
Water and heat failure persists in extremely cold conditions in Texas. Millions of Texans are surviving without electricity or water this week. Peoples are looking for cell services on overloaded towers, and after water pipes burst and gas leaks into their homes. Officials said that power outages and pipeline ruptures continued to disrupt water supplies […]
New Delhi– The arrival of Indian Naval Ship (INS) Pralaya in Abu Dhabi “underscores the deep rooted, friendly ties and multi-faceted cooperation between India and UAE,” the Ministry of Defence here said today. The visit of the ship “will further strengthen defence cooperation between the two countries,” the Ministry said. The visit of INS Pralaya […]
SHARJAH – The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) has launched its latest programme, the Sharjah Startup Studio (S3), designed to build enduring businesses that will accelerate the region’s digital transformation and contribute to the growth of the non-oil economy in the UAE. This model provides founders with $30,000 in pre-seed funding and allows them to focus […]
ABU DHABI, 19th February, 2021- The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced that 93,101 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the past 24 hours. The total number of doses provided up to today stands at 5,466,831 with a rate of vaccine distribution of 55.27 doses per 100 people. This is in […]
NEW YORK, 19th February, 2021 – Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide have reached 110,341,923, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, fatalities stood at 2,442,580. The U.S. leads the world in deaths and infections with 2,558 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, while the total of US COVID-19 fatalities rose to 493,098. […]
GENEVA, 19th February 2021– The World Health Organisation (WHO) is seeking nearly $2 billion to fund its 2021 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for COVID-19 response which, was launched on Thursday in Geneva. The strategy follows the initial plan last year that outlined the path countries should take to suppress transmission of the new […]
SHARJAH, 19th February — The local emergency crises and disaster team in Sharjah, in cooperation with the Air Wing Department of the General Directorate of Security Support at the Ministry of Interior, has launched a large-scale campaign to raise health awareness among community members against COVID-19. The campaign includes broadcasting direct awareness messages through police […]
When I was 4-5 years old, I distinctly remember listening to “likhe jo khat tujhe” playing on the radio, me standing near the window, enjoying the song, and my mom in the kitchen, cooking my favourite dish. Growing up in Mumbai, at least in my household, listening to the radio was as important as having […]
