Launches EV bus at India Pavilion with focus on sustainability DUBAI: The India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai recently accomplished an important milestone as it showcased 250 startups at the India Innovation Hub. To commemorate the occasion, a special ‘India Pavilion Hub EV Bus’ was launched to strengthen India Pavilion’s focus on sustainability. The Bus has […]
Presented by Brazil’s global mining company Vale, the exhibition by Instituto Cultural Vale offers visitors an experience in augmented reality; in addition to concerts by the Vale Música Program Animals such as the jaguar and the hyacinth macaw, part of the fauna of the largest biome on the planet, interact virtually with the public Dubai: […]
In a remote area of Bangladesh is a hospital that is at risk of rising sea levels that has been named as the world’s best new building. The Friendship Hospital in Satkhira is in a cyclone-prone district in the country’s south, was announced the winner of 2021’s prestigious RIBA International Prize, with the architects praised […]
A gamer in German fractured his spine after regular use of his virtual reality headset. This happened due to his repetitive and intense movements from playing up to four hours a day rather than tripping over while wearing the headset. As per medics, the repeated strenuous movements wore down one of the vertebrae in his […]
DUBAI: Expo 2020 Dubai has resumed Dubai school visits and its popular Young Stars programme, opening up a wealth of learning experiences for children as visits to the most significant global gathering continue to climb. Expo 2020 Dubai visit numbers reached 11,608,240 as of January 31, spurred by Global Goals Week and Health and Wellness Week, […]
ABU DHABI: The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque’s main prayer hall housed the world’s largest carpet, a unique masterpiece with dazzling beauty and design. The carpet was hand-knotted by a group of the world’s most skilled artists and weavers. The wool and cotton carpet was hand-crafted by around 1,200 artisans. It is 5,400 square metres, with […]
ABU DHABI: In February 2019, the first-ever UAE Tour began, taking a professional peloton of more than one hundred riders on a whistle-stop tour of the Emirates across seven stages of racing. Won by Olympic gold medalist Primož Roglič in its augural edition, the race has since continued to attract the very best, with two-time […]
DUBAI: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that it has further expanded its COVID-19 vaccination campaign by opening up booking slots for children aged 5 to 11 for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Parents can now book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment for this age group through the DHA app or via WhatsApp (800 342). The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine […]
Playmobil toys, designed by Hans Beck, debuted at the Nuremberg Toy Fair on this day in 1974. Did you know that: • James Oliver invented the removable tempered steel plough blade on this day in 1869• Ethyl gasoline was first marketed in Dayton, Ohio on this day in 1923• Alfonso Alvarez received a patent for […]
Car insurance is essential to protect you financially when behind the wheel. Though it is a mandatory requirement in the UAE under RTA law, car insurance is still something you don’t want to be without so that you can enjoy its benefits. Your car insurance policy is your safeguard against damages, theft, or third-party claims […]
New digital exhibition will present an immersive and surreal outer space experience MBRSC to showcase footage of the Emirates Mars Mission and Hope Probe Building on an original coproduction with parent company Culturespaces and French Space Agency, CNES for 60th anniversary Dubai: Infinity des Lumières, the GCC’s largest and most impressive digital art centre, has […]
