DUBAI: The Sweden Pavilion hosted a sustainable fashion show, featuring a low-carbon line of nature-inspired clothes and accessories and demonstrating an app that can calculate the carbon footprint of clothes. Sofie Kallstrom, CEO and founder of Transparall.com, and organiser of the show said, “My company has partnered with a Swedish firm that has developed an […]
For residents of UAE, the onset of winter marks the beginning of an exciting time in the outdoors amid nature. Winter months are pretty significant for avid bird watchers and nature enthusiasts too. The perfect time when flocks of beautiful migratory birds call UAE their home every year. You can spot majority of migratory birds […]
The much-anticipated thriller and action adventure ‘Kurup’ premiere at Reel Cinemas, Dubai Mall on the 11th of November. KURUP is being released across Middle East in 5 Languages, which include Malayalam, Tamil, Telegu, Hindi & Kannada. Starring Dulquer Salmaan, Sobhita Dhulipala and Srinath Rajendran, ‘Kurup’ is directed by Srinath Rajendran, is a tale based on […]
DUBAI: Swiss International Scientific School Dubai is sponsoring an enthralling exhibition of Swiss books at this week’s Dubai Design Week. Taking place November 8 to 13, 2021, Dubai Design Week is an annual week-long festival celebrating regional design and creativity through free-to-attend exhibitions, installations, engaging activities and pop-ups, talks, and workshops. “The Most Beautiful Swiss […]
CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA and private rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit late yesterday, sending a veteran spacewalker, two younger crewmates chosen for future lunar missions, and a German materials scientist on their way to the International Space Station. The SpaceX-built launch vehicle, consisting of a Crew Dragon capsule and a two-stage Falcon 9 […]
DUBAI: The Republic of Burundi celebrated its National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai recently with an impressive performance from the country’s traditional drummers and remarks from the leader of the East African nation. President Evariste Ndayishimiye, First Lady Angelique Ndayishimiye, and Patrick Nkurunzizawere, Commissioner General of Burundi, were welcomed by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President, Dubai Civil […]
SHARJAH: The Arabic edition of ‘100 Great Indian Poems’, selected and edited by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K. has been translated and published into Arabic by the Sharjah Institute for Heritage. Titled ‘١٠٠ قصيدة هندية رائعة ‘ in Arabic, the book includes poems from 28 Indian languages spanning over three thousand years of Indian poetry. Earlier […]
DUBAI: Staged in strategic partnership with Dubai Design District (d3) alongside Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) and supported by A.R.M. Holding, Dubai Design Week 2021 opened recently with a varied line-up of over 260 activities taking place at the festival’s main hub in d3 and around the city. Reinforcing Dubai’s position as the […]
DUBAI: Merge Technology has launched “Merge- Interpreter Sign Language”, the “first-ever” smart platform in the Middle East & North Africa to provide a community with a simultaneous interpretation of sign language for the deaf & hard of hearing. The platform enables users to communicate easily through video calls, with round-the-clock assistance from sign language interpreters […]
MUMBAI: Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Champions Mumbai City FC are delighted to announce a new global partnership with Expo 2020 Dubai for the 2021-22 season. The collaboration will see the first World Expo to take place in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region become the Islanders’ Principal Partner. As a part […]
The highly anticipated landing of the first woman and the first person of color on the moon will have to wait. Due to a delay caused by litigation with Blue Origin, as well as other factors — including the pandemic — the earliest return of NASA boots on the lunar surface through the Artemis program […]
