DUBAI: For the first time in its 27-year history, the Dubai Quran Award is open to female participants. This major change was announced for the 2025 edition, marking a new chapter in one of the most respected Quran competitions in the world. The event has traditionally welcomed only male contestants since its launch in 1997. […]
Dubai: Pfizer, The Emirates Oncology Society, Friends of Cancer Patients and the Gulf Federation of Cancer Control joined forces under one mission of supporting the cancer care community. In line with Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the parties held an event called ‘Uniting Our Voices’ joined by leading healthcare professionals from across the Gulf region to learn […]
Dubai: Global Village joins the Rebel Alliance as they battle the evil empire with the latest addition to the Heroes Gallery at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium. Guests and fans of all things Star Wars® will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber from Star Wars®: Episode V -The Empire Strikes Back! […]
Dubai: The new law on domestic helpers aims to regulate the employment relationship of domestic helpers in the UAE, as well as set and balance the rights and responsibilities of all relevant parties involved, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) said. Under the new law, which will come into effect on December 15, […]
The most recent survey (Deloitte, 2022) stated that the average household spending on Back to School (BTS) items is $661 (AED2,427) and the global market itself is worth a staggering $34.4 billion (AED126b) – up 24% since 2019 – UAE businesses are geared up for one of their busiest trading periods of the year. UAE-based e-commerce site Kibsons has seen year-on-year growth in […]
Inflation is biting into household budgets across the globe. It’s no different in the UAE, where inflation metrics have shown an increase. The latest YouGov Realtime study explores how inflation has affected people’s cost of living in the UAE as well as the areas where they’ve made cutbacks to their household spending along with their […]
Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said that the people of the UAE, and striving to empower them, has always been and continues to be the nation’s top priority. “Ensuring our people have everything they need to live fulfilled, comfortable, and happy lives remains the basis of all our future plans,” […]
Sharjah: Zero traffic deaths were recorded in the Emirate of Sharjah during the Eid al-Adha holiday, from July 9 to 11, while the call centre of the Central Operations Room received 22,112 phone calls varying between emergency and non-emergency. Lt. Col. Humaid Obaid Al Hajri, Deputy Director of Operations Department of Sharjah Police, confirmed that […]
A Texas man has given away his entire life savings to buy virtual land on an online virtual reality game. The Texas native, Justin Reed, whose online alias is David Joker, spent US$18,000 (AED66,116) for the Khorum Coast, a piece of property in the virtual land Entropia Universe. “I know it sounds like a lot, […]
Abu Dhabi: After two years of dedicated duty on the frontlines handling complex cases in the ICU and a difficult encounter with Covid-19, Sherin Mary Babu, a registered nurse at an Abu Dhabi Hospital, welcomed her first baby at the stroke of midnight on Eid Al Adha day. Baby girl Seria Mary Rony was born […]
Dubai: The UAE’s flagship racecourse, Meydan, will commence its 2022/2023 season on Friday, 4 November with the first of 21 fixtures at the Dubai Racing Club. The events at Meydan Racecourse will culminate in the 2023 edition of the $30.5million Dubai World Cup meeting, one of the world’s biggest horse racing tournaments, set to be […]
