Palindrome Date: What’s so special about 8th of October?
DUBAI 9 October 2018: What was s special about yesterday. Well, it was a palindrome date. What does that mean? It means the word or sequence of numbers can be read from left to right […]
Year: 2018
Dangerous driving on the rise in UAE: monitor
DUBAI 9 October 2018: The 7th cycle of the ‘UAE Road Safety Monitor’ once more underlines the authorities’ efforts to further improve the road infrastructure, but it also delivers a trend reversal for UAE’s road […]
Ex-Brit editor jail term extended from 10 to 15 years
DUBAI 8 October 2018: British national Francis Matthew, former Editor of Gulf News had his jail term extended by the Dubai Appeals Court on Sunday. At the end of March the Dubai Court of First […]
Half a billion dirhams to get you to Deira Islands
Dh447m contract for bridges awarded DUBAI 21 October 2018: Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), in coordination with Nakheel, has awarded a contract for the construction of three bridges leading to Deira Islands. The bridges, which […]
UAE increases overall annual spending by 15.6%
ABU DHABI 8 October 2018: The UAE adopted a general expansionary fiscal policy during the first quarter of 2018 and increased its overall annual spending by 15.6 per cent due to the recovery in oil […]
Dubai South to have the world’s largest vertical farm
DUBAI 8 October 2018: Dubai South has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC), with Emirates Flight Catering, under which the latter will expand its operations in the aviation district to build […]
New UAE workers insurance scheme coming
DUBAI 7 October 2018: The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced that effective 14 October, a worker’s insurance scheme will replace the existing bank guarantees system. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced that […]
Sehwag, Miandad, Muralitharan sign up for UAE T20x
DUBAI 8 October 2018: UAE T20x reveals a super-roster of legendary coaches from the Subcontinent who have put themselves into the mix for coaching roles at this year’s tournament. The coach and mentor pool, which […]
Priyanka Chopra’s love Nick Jonas LIVE in Dubai
To perform at Fiesta De Los Muertos on Oct 26 at 117 Live Arena DUBAI 8 October 2018: Fiesta De Los Muertos, the biggest annual Halloween-themed live music festival, makes its highly anticipated return to […]
Salman Khan in AD to shoot Bollywood blockbuster
ABU DHABI 8 October 2018: Production has begun in Abu Dhabi on Bollywood blockbuster ‘Bharat’, starring superstars Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif and directed by renowned filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar. All three Indian icons previously […]