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Severe heat kills 49 in India's Bihar state in 24 hours

The deaths occurred in three districts of the poor northern state, where temperatures have hovered around 45˚C in recent days, senior health official ...

13 hours ago

Tourists to get free pre-paid SIM cards in Dubai

The SIM card will provide the tourist three-minute talk time and 20MB mobile data for free. The SIM card will last for 30 days or duration of the tour...

8 hours ago

Why Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s call to bat first was ignored against India?

Imran sent out a series of messages on Twitter to convey that Pakistan should elect to bat unless there was moisture on the pitch.

7 hours ago

India continue unbeaten streak against Pakistan at World Cup

India made 336-5 with Rohit Sharma hitting 140 before Pakistan finished on 212-6 to be well short of a rain-adjusted total.

11 hours ago

Video: Priyanka Chopra gets a 'little' dancing partner

Indian actress Priyanka Chopra was shaking a leg to a Bollywood number along with a new dancing partner.

18 hours ago

Video: Meet the 28-year-old, first female Saudi commercial pilot

"Don’t underestimate yourself, work hard to achieve your goals.”

16 Jun 2019

Video: Kolkata doctors to meet Chief Minister Mamata in media's presence

'The last press interview by our honourable Chief Minister was full of discrepancies which had led to false propagation of the motive behind our prote...

10 hours ago

Massive demonstration chokes Hong Kong as extradition anger boils

Hundreds of thousands of protesters choked Hong Kong's streets for a second straight Sunday in a defiant rebuke of a reviled extradition law, piling p...

13 hours ago

    Opinion

    HK leader failed to gauge public mood

    It has become clear that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam greatly misjudged the public mood. Though she has taken the rare step of apologising, it...

    8 hours ago

    Protection sought for kids in overcrowded camps

    Michael Jansen

    The UN children’s agency, Unicef, has called on the homelands of thousands of children of foreign fighters held in camps and orphanages in Syria, Iraq...

    5 hours ago

    Repealing the 2017 tax cut a bad deal for the middle class

    Repealing the 2017 tax cuts would not just hurt the wealthy and corporations. It would also leave middle-class Americans tens of thousands of dollars ...

    8 hours ago

    Entire immigration detention system needs overhauling

    In 2017 brave undercover reporting by Callum Tulley and BBC Panorama exposed the appalling abuse of people taking place at Brook House Detention Centr...

    8 hours ago

    We must wrest control from Farage and Johnson

    Three years on from the terrible murder of Jo Cox and, though it pains me to say it, little about our political culture has changed. Memorials have be...

    8 hours ago

    Imran Khan is on the right track

    It is a new Pakistan where rule of law will be equal for rich and poor people (“Zardari’s sister Faryal Talpur arrested in money laundering case,” Jul...

    8 hours ago

    NRIs can invest in India in the form of FDI in Indian firms

    As per FDI Policy, 2013 a non-resident entity (Entity here means NRIs, POIs, OCBs, SEBI registered FVCI, FIIs etc.) can invest in India, subject to th...

    15 hours ago

    Local News

    Sisi reaffirms support for UAE against all challenges

    Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, commended the role played by Egypt in ensuring regiona...

    6 hours ago

    Child who died in bus buried at Dubai’s Al Quoz cemetery

    Mohamed was left behind on a bus at one of the Quran memorisation centers in Dubai on Saturday.

    6 hours ago

    Bodour seeks to galvanise African publishing sector

    Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Vice President of the International Publishers Association, IPA, Founder and CEO of Kalimat Group, said that IPA...

    6 hours ago

    Emirates Mars Mission Science Week to start in July

    The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) will launch the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) Science Week during the first week of July, at the Emirates T...

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    Sport

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    Rohit stars as India beat Pakistan to maintain perfect WC record

    Rohit Sharma scored his second hundred in three innings as India maintained their unbeaten record against Pakistan at the World Cup with an 89-run win...

    West Indies are World Cup underdogs against Bangladesh, says Holder

    Taunton: West Indies captain Jason Holder admits his spluttering side will be underdogs when they face Bangladesh in a crucial World Cup clash on Mond...

    7 hours ago

    Why Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s call to bat first was ignored against India?

    Imran sent out a series of messages on Twitter to convey that Pakistan should elect to bat unless there was moisture on the pitch.

    7 hours ago

    Woodland keeps US Open title bid alive with one-shot lead

    Pebble Beach: Gary Woodland delivered a gritty back nine display on Saturday, coming up with key par saves in a two-under 69 to stay one stroke in fro...

    7 hours ago

    Federer ‘fresh’ for tenth Halle title tilt; Berrettini wins

    Roger Federer says staying wide awake will be the key to his grass court season with his focus on claiming a record tenth Halle title this week. The 3...

    8 hours ago

    Lifestyle

    The biggest hobby horse event in Finland

    "The biggest hobby horse event in the world" took place Saturday in Finland's western town of Seinajoki, which hosted the annual national championship...

    18 hours ago

    Getting to zero: the Japan town trying to recycle all its waste

    Plastic, paper, metal? In Japan's Kamikatsu, sorting rubbish isn't that simple. Residents face a mind-boggling 45 separate categories for their garbag...

    18 hours ago

    Designers Lim and Leon quit French label Kenzo after eight years

    The American designers Carol Lim and Humberto Leon are quitting Kenzo, the French fashion label said Friday.

    19 hours ago

    This Minneapolis baker runs a doughnut speakeasy out of the house

    The life of a baker means working when most everyone else is asleep. Last Sunday, for example, Abby Kastrul fried doughnuts from midnight to 6 a.m. to...

    19 hours ago

    Heavy red meat eaters at increased risk of death

    A study published in the journal BMJ shows that replacing red meat with other protein sources, such as eggs and fish, whole grains and vegetables, ove...

    19 hours ago

    'Moon Rock Hunter' on quest to track down Apollo gifts

    Dozens of the "goodwill" moon rocks — some only the size of a grain of rice, others as big as a marble €— have since gone missing, and Joseph Gutheinz...

    20 hours ago

    More Greenpeace activists climb on BP drilling rig after arrests

    Greenpeace activists climbed back on a drilling rig on Friday to keep it from heading to a BP oilfield in the British North Sea, hours after police re...

    15 Jun 2019

    How to make Indian-spiced salad with tenderstem, paneer and beetroot

    Meera Sodha has taken inspiration from Rajasthan for this fresh dish. It’s called a Maharani salad; Maharani translates to “Queen”, and this salad is ...

    15 Jun 2019

    Business

    Economy Tracker survey points to faster growth in non-oil sector

    May survey data for Dubai’s private sector non-oil economy continued the recent twin themes of strengthening output growth and weak job creation.

    9 hours ago

    Boeing seeking to reduce scope, duration of some physical tests

    Boeing Co engineers are reducing the scope and duration of certain costly physical tests used to certify the planemaker’s new aircraft, according to i...

    10 hours ago

    US Federal Reserve is inching closer to its first rate cut

    As President Donald Trump’s trade wars drag on, and the global economy weakens, the US Federal Reserve is inching closer to its first interest rate cu...

    10 hours ago

    ADB to provide $3.4b loan to Pakistan

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) would provide a loan of $3.4 billion to Pakistan for budgetary support, a Minister has confirmed. The announcement wa...

    14 hours ago

    Rio de Janeiro hands over WCC hosting duties to Dubai

    Dubai was in the spotlight at the 11th World Chambers Congress (WCC) in Rio de Janeiro, the world’s largest gathering of chambers of commerce, as the ...

    14 hours ago

    Al Ramz liquidity provider for RAKCC

    Al Ramz Capital, a subsidiary of Al-Ramz Corporation Investment and Development has been appointed as a Liquidity Provider for Ras Al Khaimah Cement C...

    14 hours ago

    EGA records Dhs20.8m in savings

    Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Sunday announced that it achieved cost savings of Dhs20.8 million through its suggestion scheme during the first ha...

    14 hours ago

    Abu Dhabi highlights plans to diversify energy sources

    Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE) has outlined Abu Dhabi’s programme for energy transformation and plans ...

    15 hours ago

    SABB, Alawwal bank finalise merger

    SABB and Alawwal bank on Sunday created Saudi banking history by legally combining their businesses. Following regulatory and shareholder approvals, t...

    15 hours ago

    Dubai’s economic growth picks up, promises stronger Q2 2019

    Signalling growing investor confidence in Dubai, new business licenses issued in the emirate during the first four months of 2019 increased 35 per cen...

    15 Jun 2019

    Workers at VW’s plant voted against forming union

    Workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted Friday night against forming a factory-wide union, handing a setback to the United Auto...

    15 Jun 2019

    UAE and India to renegotiate bilateral air service agreement

    The UAE Ambassador to India, Dr Ahmed Abdulrahman Al Banna, has met with India’s new Minister for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri, and discussed pr...

    15 Jun 2019

    Jafza to offer long-term visa services

    In its efforts to support the goals of the UAE Government, Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), a key engine of economic diversification and leading source of...

    15 Jun 2019

    UAE enhances cooperation with Cyprus and Belgium

    Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, met with his counterpart Harris Georgiades, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyp...

    15 Jun 2019

    Most Read

    Facebook will remove messages mocking deaths

    "I am so glad she's dead" or "That's what she gets" will no longer be up on your Facebook page as the social network giant will now remove such scurri...

    14 Jun 2019

    Protection sought for kids in overcrowded camps

    The UN children’s agency, Unicef, has called on the homelands of thousands of children of foreign fighters held in camps and orphanages in Syria, Iraq...

    5 hours ago

    Sisi reaffirms support for UAE against all challenges

    Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, commended the role played by Egypt in ensuring regiona...

    6 hours ago

    Child who died in bus buried at Dubai’s Al Quoz cemetery

    Mohamed was left behind on a bus at one of the Quran memorisation centers in Dubai on Saturday.

    6 hours ago

    Bodour seeks to galvanise African publishing sector

    Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Vice President of the International Publishers Association, IPA, Founder and CEO of Kalimat Group, said that IPA...

    6 hours ago

    Emirates Mars Mission Science Week to start in July

    The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) will launch the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) Science Week during the first week of July, at the Emirates Towers Youth Hub. Science Week is an EMM initiative, the first Arab space exploration mission to an outer planet.

    6 hours ago

    Man dies saving woman, kid from assault

    The Criminal Court in Sharjah has adjourned the case of an Arab man accused of stabbing a compatriot to death, when the latter was attempting to save a woman and her kid from assault of the defendant. The Court requested to hasten the medical report on the mental condition of the defendant, while it determined the next session to hear the witnesses on July 2.

    6 hours ago

    Children’s City launches competition

    The Children’s City of Dubai Municipality is launching a National Tree competition for children in the age group of 6 to 12 years to ensure their participation, educate them and introduce them to the Ghaff tree and the importance of preserving it in the local environment.

    7 hours ago

    Modern medical tech eases post-hospitalisation care

    Modern technology is evidenced to be a big relief in post-hospitalisation care. NMC Provita International Medical Centre-Long-Term/Home Care Services medical director Dr Khaled Aboeldahab cited three noteworthy cases of the pioneer for post-acute care since this was established in 2011 in the UAE and has so far a minimum of 190 beds at designated facilities in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Dubai, in Muscat (Oman), as well as private units at the NMC Royal Hospital in the capital, the Al Zahra Hospital in Sharjah.

    7 hours ago

    Rohit stars as India beat Pakistan to maintain perfect WC record

    Rohit Sharma scored his second hundred in three innings as India maintained their unbeaten record against Pakistan at the World Cup with an 89-run win under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method on Sunday. Sharma’s 140 was the centrepiece of a total of 336-5 that also featured captain Virat Kohli’s 77.

    7 hours ago

    West Indies are World Cup underdogs against Bangladesh, says Holder

    Taunton: West Indies captain Jason Holder admits his spluttering side will be underdogs when they face Bangladesh in a crucial World Cup clash on Monday. Beaten in two of their four group matches, Holder’s team desperately need to secure their second win of the tournament as they chase a semi-final berth.

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