ABU DHABI: Kannur native Kunhi Moideen is one among the good number of Malayalis who chose to leave their state and head to UAE in the late 70s. However, on Monday, Moideen was on cloud nine when he was given a farewell by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al ... ( read original story ...)
Sharjah to host Gulf Pottery Forum 2018
Sharjah, Jan. 25 (BNA): Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH ... and the Gulf communities in general, according to UAE News Agency (WAM). Pottery is an important part of Emirati heritage and remains a noble and withstanding profession, which is celebrated ... ( read original story ...)
UAE digital revolution picks up speed
“The UAE now outranks the UK in percentage terms for connected ... "Our innovations embrace a ‘tech plus touch’ philosophy that leverages digital expertise and technology to offer more sophisticated and personalised services.” ( read original story ...)
Dubai Financial Market : UAE bourses to revive on upcoming financial results – Analysts
Dubai – Mubasher: Firms’ annual financial results and subsequent dividend distributions are likely to act as the main market-boosting catalyst to the UAE bourses’ liquidity. The Emirati banks’ financial results, which were announced over the past ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai cheating case: After Kodiyeri, another LDF MLA feels the ‘son-heat’
Kollam: Close on the heels of the allegations of cheating leveled by a Dubai firm against CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s son Binoy Kodiyeri, a similar case of financial fraud has surfaced against Sreejith, son of Chavara MLA Vijayan Pillai ... ( read original story ...)
Better WiFi coverage coming for flights to Europe, Gulf states
That roster includes WiFi-enabled flights of Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways between Australia/NZ and Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha, respectively, which frequently cross Indian airspace… … along with flights from Singapore to European destinations such ... ( read original story ...)
Bradford City set to sign Ryan McGowan from Al-Sharjah
Bradford City have agreed a deal to sign Australian international Ryan McGowan from UAE side Al-Sharjah. The 28-year-old former Hearts ... In other transfer news, Bradford boss Stuart McCall told Sky Sports News on Monday that the club are not willing ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai’s latest engineering feat: a man-made canal and a – gasp – pedestrian friendly neighbourhood
The most impressive thing about the Dubai Canal – a 3.2-kilometre waterway that cuts through the city's Business Bay district, flowing to the Persian Gulf from downtown Dubai – is that a little more than a year ago, it was basically just sand. ( read original story ...)
‘UAE Indians are the largest NRI community in world’
Indian Ambassador to the UAE, told Gulf News in an interview on Wednesday. He quoted the figure from the 2017 International Migration Report of the International Organisation of Migrants (IOM), a UN agency. I want to say what a privilege it is to be India ... ( read original story ...)
Kerala leader’s son fined Dh60,000 in Dubai bounced cheque cases
who is facing allegations of cheating a Dubai company to the tune of Dh7 million, was fined Dh60,000 in two bounced cheque cases last year, Gulf News can reveal. Court sources confirmed that the defendant, Binoy Vinodini Balakrishnan — son of the state ... ( read original story ...)