Dubai: A driver has been jailed for six months for beating a policeman and injuring him when he tried to handcuff him and damaging his walkie-talkie at a Dubai Metro station. The 33-year-old Indian driver pressed his chest to the policeman’s shoulder and …
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Dubai Safari will be ready to open ahead of National Day
Apparently Hussain Nasser Lootah, director general of Dubai Municipality, confirmed to Gulf News that the finishing touches will be complete by the end of November. “We are expecting to complete and hope to open Dubai Safari by the end of November,” he …
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Human Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves vows NO MORE surgery after being ‘detained in Dubai because he looks nothing like his passport pic’
HUMAN Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves has vowed to have NO MORE surgery – following nearly 50 operations – after being detained at Dubai Airport because he “didn’t look anything like his passport”. Rodrigo, 34, who gained the nickname thanks to his love of cosmetic …
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Driverless hover-taxi makes first ‘concept’ flight in Dubai
Dubai has edged closer to its goal of launching a pioneering hover-taxi service, with the authorities announcing a successful “concept” flight was made on Monday without passengers. Safety features for the two-seater air taxi include emergency parachutes …
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UAE to build Dh500m Mars Scientific City
Abu Dhabi: The UAE on Tuesday revealed plans to build a city called Mars Scientific City, a Dh500 million project that will simulate life on Mars. The announcement was made on the first day of the annual government meetings in Abu Dhabi. The Mars …
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Dubai tests drone taxi service
Dubai has conducted its first test of a drone taxi service that it hopes will become a viable transportation system in the city. The two-seater, 18-rotor unmanned vehicle took off for a five-minute flight above a strip of sand on the Gulf coast. The flight …
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New strategy to help Dubai’s hottest urban areas beat the heat
Dubai: Dubai Municipality is developing a climate adaptation strategy to reduce the temperature in the emirate’s hottest urban areas. In a press release issued on Tuesday, Hussain Nasser Lootah, director-general of Dubai Municipality, said the strategy …
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Sharjah charity pays off debts of 22 prisoners
Sharjah: The Sharjah Charity Association donated Dh742,451 to Sharjah Punitive and Rehabilitation Establishments to settle the debts of 22 prisoners. The donation aims to release the prisoners, who were each sentenced to different jail terms for financial …
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Chief Minister seeks investment from Sharjah
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Cabinet colleagues have requested visiting Sharjah ruler Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi to implement a housing scheme for Keralites in Sharjah. At an interaction with the ruler at Raj Bhavan on Monday, Mr.Vijayan and …
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Sharjah ruler sets free jailed Indians after Kerala CM’s intervention
During the function, the Sharjah ruler vowed all support to the endeavours of Calicut University, which he referred to in his speech as his own university. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news …
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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank : ADGM Partners with ADIB to Enhance Abu Dhabi
Release date- 25092017 – ADGM Partners with ADIB to Enhance Abu Dhabi’s FinTech Ecosystem. ADIB and ADGM will also explore and participate in joint innovation projects on the development and application of technologies such as digital and mobile payments …
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Watch: Bus catches fire in Dubai Marina
Hope all ok. pic.twitter.com/AjAzc66kVI— Dawn Metcalfe (@PDSiDXB) September 26, 2017 According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place at around 7.20am near La Riviera Tower in Dubai Marina, along Mersa Street. @gulf_news Bus on Fire in Dubai Marina.
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Watch: Dubai tests world’s first self-flying taxi
Michael Rudolph, Head, Aviation Regulations and Safety, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, was on hand for the special flight and told Gulf News shortly afterward that the test flight was a world first in the history of aviation. “This is a something that …
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Want free parking? Drive an electric car in Dubai
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority aims to have 32 000 electric cars on local roads by 2020 and 42 000 by 2030, chief executive officer Saeed Al Tayer said on Sunday at a news conference in Dubai. DEWA installed 100 charging stations across the city …
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Egyptian once known as ‘world’s heaviest woman’ dies in UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Doctors say an Egyptian once known as “the world’s heaviest woman” has died in a hospital in the United Arab Emirates. She was 37. Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi said that Eman Abdul Atti died at 4:35 a.m. on Monday. Doctors …
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Sharjah ruler calls on Kerala Governor
Prime News, Nation, (Thiruvananthapuram), September 25:-United Arab Emirates (UAE0 Supreme Council member and Sharjah ruler Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, who reached here on Sunday as part of a five-day visit to Kerala, called on State Governor P …
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Two men injured in Sharjah gas leakage
Colonel Sami Khamis Al Naqbi, Director General of Sharjah Civil Defence, told Gulf News that police received a call on Monday at around 4.30am reporting the incident. A police team and civil defence team controlled the fire after arriving at the scene.
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