How to break into the food and beverage industry in Dubai as a chef
Dubai: It’s a question we hear a lot: How do I break into a certain industry? How do I get my first job without experience? Who do I need to…
Meet the ‘Golden Baba’ who wears 16kg gold ornaments
Meerut: Sudhir Makkar, now known as 'Golden Baba', has been the centre of attraction in the ongoing Kanwar Yatra here in Uttar Pradesh.###He wears gold ornaments that weigh more than…
Indian tennis team to travel to Pakistan for first time in 55 years
Kolkata: For the first time in 55 years, the Indian tennis team will travel to Pakistan for their two-day Asia-Oceania Group 1 tie in September, and the squad for the…
70% of Hepatitis patients in UAE are undiagnosed
Dubai: The prevalence of Hepatitis B and C (HBV and HCV) in the UAE ranges from 0.24 to 1.64 per cent, but specialists point out that nearly 70 per cent…
Rakul Preet walks the ramp for Reynu Tandon
Designer Reynu Tandon’s collection titled ‘The Savannah Saga’, inspired by the pink sky and sunset witnessed by the designer while on a drive to Lake Tahoe in the US, saw…
Love in the time of occupation
Where do Palestinians — who inhabit a wretched world dominated by the rule of the gun, wielded by a callous, remorseless occupier — find the resources to produce important films?…
Expo 2020 #SimplyBottles: Would you wear a T-shirt made out of plastic bottles?
Plastic can actually be good###I love plastic. Don’t hate me for that. And here’s my second confession: I’ve just got myself a “quick dri” t-shirt that’s made of 10 recycled…
Higher investment, FX income drive ADIB profits
Dubai: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) reported on Wednesday a 10 per cent jump in its net profits for the second quarter of 2019 on the back of gains in…
UAE expat gets 10 years for promoting terrorist ideology on social media
Abu Dhabi: A man was sentenced to 10 years in jail and Dh2 million in fines after he was found guilty of promoting ideology of terrorist organisations through social media channels,…
Off the cuff: How the bullied find their own strategies
Recently, I happened across a story in which an elderly father and his son are walking down a long road. Poignantly, the father points out, ‘We are both travelling in…