Friday, May 9, 2025

Coronavirus

With record spike of 7,964 in last 24 hours, India’s total coronavirus cases reaches 1,73,763

With around 265 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the Covid-19 fatality toll now raised to 4,971. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India highest number of 7,964 coronavirus positive cases have been reported in...

What’s open until what time in UAE? Here’s your guide

The timings for the National Disinfection Campaign is changed in the UAE. It will now be starting from 10pm in the night to 6am in morning from today. It is important to note that the change of timings will...

Dubai: Outdoor exercise permitted after Fajr prayer at 4.30am

Dubai Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management confirmed that citizens can exercise outdoors if they want to after Fajr prayer (around 4.30am). However, the authority said they must all the time adhere to precautionary regulations to avoid the spread...

Can UAE employer fire employee while he is on leave?

Question I have been working since 2015 in an interior designing firm which is incorporated in a free zone. Recently, my employer converted my limited duration work contract into an unlimited contract. My employer asked me that I take leave...

Covid-19: Dubai couple on a never-ending honeymoon in lockdown

Dubai: In January, when Peri Abouzeid moved to Dubai to marry Khaled Mokhtar her long-time friend, she did not realise that her life with her partner would start on this strange note. On March 4, the couple from Egypt...

India’s Coronavirus lockdown: The poor hate it and the rich love it

The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing millions of Indians below poverty line. The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has reached around 4,700. Many migrant laborers are forced to leave their work city and going back to their home town as...

COVID-19: A man from Kerala who worked in Abu Dhabi dies

Alappuzha: A 38-year-old man from Kerala died at TD Medical College Hospital on Friday. As per reports, he has tested positive for Covid-19 infection a couple of days back. According to the doctors, death of the man caused because of acute...

Covid-19 pandemic: Woman restricted from entering home by son over infection suspicion

In a shocking news, an old woman aged around 80, was not allowed to enter the house by her own son when she returned from Maharashtra, the state most badly affected by coronavirus pandemic. The incident happened in Telangana's Karimnagar...

UAE combats COVID-19: National Sterilisation Programme timings revised to 10pm-6am

As emirates gradually reopen the new timings will facilitate people and businesses Officials of the Nuclear Weapons Radiation have announced revised timings for the National Separation Program from September 6 to May 30. The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Interior,...

Pakistan allows international flights to restart

Pakistan registered its single highest death toll of 78 in a day. Islamabad: Even as the numbers of coronavirus cases crossed 66,000, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that international flights can restart in and out of the country. As of...

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Free Wi-Fi launched on Ras Al Khaimah public buses

Ras Al Khaimah: Ras Al Khaimah Transport Authority has rolled out free high-speed WiFi on all its public buses—both...

Abu Dhabi schools enforce ban on phones, smartwatches

Abu Dhabi: Most public and private schools have begun strictly enforcing the ban on bringing mobile phones and smartwatches onto school premises. Both public and...

UAE airlines suspend flights to Pakistan after India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’

Flights between Pakistan and the UAE via Emirates remain suspended until Saturday, May 10, “due to ongoing uncertainty surrounding access to Pakistan’s airspace and...

UAE: Delivery riders not allowed on fast lanes as Ajman announces traffic rule

Delivery riders must adhere to the right lanes of the road in Ajman, authorities announced on Thursday. They are not permitted to use the...

Dubai travel: Emirates to launch daily non-stop flights to Hangzhou

Emirates is set to launch a daily non-stop service between Dubai and Hangzhou from July 30. The airline’s latest expansion into Hangzhou makes the...