Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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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Return to online school: UAE families juggle work and life as homes become classrooms

Schools across the UAE resumed the new academic term online, but for many families, the shift has once again...

Air India allows passengers to rebook to India from any airport in UAE without any extra charge.

Stranded passengers in the UAE can now rebook their cancelled Air India Express flights from any airport in the country to any destination in...

Big News from UAE: New Glass-Domed Mosque Opens in Sharjah

As the sun sets over Al Dhaid, the inside of newly opened Al Nasr Mosque begins to glow. Golden light pours through a giant...

Dubai Gold Prices Fall Below Dh600/Gram, Drop Dh11 in 24 Hours

Gold prices dropped below Dh600 per gram in Dubai on Friday morning as the yellow metal slipped below $5,000, reaching close to a one-week...

Gold Prices Stable in Dubai Morning Trade – 24K Around Dh610

Gold Prices: At 9am UAE time, the 24K gold price was trading at Dh610.75 per gram, slightly up from last night’s close. Among the...