Thursday, June 5, 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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Eid Al Adha in Dubai: Salik to apply variable toll rates during holiday

Salik PJSC, Dubai’s toll operator, will implement variable road toll pricing on all four days of the Eid El...

Dubai to reserve 4 public beaches for families during Eid Al Adha holidays

Four Dubai public beaches will be designated exclusively for families during the Eid Al Adha holiday. The beaches include Jumeirah 2, Jumeirah 3, Umm...

Dubai RTA’s online booking system eases vehicle testing

For Syed Azeez, yearly vehicle testing was one of those chores he kept putting off, until it became urgent. His car’s registration had already...

UAE announces outdoor work ban starting June 15

The UAE will enforce a ban on outdoor work under direct sunlight from 12.30pm to 3pm daily for three months, starting June 15. This...

UAE-Pakistan travel: PIA relaunches direct flights from Dubai to Skardu

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced on May 30 the re-launch of its direct service between Dubai International (DXB) airport and Pakistan’s Skardu (KDU) city. The...