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Indian expats in the UAE were glued to their TV sets and devices, with many taking a day off or working from home as residents watched the 2024 general election results with rapt attention. The ongoing counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday created a roller coaster-like experience for residents, as anticipation heightened with the announcement of results from each constituency throughout the day. On Tuesday, election officials in India counted a staggering 640 million votes to announce the results of the country’s extensive seven-phase election. People watched election outcomes and analysis till late evening. Mithun Perinchery…

India’s Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agreed with allies on Wednesday to form a government after a general election in which it failed to secure an outright majority for the first time in a decade. The 15-member National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition — led by Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — has 293 seats in parliament, giving it control of the legislature. “We all unanimously choose respected NDA leader Narendra Modi as our leader,” a BJP-issued alliance statement said. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. It said the NDA government would…

UAE non-oil companies faced a record uplift in outstanding business levels during May, as robust sales pipelines and the lingering effect from April’s flooding crisis put immense pressure on business capacity, data showed on Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global UAE Purchasing Managers’ Index(PMI) – a composite indicator designed to give an accurate overview of operating conditions in the non-oil private sector economy – was unchanged from April’s eight-month low of 55.3 in May. However, the reading was still above its long-run average of 54.4 and indicative of a robust improvement in operating conditions. In an attempt to bolster capacity,…

Construction Technology ConFEX 2024 Celebrates Innovation and Recognises Excellence Through Construction Technology Awards 5 June 2024, Dubai – The seventh edition of the Construction Technology ConFEX (CTF) concluded successfully on 4 June 2024, bringing together over 800 key stakeholders and industry professionals from across the globe. This year’s CTF UAE highlighted four core themes within the industry – climate & decarbonisation, wellbeing & social agenda, viability & competitive edge, and productivity & performance.  The event explored the crucial steps necessary for the industry to excel across these themes, and the critical role that technology and digitalisation will play to achieve them…

1More Sleeping Earbuds MSRP $90.00 “Provided the 1More Z30 Sleeping Earbuds suit the way you like to fall asleep, these small, unobtrusive, simple-to-use earbuds are a great nighttime partner.” Pros Comfortable and unobtrusive You can play your own audio via Bluetooth Long battery life Cons Basic app Poor selection of ambient sounds The 1More Z30 Sleeping Earbuds have become my go-to pair of overnight buds. They’ve replaced my other trusty nighttime earbuds simply because they do one thing better than most of the others I’ve tried. It’s not to do with sound or noise cancellation — it’s the fact that…

Dubai now has an air quality monitoring station that can measure 101 types of air pollutants. Equipped with 11 sensors, the Dh2-million facility was launched at Jebel Ali on Wednesday to mark World Environment Day. It is the first fixed air quality monitoring station built by the Ports, Customs, and Free Zone Corporation, and is in line with the Dubai Quality of Life Strategy 2033. The initiative is part of broader efforts led by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, to adopt and implement projects aimed…

Boeing’s new Starliner astronaut capsule was launched from Florida on Wednesday in a much-delayed first test flight carrying a crew, a milestone in the aerospace giant’s ambitions to step up its competition with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The CST-100 Starliner, with two astronauts aboard, lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, strapped to an Atlas V rocket furnished and flown by the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA). The gumdrop-shaped capsule and its crew were headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS), two years after the Starliner completed its first test voyage…

The world has never had so many rich people and their investments in soaring stock markets have made them wealthier than ever recorded, according to a study published on Wednesday. The number of ‘high net worth individuals’ (HNWIs) — defined as people with liquid assets of at least $1 million — rose by 5.1 per cent last year to 22.8 million, according to consulting firm Capgemini. Their total wealth reached $86.8 trillion in 2023, a 4.7 per cent increase from the previous year, according to the annual World Wealth Report. The number of HNWIs and their total wealth are the…

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka was sent crashing out of the French Open after a shock 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 quarterfinal loss to Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva on Wednesday after being hampered by illness throughout the contest. Having won her last two meetings with Andreeva comfortably, Belarusian Sabalenka wasted little time getting to work as the Australian Open champion cranked up her big shots to go ahead 3-1 before her serve came undone in the opening set. A suddenly out-of-sorts Sabalenka called the trainer out and had medication for illness after the 17-year-old Andreeva surged to a 5-3 lead and sensed a…

Tashkeel and SALT Unveil Exciting Designs at New Marsa Al Arab Location 20 Exceptional Posters from Nationwide Open Call Go on Display at New Restaurant Dubai, UAE – 5 June 2024| Tashkeel and SALT unveiled a stunning set of designs from some of the UAE’s most innovative and creative visual artists at a special event in Dubai last night. The designs were chosen following a nationwide open call that saw entries coming in from across the Emirates, with 20 selected to go on display at SALT’s Marsa Al Arab restaurant in the new Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab Hotel.  SALT launched…