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UAEV, the first electric vehicle (EV) charging network fully owned by the government, has been officially launched in Abu Dhabi with a network covering all seven emirates. The joint venture between the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) and Etihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE) aims to install 100 charging units by the end of this year and scale it to 1,000 by 2030. The initiative expects to reduce 100,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2030, which is equivalent to planting 1.8 million trees. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. UAEV will offer…

Indian police on Monday detained an ineligible 17-year-old for voting eight times for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, as rivals screamed voter fraud in the ongoing national polls. The Election Commission of India suspended poll officials and ordered a fresh vote at the polling station after the excited minor’s video of himself voting for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), went viral. “This is the second vote,” the boy says, smiling into his phone’s camera after pressing the electronic voting machine button for a BJP candidate in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and a political bellwether. “Now…

Adnoc announced on Monday its first strategic investment in the US, with the acquisition of a 11.7 per cent stake in Phase 1 (Trains 1-3) of NextDecade Corporation’s Rio Grande LNG, a leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project located in Texas. The deal is expected to produce a less carbon-intensive LNG. Additionally, Adnoc and NextDecade announced that they have entered into a 20-year LNG offtake agreement from RGLNG Train 4. The Phase 1 RGLNG equity stake has been acquired through an investment vehicle of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), one of the world’s premier infrastructure investors. Adnoc acquired a portion…

As the fifth phase of voting in Lok Sabha elections kickstarted on Monday morning, several celebrities from Bollywood stepped out to cast their votes in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital. Actor RajKummar Rao was among the early voters. After casting his vote at his designated polling booth in Mumbai, Rajkummar talked about the role of a responsible citizen while speaking to the media. “It is a big responsibility towards our country, we should vote. Through us, if people can get influenced then, of course, that’s the biggest thing that we can do to make people aware of the importance…

Manchester City’s insatiable appetite for trophies spells bad news for any club hoping to break the stranglehold Pep Guardiola’s side continue to have on English football. Admirably, Arsenal pushed them very close this season but once again the sight of Guardiola’s players cavorting with the Premier League trophy was the abiding image of the final day. City’s 3-1 victory over West Ham United on Sunday took them to a place not even the great Liverpool side of the 1980s and Manchester United team of the late 1990s and 2000s inhabited. A fourth successive English league title is unprecedented and the…

Andalusia Courtyard Champions Socially Sustainable Communities Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, May 20, 2024: Andalusia Courtyard, a leading boutique real estate developer, has taken a significant step towards creating socially sustainable communities with their latest event. The initiative was designed to connect property residents, fostering relationships, and reinforcing the essence of communal living. CEO and founder Saleh Tabakh emphasized, “Our mission extends beyond building properties. We are dedicated to crafting lifestyle experiences that enhance neighborly bonds, as these relationships are sources of goodwill and virtue. Strengthening our customers’ loyalty in this manner makes them our primary ambassadors, promoting our future…

This month, the three best dramas on Amazon Prime Video are all Oscar winners for their respective stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, J.K. Simmons, and Julia Roberts. They’re also excellent examples of the drama genre itself, even among Prime Video’s deep library of titles. Two out of the three picks for dramas on Amazon Prime Video that you have to watch in May are biopics, while the other is one of the most intense music school stories in recent history. Beyond the Academy Awards that the films took home for their stars, all three movies are captivating motion pictures that deserve…

Dr. Noor Sabah was recognised by Ajman police on Monday (May 20) for her heroic deed in saving the lives of major traffic accident victims in the emirate. The doctor was driving her car in the Masfour area in Ajman when she saw that there was an accident. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Upon seeing the accident, she immediately parked her car and headed towards the victims, providing them with first aid until the ambulance came. Dr. Sabah thanked Ajman Police, saying that what she did was a national and moral duty.

Iran’s veteran nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri, a harsh critic of the West, was Monday named acting foreign minister to replace the top diplomat killed in a helicopter crash along with the president. Bagheri, 56, had served as deputy to the foreign minister of the Islamic republic, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who perished along with the Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and seven others in the accident. Bagheri is considered close to Iran’s ultraconservatives and a member of the inner circle of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is the father-in-law of Bagheri’s brother. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT…

Alef Education Holding, an AI-powered learning solutions provider based in Abu Dhabi, on Monday announced its intention to proceed with an initial public offering and listing of its ordinary shares for trading on the main market of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (“ADX”). Alef Education is indirectly majority owned by Abu Dhabi Capital Group. Founded in 2008, ADCG’s scale, global reach, diverse investment mandate, and sector leading businesses, help to create transformative value as the natural partner of choice for some of the world’s leading businesses and investment institutions. The selling shareholders expect to sell 20 per cent of the…