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The Hinduja Family Secures Top Spot on the Sunday Times Rich List 2024 Dubai/Mumbai, 17 May, 2024: The Hinduja family led by Mr. Gopichand Hinduja, Chairman of the Hinduja Group, a 110-year-old multinational conglomerate with a multi-billion dollar turnover, has topped the Sunday Times Rich List at £37.196 Billion. The Sunday Times Rich List compiles the net wealth rankings of the top 1,000 individuals or families residing in the United Kingdom, highlighting the wealthiest among them. This prestigious ranking is a testament to the Hinduja Groups remarkable achievements and outstanding success in the world of business. The UK-based family’s group…

Honda remains committed to hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, but the market for those vehicles remains limited. So Honda is looking at other uses for fuel cells — including commercial trucks. To show how that could work, Honda converted a semi truck to fuel-cell power, replacing its diesel engine with three fuel-cell modules. Together, the three modules produce a combined 321 horsepower, and can propel the truck to a top speed of 70 mph. There’s enough onboard hydrogen storage capacity for a 400-mile range with a full load, Honda claims. The modules, which were co-developed by Honda and General Motors, have greater…

Found a buyer for a car or a bag you’re selling online? Beware of fraudsters who send fake bank receipts, the police said. The Abu Dhabi Police on Friday alerted residents to a scam that target online sellers. These bogus buyers would usually send ‘receipts’, saying they have already sent the money — but it turns out no payment has been made. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Explaining the modus operandi, Col Muslim Muhammad Al Amari, director of the Criminal Security Sector, said the fraud starts once a scammer finds an unsuspecting…

With new photographic and video evidence, an Indian court battle over the origins of the world famous butter chicken is set to get spicier. Two Indian restaurant chains have been sparring since January at the Delhi High Court, both claiming credit for inventing the dish in a lawsuit that has grabbed the attention of social media users, food critics, editorials and TV channels across the globe. The popular Moti Mahal restaurant chain said it had the sole right to be recognised as the inventor of the curry and demanded its rival, the Daryaganj chain, to stop claiming credit and pay…

World number one Iga Swiatek marched into her third Italian Open final as she beat American third seed Coco Gauff 6-4 6-3 in the first semi-final on Thursday. The Pole will face Aryna Sabalenka in the Rome showdown on Saturday after the world number two beat American 13th seed Danielle Collins 7-5 6-2. It’s the first meeting between No.1 and No.2 in the tournament’s history. This will also be the fifth time Sabalenka and Swiatek meet in a final, all of which have been on clay. It would be the fourth meeting on clay between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka…

PAM Honors H.E. Amb. Dr. Abdulsalam AlMadani for Continuous Humanitarian Efforts through DIHAD Sustainable Humanitarian Organisation Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 17 May 2024: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) honored His Excellency Amb. Dr. Abdulsalam AlMadani, Roving Ambassador for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean for the GCC, Chairman of DIHAD Sustainable Humanitarian Organisation, and Chairman of (DISAB), marking twenty years of fruitful collaboration between DIHAD and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM). This recognition was bestowed during The Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean 18th Plenary Session, held in Braga, Portugal, in appreciation of Ambassador AlMadani’s significant…

May is an unusually quiet time for movies on Max, which typically has a long list of additions at the start of the month. For action fans, the original Mad Max trilogy is back ahead of the theatrical release of the new film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga later this month. Beyond that, there’s not much to get excited about besides The Lighthouse, a 2019 psychological thriller where Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson go stark raving mad in the 19th century. Instead of going with that film, our choice for the one Max movie that you have to watch in May…

Emirati culture has taken centre stage at the ongoing 20th Thessaloniki International Book Fair (TIBF) in Greece, with Sharjah serving as the first Arab Guest of Honour. “Sharjah is not just participating as an honouree, but has been seriously engaged in the timeless bridges of culture and dialogue of the Greek and Arab world and has already worked a lot in programs involving Greek writers and creators,” noted Nikos A. Koukis, president of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. “This year, Sharjah – the first city in the…

Vast Investment Opportunities in Indian Micro-Finance Sector For UAE: MFIN CEO By 2027, MFIN anticipates the micro-financing loan portfolio in India to reach USD 80 billion, signalling ample opportunities for investors from UAE seeking both financial returns and social impact May 14, 2024, Dubai, UAE: MFIN, the quasi-regulatory body (Self Regulatory Organisation) in the Indian micro-finance sector, has underscored the significant potential for investment in India’s micro-finance industry from the UAE market. With total micro-finance loan portfolio amounting to USD 50 billion and an outreach extending to 7.5 crore low-income women– a community often disempowered in society– India’s micro-finance sector…

Apple revealed the next generations of the iPad Air and iPad Pro last week during its Let Loose event. This week, the first wave of new iPads will arrive in stores and reach consumers worldwide. Though we got a new 13-inch iPad Air in addition to the regular 11-inch size, the real star of the show was the iPad Pro. Now both the 11-inch and 13-inch models are equipped with a new tandem OLED Ultra Retina XDR display and the blazing-fast M4 chip, and the 1TB and 2TB models have a new nano-texture option for a matte finish display to…