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When Indian expat Mohammed Adil won Dh25,000 for 25 years at the Fast 5 game of Emirates’ Draw, all he thought of was giving back to the community in a massive way. His story is not just about personal gain but about spreading joy. Out of four instalments he has received so far, he has made a difference in the life of people around him with each instalment. Adil has donated a significant portion of his winnings to charitable causes and sponsored the wedding of a girl from a family with seven daughters, from the first instalment of Dh25,000. “The…

Siddaramaiah, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Karnataka, on Friday announced that his government will withdraw the ban order on the Hijab imposed by BJP and said that there should be no politics on what people prefer to wear and eat. The previous BJP government in the State had imposed a Hijab ban on students in educational institutions. The matter reached the Karnataka High Court which also upheld the ban imposed by the then BJP government. In this regard, Supreme Court had delivered a split verdict leading to the Karantaka High Court being upheld. Addressing a public rally…

Mastercard Economics Institute’s Economic Outlook for 2024: Empowered consumers to balance price and priority Consumers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arefinding their equilibrium by carefully balancing prices and priorities Confidence in ecommerce purchases is high, but also in returns, with‘living rooms becoming dressing rooms’ Strong labor market and healthy household balance sheets, on aggregate, should underpin consumer spending power in coming year Dubai, United Arab Emirates;21December 2023:The Mastercard Economics Institutereleased ‘Economic Outlook 2024’, its annual report identifying the themes that will define the economic landscape. While the global economy will feel more “normal” in the coming year than the…

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom “Director James Wan’s Aquaman sequel isn’t particularly good or memorable, but it is a striking, strangely admirable slice of superhero entertainment.” Pros James Wan’s uninhibited, go-for broke direction Jason Momoa and Patrick Wilson’s infectious chemistry Cons A clunky, exposition-ridden script A by-the-numbers plot A cast of uninteresting, underdeveloped supporting characters James Wan has made a lot of strange films, but none more peculiar than Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. The new, purportedly final installment in the DCEU, is a gaudy, trashy comic book spectacle — a technicolor curio of exhilarating action and mind-numbing plotting. Due…

At least 31 people were killed in floods and heavy rain in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu this week, a top federal minister said on Friday, as rescuers struggled to reach scores still stranded in high waters. Heavy rains have paralysed several districts of the state, inundating entire neighbourhoods, roads and railway tracks, days after a cyclone hit India’s south-eastern coast, causing widespread damage. “The (toll) number could change,” federal Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman told reporters, adding that more than 40,000 people have been rescued so far and efforts are underway to reach those still stranded. Stay up to…

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). It’s only at the end of the second act of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom that Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) and his half-brother, Orm (Patrick Wilson), realize the full scope of David Kane/Black Manta’s (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) plans. Orm, still reeling from his brief experience of holding Manta’s mysterious, powerful black trident, reveals that the weapon is an artifact of Necrus, the long-lost seventh kingdom of Atlantis, that was crafted using dark magic by its power-hungry king, Kordax. When Kordax’s brother, King Atlan of Atlantis (Vincent Regan), realized…

Dubai has been officially confirmed as the host for an official round of the 2024 Premier Padel season. This follows a multi-year hosting agreement signed by the UAE Padel Association (UAEPA), the Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) and Dubai Sports Council (DSC), with Premier Padel, the world’s leading professional padel circuit. The all-new Dubai Premier Padel P1 event, which is scheduled for November 2024, is part of the newly-unified 25-tournament season that will take place in 18 countries across five continents. The Dubai event, which will be organised by Gallop Global, will feature 320 players in separate formats for…

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan bail in a case related to a leak of state secrets, but it was not clear how he could be released while serving a three-year sentence for corruption and facing other charges. The 71-year-old former cricket star has been embroiled in a tangle of political and legal battles since he was ousted as prime minister in April 2022. He has not been seen in public since he was sentenced to three years in prison in August for unlawfully selling state gifts while in office from 2018 to 2022. Khan…

Printing to PDF can be a great way to save a document on your computer, especially if you don’t have immediate access to a printer. If you have Windows, then you know the process has not always been seamless. But now with Windows 10 and Windows 11, print to PDF should be one of your default functions on your computer, making it easily accessible. Here is our comprehensive rundown of how to print to PDF in Windows. We also have other helpful guides, including how to password-protect a PDF, convert a PDF to Excel, convert a PDF to a Word…

The United Nations Security Council on Friday approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and called for urgent steps “to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities” after a week of vote delays and intense negotiations to avoid a veto by the United States. Amid global outrage over a rising Gaza death toll in 11 weeks of war between Israel and Hamas and a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, the US abstained to allow the 15-member council to adopt a resolution drafted by the UAE. The remaining council members voted for…