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The next time your heart melts on seeing a seemingly poor person begging for alms, chances are he/she is richer than you. In separate instances, the Dubai Police arrested two women with Dh60,000 and Dh30,000 cash, respectively, that they made solely by begging. One of the women used her child to gain sympathy and, in the process, make thousands of dirhams. Both women had come to the UAE on visit visas. The Dubai Police said 99 per cent of beggars they arrested considered begging a ‘profession’. This came as the police launched its anti-begging campaign ahead of the holy month…

The Dubai branch of BD (Becton, Dickinson, and Company) , one of the leading global medical technology companies, and the Emirates Nursing Association (ENA) have announced a collaboration aimed at advancing patient safety and healthcare worker protection across the UAE. The groundbreaking initiative will focus on critical areas such as infection prevention, complications reduction, medication management, and ensuring the highest standards in vascular access management. The partnership was formalised in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), that was signed in the presence of Dr Sumaya Al Blooshi, President of the Emirates Nursing Association (ENA), ENA members Mariam Rashed…

Following the resounding success of the recently concluded ILT20 Season 2, rising cricket stars from the UAE reflect on their treasured experience at the marquee tournament widely acknowledged as one of the fastest growing T20 leagues in the world. Desert Vipers’ Ali Naseer, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders’ Alishan Sharafu, and Gulf Giants’ Zuhaib Zubair shared insight on how the tournament served as an opportunity to imbibe best practices from some of the greatest names in international cricket such as Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russel, David Warner, Trent Boult, Sam Billings and Sunil Narine while underscoring the DP World ILT20’s role towards…

ChatGPT is completely free to use, but that doesn’t mean OpenAI isn’t also interested in making some money. ChatGPT Plus is a subscription model that gives you access to a completely different service based on the GPT-4 model, along with faster speeds, more reliability, and first access to new features. Beyond that, it also opens up the ability to use ChatGPT plug-ins, create custom chatbots, use DALL-E 3 image generation, and much more. What is ChatGPT Plus? Like the standard version of ChatGPT, ChatGPT Plus is an AI chatbot, and it offers a highly accurate machine learning assistant that’s able…

Intellect Design Arena Ltd, a cloud-native, future-ready, multi-product Financial Technology company for the world’s leading banking and insurance clients, announced the launch of its ‘First Principles’ Technology suite, eMACH.ai, for Technology-suave Bankers in the Middle East and Africa. “With the rapidly evolving business environment, it is imperative for financial services institutions to stay ahead of the competition by providing a delightful customer experience. eMACH.ai offers a broad, comprehensive, composable and contextual platform that delivers capability to compose technology solutions to revolutionize the way financial services institutions operate,” Arun Jain, CMD and Chief Architect of Intellect Design Arena Limited, told Khaleej…

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said on Tuesday he did not share his family’s excitement for his 100th Test appearance, adding a series-ending win over England was more important to him than “just a number”. Ashwin, 37, is set to reach the landmark in the fifth and final match of England’s tour starting on Thursday in the brisk Himalayan hill town of Dharamshala. “It does not mean anything to me,” he told reporters. It means a lot to my wife and my mom. My daughters are more excited than I am. It’s just a number.” The off-spinner already passed the rare…

No matter how lazy or unkempt you’re willing to be, there’s something about the coming of spring that screams it is time to start cleaning. While covering Samsung Spring Sale deals, active now through March 10th, we’ve found incredible deals on washers and dryers. It’s a big boon in an otherwise terrible month to buy appliances, as we usually don’t expect good spring sales until… well, spring, which starts much later in the month. So, if you’re in need of a washer and dryer and want a discount, Samsung is the place to shop this early March. The best Samsung…

Tecom Group PJSC, the creator of specialised business districts and vibrant communities, held its Annual General Assembly Meeting at Dubai Internet City to approve key resolutions. The shareholders approved the financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2023 and a recommendation by the Board of Directors to distribute a cash dividend of Dh400 million (8 fils per ordinary share) for the second half of 2023, bringing the total amount of dividend distributions for the fiscal year 2023 to Dh800 million. The approved cash dividend payment is in line with the dividend policy set out in the IPO prospectus, in…

The qualifying rounds kicked off the 8th Fazza Para-Archery World Ranking Tournament World Qualifying Tournament for Paris 2024 – Dubai 2024, the final qualifier for Paralympics. Some of the world’s finest archers including Paralympic and World champions are in action this week at the Dubai Club for People of Determination grounds. Teenage sensation Sheetal Devi, the 17-year-old armless archer from India, was among the highlights of the opening day’s action as she was seeded number one in women compound open after the qualifying rounds. Devi, the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games champion, shot a total of 348 out of 360…

Held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum FIATA-RAME Field Meeting & Conference opens in Dubai discussing strategies to build resilient supply chain ecosystem Organised under the theme ‘Connectivity, Resilience, and Sustainability in Global Supply Chains and Trade,’ the event brought together over 600 industry leaders and CEOs on day-one The Middle East and Africa logistics market is currently valued at US$ 163.57 billion, and it is forecasted to reach US$ 222.63 billion by 2029 at a rate of 6.36% annually. Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 05 March 2024: Held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed…