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The Indian rupee appreciated 9 paise to 83.06 against the US dollar (23.07 against the UAE dirham) in early trade on Monday on the back of positive domestic equity markets and inflow of foreign fund. However, forex traders said a strong American currency and volatile crude oil prices weighed on the domestic currency. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic currency opened at 83.09, touched the level of 83.04 before trading at 83.06 against the greenback in initial deals, registering a rise of 9 paise from its previous close.

“Oppenheimer” picked up multiple key wins at the Golden Globes on Sunday, on a night billed as a celebration of Christopher Nolan’s epic and its fellow summer smash hit “Barbie.” Dubbed “Barbenheimer” after they were released on the same weekend and grossed a combined $2.4 billion, the two movies boasted 17 nominations between them at the Globes, which kicked off Hollywood’s awards season. “Oppenheimer” — which tells the story of the inventor of the atomic bomb, and has eight nods — took best drama movie, best director for Nolan, as well as acting wins for Cillian Murphy (lead male actor…

HID to Present Secure, Sustainable Innovations at Intersec DubaiBooth S3-D17 Will Showcase Access Control, Secure Issuance Solutions for the Connected World Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 08, 2024– HID, the world’s leading provider of trusted identity solutions, will showcase its latest innovations in physical access control and secure identity issuance at Intersec Dubai, Jan. 16–18, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, at Booth S3-D17. HID’s trusted identities solutions showcased at the booth will include: Access control in a mobile-first world:HID Mobile Access® Technology —a pioneering access control solution that allowsorganizations to meet the growing demands of a mobile-first world.Mobile access…

This year promises a bunch of launches featuring new rockets from a range of operators. Let’s take a look at five notable rocket launches that are sure to make headlines over the coming months: ULA’s Vulcan Centaur The first of these takes place on Monday, January 8, with United Launch Alliance conducting the maiden launch of its brand-new Vulcan Centaur rocket. The 202-feet-tall (61.6-meter) vehicle will launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to become the first to land a privately built lander on the moon. The Vulcan Centaur is a versatile two-stage rocket in that…

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won re-election for a fifth term Sunday, officials said, following a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a “terrorist organisation”. Hasina’s ruling Awami League “has won more than 50 percent seats,” an Election Commission spokesman told AFP, with counting ongoing. She has presided over breakneck economic growth in a country once beset by grinding poverty, but her government has been accused of rampant human rights abuses and a ruthless opposition crackdown. Her party faced almost no effective rivals in the seats it contested, but it avoided fielding candidates in a few constituencies,…

Gold prices fell over Dh1 per gram in the UAE at the opening of the markets on Monday in line with the drop in global rates. The Dubai Jewellery Group data showed 24K trading at Dh246.5 per gram on Monday morning, down from Dh247.75 per gram at the close of the markets on Friday. While 22K, 21K and 18K also traded lower at Dh228.25, Dh221.0 and Dh189.25 per gram, respectively. Spot gold was down 0.42 per cent at $2,035.51 per ounce at 9.23 am UAE time due to fading expectations of an early rate cut in the US keeping the…

Let us be perfectly clear: When you see through all the smoke and glitz and glamour, transparency very much rules the early hours of CES 2024. The latest entry comes from Samsung, which is hardly a stranger to clear displays. The new hotness, though, is a transparent micro-LED display. And let’s be clear what this is not: Unlike what we’ve just seen elsewhere, Samsung’s transparent micro-LED isn’t being showcased in a consumer-ready product. This isn’t a television you’ll be able to purchase later this year, though Samsung does say that the micro-LED is good for “a clear, unobstructed picture for…

From home-delivering your food, groceries and medicines to pampering you at hotels and restaurants, the UAE’s service sector workers try to go above and beyond what’s required of them. Often seen as the face of their respective companies, service with a smile often results in a second salary of sorts for workers in the form of tips. While it’s customary for customers to express their appreciation with tips, it isn’t a mandatory requirement. There isn’t a fixed amount or even a general consensus of what an ideal tip in the UAE is. Some pay 10 to 15 per cent, while…

When you first cast a glimpse at the Music Frame, you think, “Huh. That looks pretty cool.” And it does, because it’s a pretty modern-looking picture frame. And because Samsung is showing it off at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, it has some pretty snazzy art tucked inside. Turn on some sounds — be it music, or traditional audio from a TV show or movie — and you think, “Huh. That picture frame sounds pretty cool, too.” And that, in a nutshell, is the Music Frame. It’s a quintessential Samsung product, and very much the sort of thing that makes…

Born in Moscow and raised in Syria, Dina Saadi discovered a passion for art from a very young age. As a hyperactive child, her mother observed that the only things capable of holding her attention for extended periods were paper and colouring pens. This creative outlet allowed her mum to manage other tasks while Saadi was engrossed in drawing, sometimes for hours. Saadi’s earliest memory of creating art dates back to when she was only three years old, drawing what she called a “potato” – scribbling overlapped circles on paper. “From the moment I was handed my first set of…