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Looking to recharge your Nol card? Exercise caution. Deceptive websites mimicking RTA’s platform are here to steal your money. In fact, the first four sites that pop up on your screen when you Google ‘Nol recharge’ are all fraudulent. Dubai resident Mohammad Salman found out the hard way recently when he lost Dh1,051 to one such website while trying to recharge his Nol card with Dh30. “The site looked strikingly similar to RTA’s official platform, and I didn’t suspect anything was amiss,” Salman recalled. Clicking on the site led him to a spoofed landing page that required entering his Nol…
Adnoc Drilling Company and Alpha Dhabi Holding announced today the incorporation of its strategic investment joint venture at Abu Dhabi Global Market. The JV will pursue global investments in energy technology and bolster tech-enabled energy services. As the inaugural investment, Alpha Dhabi has contributed its 25 per cent equity stake in Gordon Technologies, a leading provider of measurement while drilling (MWD) technology to the oil and gas industry in the US. The equity stake has been valued at circa $180 million. The establishment of this JV, and the contribution of Gordon’s 25 per cent share capital, is expected to bring…
Excitement is building for the highly anticipated second edition of the Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship (ADXC 2), scheduled for January 19 at Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Arena. The Main Card features a thrilling rematch between Ali Monfaradi and Talison, set to unfold within the cage, as both fighters aim for victory in a three-round, three-minute encounter. The impending match marks the long-awaited rematch between Bahraini sensation Ali Monfaradi and Brazil’s Talison Costa, reigniting their rivalry after a closely contested encounter in the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship Master 1 division final last November. With the stakes at their zenith, both…
A couple of the more popular music subscription services are Spotify and Apple Music, but Amazon also has a streaming music service. It’s called Amazon Music Unlimited, and right now you can get three months of the service entirely for free. Amazon Music Unlimited typically costs $11 per month, or $10 per month for Prime members, so these three free months free are worth up to a $33 value. There’s no strings attached, though you’ll need to remember to cancel your subscription when your three free months are up if you don’t want to be billed for future use. Why…
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. In one of the first of several teams of science agencies to calculate how off-the-charts warm 2023 was, the European climate agency Copernicus said the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.66 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. That’s barely below the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit that the world hoped to stay within in the 2015 Paris climate accord to avoid the most severe effects of warming. And January 2024 is on track…
Ensure that title insurance has been obtained by the developer By H.P. Ranina/NRI Problems Question: I want to buy a residential unit in a building which is under construction. However, I want to make sure that the builder is constructing on a plot of land which has clear title so that no disputes arise later. I am told that many house buyers have suffered as a result of defective title of the land. What precautions should I take? ANSWER: Before booking a residential property in a project, you have to ensure that the company with whom you enter into an…
Ons Jabeur has already established herself as a trailblazer in the sport, but ahead of the season-opening Australian Open the Tunisian is determined to finally claim an elusive Grand Slam title and shrug off her heartbreaking Wimbledon failures. The 29-year-old, nicknamed the “Minister of Happiness”, stormed up the rankings in 2022 after runs to the final at Wimbledon and the US Open and set multiple milestones as an African and Arab woman. She had to contend with a stop-start 2023 season in which she underwent minor surgery early in the year after struggling with breathing issues during a second-round exit…
As it stands, 4K TVs are about as good as it gets these days. That is unless you’re willing to consider doubling that pixel count to indulge in 8K TV tech. Believe it or not, 8K TVs have been around for some time now, and while there isn’t too much in the way of 8K content to speak of, that doesn’t mean you can’t reap the benefits of a future-proofed screen. In fact, a majority of 8K TVs are lauded for picture upscaling, so even if you’re watching a 4K movie or show on an 8K set, chances are it’s…
Despite having lived in the UAE for over two decades, British expat Emma Brain had never spent more than a couple of hours in the desert until December. That is when she embarked on the annual Camel Trek initiative by the Hamdan bin Mohammed Heritage Centre (HHC) when she spent 12 days travelling the length and breadth of deserts in the UAE. “It was priceless,” she said, speaking to Khaleej Times. “When you live in Dubai, it is easy to get lost in the glitz and glamour. This trip reminded me that there was this whole other side of the…
The CEO of an Indian AI startup has been arrested on suspicion that she murdered her four-year-old son after his body was found in her luggage, police said on Tuesday. Suchana Seth, who heads The Mindful AI Lab in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru, was detained in the Chitradurga district of Karnataka state when she was returning from the neighbouring state of Goa by taxi and arrested after the body was found in her luggage, they said. Seth could not be reached for comment as she was in custody and police said they did not know if she has a…