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News flash: You don’t have to spend over $1,000 to get an awesome TV. We’d like to say we’re surprised too, but considering how much time we spend vetting and testing modern QLEDS, OLEDs, and traditional LEDs, we know for a fact that you can usually score a next-level TV for an unbelievable price. There’s also no better time to be buying than right now, because now that CES 2024 has come and gone, most of the TV-buying world is going to be waiting with bated breath for all the new 2024 models to hit shelves. So it’s the perfect…

India’s commerce ministry has backed a long-standing demand from the jewellery industry to reduce import tariffs on gold bars, government and industry officials said, amid concern the duties were further harming the country’s faltering jewellery exports. The commerce ministry’s support for lowering the tariffs comes ahead of the federal budget due next week. If a reduction in the taxes is accepted, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman could announce the decision in her interim budget on February 1. The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has urged the government to reduce import tariffs on all types of gold to 5 per…

Shaikh Mohd Saeed Group Triumphs as “Best Perfume Brand of the Year” at The Visionary Leader Awards Dubai, January 22, 2024 – The scent of success enveloped the Swissôtel Al Murooj Hotel, Downtown, Dubai, on Saturday, January 13, as Shaikh Mohd Saeed Group of Companies crowned with “Best Perfume and Fragrance Brand of The Year” at the prestigious Visionary Leader Awards. The glittering ceremony took place under the esteemed patronage of His Highness Shaikh Ahmed Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid Alnuaimi. The award ceremony brought together luminaries and leaders from diverse industries to acknowledge and honour outstanding contributions. The recognition marks…

Smartphone apps are great. They’re quick to load, and generally well optimized. But have you ever noticed that they tend to get faster at loading after you’ve used them a bit? That’s not your mind playing tricks on you; it’s because your Android smartphone doesn’t tend to close apps even when you’re done with them. Instead, it keeps them tucked away in its memory. This makes going back to apps faster, and if it becomes a memory hog, Android generally knows how to fix that. But that isn’t always the case, and in some rare situations, closing an app is…

Abu Dhabi-listed The National Investor (TNI) has issued an alert about scammers using its details to extract UAE residents’ and investors’ personal and banking information. In a statement issued by the company on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, TNI said the company’s name and logo and employee’s names are being used by scammers to advertise fraudulent Investment opportunities and tenders online. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The fraudsters “ask individuals/entities to provide personal and business information, and credit card and/or bank account details to pay tender fees or invest in the company,”…

A helicopter team rescued a woman Tuesday morning who was trapped for almost 15 hours atop her overturned pickup truck in rushing waters after she tried to traverse a swollen creek after recent rains in Northern California. A helicopter of California Highway Patrol Air Operations airlifted the woman to shore as waters surged around her vehicle at a crossing in a park. Harrowing footage posted online showed the woman being plucked from the car by a helicopter technician using a rescue harness. California Highway Patrol Golden Gate Division Air Operations said on Facebook that the woman was taken to a…

Ducab Group, one of the biggest end-to-end energy solutions providers and manufacturing firms in the UAE, represented by Ducab India, has signed the first bilateral partnership with Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa, and Türkiye (MENAT) region, to support the group’s objectives to expand its reach and support the economies of both countries. The agreement is in line with the UAE’s strategy to continuously diversify the national economy and increase non-oil trade with international commercial partners. India consistently ranks among the UAE’s largest global trade partners. The new partnership builds on Ducab’s recent milestones…

Arab Health returns next week with a record increase in exhibition space and a focus on transforming healthcare The 2024 edition of Arab Health will welcome 3,450 exhibitors and 110,000 healthcare professional visits from over 180 countries The exhibition will focus on the future of the healthcare industry under the theme ‘Connecting Minds, Transforming Healthcare’ and will include an increased number of conferences and features The 49th edition of the event will run from 29 January to 1 February at the Dubai World Trade Centre Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25 January 2024: Arab Health, the Middle East’s largest healthcare exhibition…

If you want to get your email in bright and early, on top of the boss’s inbox, there’s no need to set your alarm; you can just schedule an email to be sent at a bright and early hour. And that works if you want to look like you’re working late, too, just delay your email in Outlook for after work hours and you’ll instantly look like an overachiever. No matter your reasoning for scheduling an email in Outlook to be delivered later, we’ve got the means to do so for all of your devices. It’s just one of the…

“Please stop pushing.” That’s a phrase you would be more than familiar with if you’ve ever used the Dubai metro during rush hour. No doubt it’s also why a video of a Filipino expat cheerfully, but firmly, managing crowds entering and exiting the ladies compartment during her own commute went viral last week, garnering nearly 50,000 views on TikTok and 200,000 views on Instagram. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack but Khaleej Times wanted to speak to the Good Samaritan who was bringing other residents so much joy. The hunt took a week — but find…