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An exhibition of posters of old films and contemporary cinema portraying the lives of women over the last several decades was showcased in an exhibition along with a thematic panel discussion in New Delhi on Thursday. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) hosted the panel discussion on ‘Women in Cinema’. The IGNCA comes under the purview of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. “Posters of old films and new movies depicting the lives of women will be showcased in the exhibition. These films include classics like ‘Mother India’, ‘Aandhi’, ‘Bandini’ and ‘Tapasya’, as also ‘Godmother’ and…
Phew! Exams are nearly over. Nay, I didn’t write any. This was the sigh of relief let out by hundreds of students — and parents — in the UAE just the other day. Pupils who wrote board exams would soon be rushing to catch a flight back home, seeking college admissions in their home countries. I can empathise with such parents and I am reminiscing about those harrowing days when education was anything but fearful. As in the case of Generation Alpha, there was nothing sweet about studies due mainly to poverty and the archaic education prevalent. Life would not…
MSI MPG 321URX MSRP $950.00 “MSI’s QD-OLED gaming monitor delivers on impeccable image quality while costing less.” Pros Much cheaper than the competition Some of the best color we’ve seen Extensive list of OLED burn-in prevention features 1,000 nits of brightness 3-year warranty that covers burn-in Cons A rather bland design Limited to USB 2.0 with integrated hub You could blindly pick any OLED gaming monitor released this year and slap it on the list of the best gaming monitors, and it’d make sense. With a small selection of panels available, basically every OLED gaming monitor looks great. MSI has…
McDonald’s UAE will match the total donation value raised over the holy month of Ramadan, adding to over Dhs2.8 million donated to Emirates Red Crescent in past years. This Ramadan, McDonald’s UAE, is enabling its customers to donate their Rewards Points to support the humanitarian aid efforts of Emirates Red Crescent. McDonald’s UAE will match the total Rewards Points donation amount made by customers, during the holy month of Ramadan. Customers can choose to donate as many times as they wish, with every 100 rewards points equating to Dhs1. The collaboration between the two entities began six years ago, resulting…
Hundreds of people forced to work in an online scam centre in the Philippines were rescued in a raid on Thursday that also saw eight suspects arrested, according to police. Acting on a tip from a Vietnamese man who alleged to have escaped the sprawling compound north of capital Manila, police said they unmasked an operation where suspected victims of human trafficking were forced into conducting various online scams. “The rescued workers told us (the company) engages in love scams, romance scam, cryptocurrency scams and other scam activities,” said Gilberto Cruz, executive director of the crime task force that led…
Lunate Capital Limited, an Abu Dhabi-based investment management firm licenced by the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), and subsidiary of Lunate Holding RSC Limited, announced on Thursday the launch of the Chimera JP Morgan UAE Bond UCITS ETF, the UAE and GCC’s first-ever UAE bond Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that will list on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). The ETF will track the performance of the JP Morgan MECI UAE Investment Grade Custom Index, which includes liquid, US dollar-denominated bonds from the UAE. The ETF will hold investment grade sovereign, quasi-sovereign and corporate bond issues with at least…
Actor and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow has felt the intense glare of the Hollywood spotlight from a young age. And by her own admission, Paltrow tends to worry – a lot. “I get stressed out quite easily, so I have to work a lot to stay calm,” she said in an interview. “Being in the public eye is like an extra layer of stressor that luckily most people don’t have to experience because it can be very wearing, but I think I’ve had a lot of maturity and development around not really engaging with those projections.” Paltrow’s latest collaboration with meditation…
As the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale approaches, the anticipation mounts for the debut of Abdullah Al Saadi’s solo exhibition, ‘Sites of Memory, Sites of Amnesia.’ Representing the UAE, Al Saadi’s showcase promises to be a captivating exploration of contemporary art, steeped in the rich history and cultural tapestry of the country. Curated by the director of the Sharjah Art Foundation performance department Tarek Abou El Fetouh, the exhibit marks the UAE Pavilion’s eighth participation at Venice. Al Saadi, a prominent figure in the UAE contemporary art scene since the 1980s, emerged alongside pioneering conceptual artists like Hassan Sharif…
American Emma Navarro stunned world number two Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 3-6 6-2 to record the biggest win of her career and reach the Indian Wells quarterfinals for the first time on Wednesday while Coco Gauff celebrated her birthday by advancing with ease. Navarro absorbed Sabalenka’s powerful serve and converted four of her five break-point opportunities to beat the reigning two-time Australian Open champion in windy conditions. Navarro came out flying to grab the first set before Sabalenka raised her level in the second to force a decider. The even-keeled Navarro kept her cool, fending off a break point and smacking…
Nvidia revealed in a blog post that Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws will be on GeForce Now and use some of its proprietary technology when it launches sometime this year. Specifically, Star Wars Outlaws will support DLSS 3 and RTX Direct Illumination to improve the game’s visuals with ray traced global illumination lighting and effects. The announcement of these visual enhancements for PC and GeForce Now players is the first official update we’ve gotten on Star Wars Outlaws in a while. Ubisoft unveiled the game at the Xbox Games Showcase in June 2023, and it left a strong impression. The game…