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Apple Music has always been a powerful platform for streaming and discovering new music. With the latest updates of iOS 17.1 and 17.2, Apple has introduced new features that make it even easier to add your favorite songs to your music library. Doing so takes just a few steps. Before getting started, be sure to install the iOS/iPadOS 17.2 update or later on your iPhone or iPad. Otherwise these steps aren’t possible. How to add songs to Favorite SongsYou can now favorite songs in Apple Music. Here are the steps to do so. Step 1: To add a song to…
Shops in Al Mulla Plaza remained closed on Sunday after a part of the shopping mall collapsed the previous evening. Two people sustained minor injuries in the mishap. One of the oldest shopping centres in Dubai, the building features retail outlets and an apartment block above them. Apartments were not affected in the incident and tenants were allowed to go to their homes. The Dubai Police have cordoned off the retail shops. As Khaleej Times visited the plaza on Sunday, we found many shoppers who had come to the mall as usual, unaware of the mishap. No one was allowed…
At least nine workers were killed and several injured in a blast at an explosives factory in Nagpur, a central district in Maharashtra state on Sunday morning, a local police officer told Reuters over the phone. The blast occurred early on Sunday morning at a factory run by Solar Industries India, the police officer surnamed Salve said. The factory manufactures industrial and military explosives, as well as propellants and warheads for India’s defence sector, according to Solar Industries’ website. The injured were shifted to nearby hospitals, Salve said, adding that the number of casualties could increase. Salve was part of…
Dubai’s residential property market supply has been lagging behind population growth with the affordable segment also witnessing shortage after luxury in certain areas of the emirate. Industry executives say that supply will not be able to keep pace with the demand even in 2024 due to the high influx of foreigners and residents increasingly turning buyers amidst rising rentals. Around 50,000 new residential units were handed over in Dubai in 2023, which is nearly half of the population increase. According to Dubai Statistics Centre data, the emirate’s population grew by over 100,000 in 2023 to more than 3.65 million by…
This was a very good year for original movies on Amazon Prime Video. While not every film was up to the level of a theatrical release, a handful of Prime Video films were easily some of the best movies available to stream on any platform. However, Prime Video only gave a few movies the chance to prove themselves in theaters first. Most of the films on our roundup of the five best Prime Video movies of 2023 went straight to streaming. But that’s no badge of shame with this batch of movies. And we can only hope that Prime Video’s…
Air India Express on Sunday announced a direct flight between Surat and Dubai. The budget carrier became the first airline to directly connect the two cities on the very day when the new international terminal of Surat Airport was inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi. The inaugural flight landed at Dubai International Airport on Sunday, carrying 171 passengers. “Surat holds great importance for Air India Express as we expand our network on the back of a new fleet. We are part of the moment when Surat International Airport is growing and unveiling its new terminal. Air India Express is committed…
The Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza opened on Sunday for aid trucks for the first time since the outbreak of the war, officials said, a move intended to double the amount of food and medicine reaching the enclave. The crossing had been closed after the October 7 attack by Hamas and aid was being delivered solely through Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt, which Israel said could only accommodate the entry of 100 trucks per day. Two sources in the Egypt Red Crescent told Reuters that trucks were starting to enter on Sunday through the Kerem Shalom crossing on…
It’s a special day for veteran actor Jackie Shroff as his hit film Hero completed 40 years on Saturday. Celebrating his four-decade-long journey, Jackie took to social media and shared a video featuring memorable moments from the film. “From Dust to Star…#Hero #40years,” he captioned the post. Directed by Subhash Ghai, Hero also starred Meenakshi Seshadri and late actors Amrish Puri, Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar. Ghai also celebrated the 40th anniversary of Hero. “Today celebrating 40 years of our HERO 1983 launched many of us as — banner as Mukta arts pvt ltd — Jackie Shroff n Meenaxi Sheshadri -…
There was no fairytale ending in the Under-19 Asia Cup for the home boys whose stunning wins over Pakistan and Sri Lanka stirred the soul. Having gone on a giant-killing run to reach the final, the UAE ran into an inspired Ashiqur Rahman Shibli, a talented Bangladesh opener who grew up idolising modern giant Virat Kohli. Shibli’s majestic hundred (129 off 149 balls, 12 fours and 1 six) helped Bangladesh score 282 for eight before their bowlers turned up the heat and bowled the UAE out for a paltry 87. The emphatic 195-run victory at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium…
The sun just let out a powerful solar flare — the most powerful since 2017, and among the most powerful recorded to date. It even affected communications on Earth, due to the effects of space weather resulting from the flare. The event occurred at 12:02 p.m. ET on December 14, and was observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a space-based mission launched in 2010 that orbits the Earth to study the sun. SDO captured not only a still image of the flare, seen as a white feature on the right-hand side of this image of the sun, but also…