Author: Dubai News Staff
An Indian national in his thirties and who works as a supervisor for a construction company in Dubai, Chimalakonda Krishna, has emerged as the latest winner for the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire Promotion and this after he was successful in the draw conducted at Concourse D of the Dubai International Airport this Wednesday. It has been seen that Krishna, a person originally based in India, bought the ticket with number 1795 through the online platform on May 8. Of the 230 Indians who have gotten it since 1999 when the promotion started, only Krishna is unreachable at the moment.…
Dubai: The latest version of Arab Media Award was on Tuesday rewarding journalists and the digital media platforms and TV programs in the distinguished ceremony that took place in Dubai, Arab Media Forum. This year’s Award was 23rd edition and the occasion was graced by the Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum who is the Chairman of Dubai Sports Council. This event took place in accordance with the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime-Minister of UAE and the Ruler of Dubai. Celebrating Excellence in Media It has been held on the…
Dubai Gaming Visa: Only a decade ago, getting a job in games meant that people could hardly take it seriously, imagining that gaming is more of a pastime. Fast forward to 2024 that prescribes a revolutionary shift in the organised landscape. The present time has seen that creating content is one of the most profitable jobs and excellent players can earn a lot of money and become world-famous. Within this context, Dubai has that extended the Dubai gaming visa, the ultimate purpose of which is to foster the development of international gaming personnel. What do you know about the Gambling…
Dubai, UAE – Legendary Mandarin singer-songwriter known by the moniker “The King of Love Songs” – Jeff Chang is confirmed to bring his romantic repertoire to Dubai for a one- off concert at the Coca-Cola Arena on the 9th of June in 2024. The event is to be held at the Centre and is expected to be a cultural event featuring and Music with celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival. Chang has contributed to Mandarin pop and possesses a powerful voice and according to his fans, he will be obviously singing his hits songs such as “Belief”, “Love Like Tide”,…
UAE weather: Today, thick fog has enveloped Abu Dhabi and Dubai morning and, to reflect that, the National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has published red and yellow warnings for the reduced visibility. Motorists are advised to exercise extreme caution while driving, as visibility is expected to remain poor until 8:to 7:30 AM. The given fog has impacted several regions including Ajban and Sweihan in Abu Dhabi, Al Wathba, Jebel Ali Industrial Zone, Dubai Investments Park (DIP), and Al Quoz districts in Dubai. Abu Dhabi Police have posted a safety alert on various social media platforms now putting a restriction on…
JAKARTA: A 22-member medical team from Saudi Arabia has been in Indonesia since early May in a bid to capacity build doctors in new techniques in cardiac procedures on adults and children. This is done by the Kingdom’s aid agency; KSrelief, and is run out of the Adam Malik Central General Hospital in Medan in the province of the North Sumatra. They include; surgeon, specialist nurse, perfusionist, and respiratory therapist from King Faisal Cardiac Center in Jeddah, KSA and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center in Riyadh, KSA. These experts, who are considered to be some of the best Saudi…
Meta and Google are now said to be in early stages of acquisition talks with major Hollywood studios so they could get their hands on content for their advanced AI video generative model; cash is reportedly being offered in large amounts to license copyrights. Bloomberg said that these tech firms have offered to fund projects in tens of millions of dollars to get partnerships with studios. The goal is to leverage the massive trove of high-quality data from these studios to fine-tune their AI models – thus improving their model’s capacity to generate scenes from text prompts. Microsoft funded Open…
Speaking at the 150th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), Qatar’s Minister of Public Health and WHO’s Chair of the Executive Board, HE Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari said that Qatar will remain a steadfast partner of WHO in the future as well, with a voluntary contribution for the programmed work of WHO in 2024 to the amount of 4 million USD. This was made recently when Qatar joined other high-level celebrations of the first WHO Investment Round dubbed “All for Health, Health for All” in which HE Dr. Al Kuwari represented the country. In…
Muscat: Salam Air to begin flight operations from Muscat to Cairo from Saturday, June 15 in 2024. This new service will provide three weekly frequencies to Sphinx International Airport Cairo which will improve the connectivity prospects between the Sultanate of Oman and Egypt. As for this new route, it is a great achievement in the process of developing the opportunities of connecting the two countries – Oman and Egypt. There is a belief that the matter will promote cultural and commercial interaction between the two countries. In his turn, Captain Ahmed Al Shidhani, acting Chief Executive Officer at SalamAir reiterated…
In 2023, Disney shuttered the highly-publicized luxury hotel “Star Wars: of “Galactic Starcruiser” at Walt Disney World. This shut down raised emotions such as drama and ridicule among Disney enthusiasts, as the grandeur of the promises that the hotel had made got lost in miscommunication with some of the guests. Today, however, a year later, a recently uploaded four-hours long video by Jenny Nicholson attracted millions of viewers and became a kind of the final revelation of the hotel’s misfortune. One of the most popular individuals for this phenomenon, Nicholson, is a YouTuber who closely examines fandom culture in her…