SHARJAH: ‘A Window to the Soul: Gibran Khalil Gibran’, the exhibition turns the spotlight on the globally loved and respected Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931) and celebrates his life and invaluable contributions as a visual artist through a showcase of 34 of his original works, was inaugurated by H.H. Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad […]
Dubai: Consulate General of India in Dubai marked the occasion of Teacher’s day, which is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the former President and eminent scholar, philosopher, and teacher, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan by recognizing 75 teachers from Indian Curriculum schools in Dubai and the Northern Emirates and honor them for their services rendered […]
Around the world, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to COVID-19 in different countries. But how do you explain the pandemic to a child? How do you make them understand that they can’t play outside, or go to school because many people are sick with COVID-19? What do you say to […]
DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has inaugurated the world’s first mosque to receive the platinum rating for green buildings by the Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED v4) from the US Green Buildings Council (USGBC) with 83 points. The mosque in Hatta can accommodate more than 600 worshippers on an area of […]
It’s quite an exciting time for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Following the successful retrieval of a sample of rock from Mars, they’ve now begun testing eVTOL aircraft as part of its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. It will continue till September 10, 2021, at Joby’s Electric Flight Base in California. They […]
Meet Pauline “Granny” Kana, a 95-year-old who has been making people laugh online with her hilarious antics for years now. It all started in 2013 while her grandson Ross Smith was still at the University of Dayton. Smith was just playing basketball with his grandmother having fun that he recorded and realized that it would […]
A landlord recently got a shock of his life when he found some tarantulas and a python that had been left behind by a tenant in Auburn, Maine. The landlord had to arrange for a rescuer to take the creatures away. The rescuer Drew Desjardins found that four of 19 tarantulas had died and that […]
Monkeys in Bali have resorted to raiding villagers’ homes in search of food as they have been deprived of their stable source of food i.e. tourists. Residents of Sangeh village have said that the macaques have been venturing out of the sanctuary about 500 meters away to loom around on their roofs waiting for the […]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency early Thursday after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared one due to what he called “a historic weather event … with record-breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads” as remnants of Hurricane Ida raced up the East […]
GENEVA: The World Economic Forum has published a new study on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to accelerate a more equitable energy transition and build trust for the technology throughout the industry. As the impacts of climate change become more visible worldwide, governments and industries face the urgent challenge of transitioning to a […]
After last month’s empty attempt, NASA’s Mars rover may have successfully gathered its first rock sample. Adam Steltzner, the Mars rover Perseverance rover’s chief engineer, called it a perfect core sample. “I’ve never been happier to see a hole in a rock,” he tweeted on Thursday. However, NASA later stated that it was waiting for […]
