Have you ever wondered which countries fast the most amount of hours and which countries fast the least amount of hours? ### We used prayer timings in major cities of these countries to calculate the intervals between Fajr (preceding sunrise) and Maghreb (marking sunset) on the expected first day of Ramadan, May 06, 2019. ###…
Dubai: Last week, Israel was hit by a cyberattack when its webcast of the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was hijacked to display animated images of explosions in host city Tel Aviv. ### Kan, the national broadcaster, blamed Hamas militants for the attack. ### Israel’s hosting of the annual European music competition drew widespread criticism, leading…
Dubai: Humidity levels will reach 100 per cent in Dubai and Sharjah and 99 per cent in Abu Dhabi this weekend with a chance of rain in the east of the country early next week. ### Weather will be fair in general and partly cloudy and hazy at times on Friday and Saturday. More clouds…
Right now, the votes are all but tallied up and down the United Kingdom to elect 55 new Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Whether those MEPs will sit for three months, six months or two years has yet to be decided — but what is known for sure is that Nigel Farage, the…
Dubai – UAE bank sector holiday for Eid Al Fitr has been announced on Thursday to start on Ramdan 29 and the first three days of Shawwal, work accordingly will resume on the fourth of Shawwal. ### Shawal to begin on June 4 or 5. The banks will be closed from June 3-6 accordingly. ### The…
Southampton: Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has been cleared of injury after being hit on the helmet while batting against West Indies in a warm-up match prior to the World Cup in Southampton. ### Khawaja was struck by a brute of a bouncer from Andre Russell in the second over of Australia’s run chase during his…
Click:electric cargo tricycle truck As election counting nears end in India on May 23, world leaders are now congratulating Narendra Modi on successfully returning for a second term as India’s premier. BJP has claimed a landslide victory as a single majority party. ### Trump congratulates Modi, BJP on ‘BIG’ election win ### US President Donald Trump congratulates…
Dubai: A community police initiative has helped reduce crime rates in residential areas by 16.1 per cent over the last four years, an official said on Thursday. ### Brigadier Jamal Salem Al Jallaf, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department at Dubai Police said that the ‘Policeman in Your Neighbourhood’ initiative was designed to help monitor…
Kolkata: With more security personnel than party workers, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee’s house and the street leading to her residence in South Kolkata’s Kalighat wore a deserted look on Thursday with counting trends for the Lok Sabha polls showing a big increase in the BJP’s numbers and a consequent decrease in the ruling party’s…
Exam season is just a few days away and it can be a very stressful time for both students and parents. Many questions arise during this time of the year. How much time should I spend studying? How do I combat my tiredness in Ramadan? When do I start revising? ### It’s important to support…