Dubai: Finding the perfect holiday abroad requires planning and coordination, starting from the destination, to the time away, the hotel and finding the best activities to do in the area. ### Some residents however, get caught up in their holiday so much that they end up forgetting to check their data package and ultimately end…
This bipolar II. This many-sided creature. This life of mine. This brain constantly in conference with the racing heart, reminding me to slow down, stay calm. ### Remember the first time you were ever on a Ferris wheel? Remember when you got to the very top and just sat there, the entire world at your…
Dubai: We’ve all tried the biryani — and all its mouthwatering permutations. But what about adobo, sisig, tapsilog and other famous and mouth-watering Filipino food? ### For foodies, the Filipino cuisine is a must-try for its unique mix of flavours — sweet, sour, salty, and a little spicy for some. ### Scores of restaurants offering Filipino…
Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh: A 17-year-old boy was set on fire by four people in Chandauli district when the boy refused to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. ### The incident took place on Sunday night and the boy has been admitted in Kabir Chaura hospital in Varanasi. ### The condition of the boy with 60 per cent…
Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has got into a Twitter spat with filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, asking the latter to visit a psychiatrist. ### Kapur on Saturday tweeted that he still feels like a “refugee” and how some “intellectuals” made him feel “insignificant”. ### “Started life as refugee of Partition. Parents gave everything to make a life…
Karachi: Mohammad Amir’s sudden decision to retire from Test cricket and concentrate on limited overs while shifting his base to UK has prompted the PCB to make participation in domestic cricket mandatory. ### It is widely believed that Amir, whose wife Narjis is a British passport holder, will be shifting his base to UK and…
Have you signed an employee beneficiary form? Do you know what it is? Experts in the UAE say that while most employers as part of their recruitment policies make a record of employees’ beneficiary details, some don’t because it isn’t manditory. In such cases what can an employee do to ensure his assets – including and not limited…
Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir’s sudden decision to retire from Test cricket while still in his 20s needs to be examined closely. It is normally during the late 20s that a cricketer matures to become a good Test player. Hence, when a youngster walks away from Test cricket at that age, hoping to focus on…
Since Joe Biden leads in the polls for the US Democratic presidential nomination, he’s an inevitable target for attacks from his opponents. Right now they’re fighting for the affections of the Democratic Party’s most important constituency, African-Americans. ### Last week saw the conventions of both the NAACP and the Urban League, which afforded those opponents…
Dubai: Attempts by the UAE to germinate a palm tree in space are now underway after seeds reached the International Space Station (ISS) via the Falcon 9 rocket launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, on Thursday. ### Entitled ‘Palm in Space’, the first of its kind experiment is part of continued efforts…