January 2020
India look to end Sri Lanka challenge in Pune
Pune: After a thumping win in Indore, Team India will aim to wrap up the three-match series when they take on Sri Lanka in the final T20 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday. ### The hosts registered a comfortable seven-wicket win in the second T20 and took an unassailable 1-0 lead after the…
Big fat Indian wedding goes on a diet as slowdown bites
MUMBAI: India’s weddings are famously lavish — lasting days and with hundreds if not thousands of guests — but this season many families are cutting costs even if it risks their social standing. ### It is symptomatic of a sharp slowdown in the world’s fifth-largest economy, with Indians spending less on everything from daily essentials…
UAE’s Neopharma, GSK produce 35,000 medicine packs
ABU DHABI: British pharma company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Neopharma of the UAE have produced their first batch of medicines in the country. ### In a statement, Neopharma announced that 35,000 medicine packages have been manufactured in three months, and they are expected to be on pharmacy shelves in the country within a month. ### The…
Worker accused of abusing boy near Dubai mosque
Dubai ### A Pakistani worker has been accused of sexually abusing an Emirati boy near a mosque, the Dubai court of First Instance heard. ### According to official records, the 8-year-old Emirati boy was playing with his bicycle near a mosque at Al Qusais area on October 2019, when the defendant asked the boy to…
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No. 1 Barty crashes out of Brisbane International
Brisbane: World No. 1 Ash Barty’s new year started with an upset loss to American qualifier Jennifer Brady at the Brisbane International. ### The 53rd-ranked Brady, who has no WTA tournament titles, beat French Open champion Barty on her home court at Pat Rafter Arena 6-4, 7-6 on Thursday. ### It’s been quite a week…
Fujairah police deny Emirati boy was burnt by workers
Fujairah: Police on Thursday denied a newspaper report that said an Emirati boy was burnt by three workers in Fujairah. ### The police was reacting to the media report published in an Arabic daily newspaper on Thursday. ### The General Command of Fujairah Police denied the news regarding the burning of the Emirati child in…
Dest leaves Ajax training camp in Qatar due to US-Iran political crisis
The right-back felt uncomfortable in Doha amid the rising tension between the United States and Iran this month Ajax full-back Sergino Dest has left the club’s training camp in Qatar because of concerns over the political situation in the Middle East. The Dutch club confirmed that the 19-year-old requested permission to return to Amsterdam amid rising…
PHOTO – Vincent Cassel soutient Théo contre “les bâtards” policiers qui l’ont agressé
Le jeudi 2 février dernier, un jeune homme de 22 ans était interpellé à Aulnay-sous-Bois par quatre policiers. Gravement blessé et notamment dans la zone rectale, Théo a été conduit à l’hôpital. Si aujourd’hui il est hors de danger, son interpellation suscite de vives réactions sur les réseaux sociaux. Vincent Cassel a d’ailleurs apporté son…