Heavy rains and flood disrupt normal life in Dubai, flight services hit
Apr 17, 2024, at 04:09 pm
Normal life in Dubai City was disrupted and air traffic was badly hit after heavy rains, the highest recorded in 75 years, triggered flooding in the UAE on Tuesday, a region which mostly experiences dry and arid climate.
COP 28: Bhutan urges world to take immediate, robust global action to tackle climate crisis
Dec 11, 2023, at 03:45 am
A top Bhutanese official has urged the world to take immediate and robust global action to address the escalating climate crisis.
Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28 Summit in Dubai
Dec 09, 2023, at 11:11 pm
Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by while climate change threatens their futures. They said their voices and ideas can help rescue the planet and demanded that government policymakers put the needs of the world’s nearly 2 billion children first.
PM Modi participates in COP-28 Presidency’s session on 'Transforming Climate Finance'
Dec 02, 2023, at 07:35 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday participated in the COP-28 Presidency’s Session on "Transforming Climate Finance" in Dubai, UAE.
Dec 01, 2023, at 11:30 pm
Earth’s vital signs are failing and to prevent planetary crash and burn, “we need…cooperation and political will”, UN Secretary General António Guterres said on Friday, challenging world leaders gathered in Dubai for COP28 to show real global climate leadership.
Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action
Dec 01, 2023, at 10:21 pm
The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep trouble”, UN chief António Guterres said.
Chishty Foundation from Ajmer Sharif to participate in COP28 Global Summit
Aug 14, 2023, at 09:35 pm
Chishty Foundation from Ajmer Sharif will participate in the COP28 Global Summit which will be held in Dubai city later this year, media reports said.
Omicron patient 'escaped', 10 others who came in contact 'missing': Karnataka minister
Dec 04, 2021, at 04:25 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: One of the two men found positive for Omicron strain in Karnataka "escaped" after procuring a Covid-19 negative certificate from a private lab, the state government said on Friday.
India's first Omicron patient left for Dubai week after testing positive: Records
Dec 03, 2021, at 03:52 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: A 66-year-old man, who has become one of India's first two cases of the Omicron Covid variant to have arrived in the country on Nov 20, left for Dubai on a flight seven days later, official records showed on Thursday.
COVID-19 death toll in India reaches 21
Mar 28, 2020, at 01:15 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi/IBNS: The COVID-19 death toll in India reached 21 as a 69-year old man, who had tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus, died at Kochi Medical College on Saturday.
Dubai Airports to be ‘single use Plastic Free’ in 2020
Dec 17, 2019, at 05:30 pm
Dubai/IBNS: Starting the New Year on a happy note and with a bold initiative, two of Dubai’s airports, Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC) aim to be free of single-use plastics in a bid to manage environmental impact.