Author: Mohan Nasre

South Africa defeated Australia on Saturday to win the ICC World Test Championship title. Australia had given South Africa a target of 282 runs to win, which South Africa won by 5 wickets thanks to Aiden Markram’s century and a 147-run partnership with captain Temba Bavuma. South Africa has won the ICC trophy after 27 years. Earlier, South Africa won the Champions Trophy in 1998. South Africa had got a target of 282 runs to win in the fourth innings. When the team started the fourth day’s play, its score was 213 runs for two wickets and it needed 69…

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Dubai Marina Building Fire: A massive and huge fire that started late Friday night in the 67-storey Marina Pinnacle tower in Dubai Marina has been controlled after a large six-hour effort by Dubai Civil Defense, and the good news is that there were no injuries or casualties. Dubai Media Office announced that dedicated emergency teams managed to evacuate 3,820 residents, living in 764 apartments in the high-rise tower. The operation was started soon after the fire broke out at around 9:30 PM on Friday night and was still going on late into the early hours of Saturday morning. The DMO…

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The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has provided a serious notice to the Emirati and the expatriates not to be deceived by the fraudulent job advertisements that are being promoted via social media apps and bogus websites. These fraudulent activities are now having their eyes on young job seekers promising them of jobs in the private sector-only to end up defrauded and unemployed. The Ministry stated that fraudsters usually pose as genuine recruitment agencies, enticing their victims into paying money on the promise of processing employment-related documents or facilitating a job placement. Such employment opportunities, though, are entirely…

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Kindness Blood Donation Team: What started as a modest awareness campaign by some Indian expats in 2015 has now turned into a campaign of compassion that has made a difference in over 25000 lives. In the context of the World Blood Donor Day 2025, Kindness Blood Donation Team of Dubai is being celebrated to complete a decade of its devoted services in propagating the cause of voluntary blood donation in the city. From a WhatsApp Group to a Lifesaving Force The team is headed by Shihab Theruvath, Anwar Wayanad and Salam Kanyappady, who embeded the idea of making blood donation…

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With the tragic news of the Ahmedabad plane crash, sorrow and unity shook the Indian expat community in Dubai as locals reflected on the loss of 242 lives on board Air India Flight 171, which is now being billed as one of the worst aviation accidents to ever happen in India in recent times. On the morning of June 12, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was on its way to London when it crashed soon after taking off Ahmedabad airport. The plane had 232 passengers along with 10 crew on board and the final reports indicate that there was only one…

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