If you’re an Indian national living in the UAE and need to book a passport appointment, the process has just changed. The Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General of India in Dubai have launched a new online portal for passport-related appointment bookings, replacing the previous system with something designed to be faster and easier to navigate. The shift is aimed at making the entire experience smoother — from finding an available slot to confirming your booking — while reducing the friction that applicants have encountered with the older process. Why the New Portal Has Been Launched…
Author: Mohan Nasre
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There are moments in sport that feel genuinely historic while they are happening, not just in retrospect. The opening of the Knight Riders Cricket Ground in Pomona, Los Angeles on July 3, 2026 is one of those moments. Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of the Knight Riders Group, cut the ribbon on the first ICC-standard cricket stadium ever built outside a cricket-playing nation by a global franchise. The venue sits at Fairplex Pomona in Los Angeles County, and it will serve as the permanent home of the Los Angeles Knight Riders in Major League Cricket. It will also host cricket at…
Dubai Municipality has rolled out a practical new initiative for its cleaning teams — electric bikes deployed across key locations to help field engineers move more efficiently, with less physical strain, during the punishing summer months. The idea is simple and sensible. Cleaning engineers spend their days monitoring public cleanliness, conducting inspections and making sure municipal standards are upheld across parks, roads, beaches and public spaces. Doing all of that on foot under 40-plus degree temperatures is genuinely gruelling. Electric bikes change that equation significantly. The initiative also fits neatly into Dubai’s broader push toward clean, energy-efficient transport across its…
Dubai’s approach to education is shifting, and the launch of the first ‘Skills for Life’ framework by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) is the clearest signal yet of where things are heading. The initiative is built around a straightforward but important idea — that academic results alone aren’t enough to prepare people for the world they’re actually going to live and work in. The framework brings together schools, universities, training providers, families and employers around a shared goal: helping learners build practical, human and future-focused abilities that stay useful throughout life, not just until the next exam. It’s…
Dubai Police have stepped in with an important public safety warning after a viral social media trend began encouraging children and teenagers to heat slime in a microwave. The challenge looks innocent enough in the videos circulating online — but authorities are clear that it isn’t, and that the potential for serious burns is real. The warning follows similar incidents reported in other parts of the world, and Dubai Police are urging parents to take it seriously rather than dismiss it as another harmless online fad. What Is the Viral Microwave Slime Trend? The challenge is straightforward in concept —…