Author: Mohan Nasre

Dubai’s Court of Cassation has issued a ruling that settles an important question in UAE family law — once a divorce settlement between Muslim spouses is voluntarily reached and officially recorded before a judge, it cannot be appealed. The decision reinforces the finality of court-approved agreements in personal status cases and is expected to shape how similar disputes are handled going forward. Legal experts say the ruling brings greater certainty to an area of law where prolonged disputes and late-stage challenges have sometimes undermined agreements that both parties initially accepted. What the Dubai Court Ruled The court’s position is clear.…

The UAE now has its own domestic card payment scheme. Jaywan — the country’s first nationally governed payment network — is being rolled out across banks, financial institutions and licensed exchange houses, giving residents a locally managed alternative to international networks like Visa and Mastercard. The scheme was developed by Al Etihad Payments, a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE, and marks a genuine shift in how the country’s payment infrastructure works. Rather than routing domestic transactions through overseas systems, Jaywan keeps that process within the UAE — which has implications for cost, speed, security and long-term financial…

If you’ve been meaning to tell someone back home to come visit Dubai, now there’s an added reason to actually send that message. The Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism has launched A Dubai Invite — a programme that rewards UAE residents for bringing overseas family and friends to the city, with benefit packages worth more than Dh3,000 per successful invitation. It’s a straightforward idea: you nominate a visitor, they arrive in Dubai during the campaign window, and you receive rewards spanning hotel stays, dining, attraction tickets and lifestyle experiences. The programme runs from now through October, making it well-timed…

Dubai Municipality has brought artificial intelligence into its household water testing programme — a move that significantly speeds up the detection of harmful bacteria and gives authorities more time to act before a problem spreads. The initiative is being led by the Dubai Central Laboratory as part of the emirate’s broader strategy to embed advanced technology into public services. The combination of AI and specialist laboratory expertise is designed to make water quality monitoring faster, more reliable and better equipped to protect residents at scale. Faster Detection of Harmful Bacteria The practical benefit at the heart of this upgrade is…

Rajiv Meherish, founder and CEO of the Raju Omlet restaurant chain, passed away on Sunday after a period of illness. The news has left a genuine void in Dubai’s business and food community — among friends, colleagues and the many people who followed his journey from a media career to building one of the UAE’s most recognisable homegrown restaurant brands. Raju Omlet wasn’t just a place to eat. For many Dubai residents, it was the kind of discovery that becomes a regular habit — familiar, affordable and consistently good. Meherish built that from scratch, and the story of how he…