Author: Mohan Nasre

Thirty-nine matches in, and IPL 2026 has well and truly found its shape. The teams doing well know why they’re doing well. The teams struggling know — even if they won’t say it publicly — exactly what’s going wrong. But here’s the thing about the halfway point of an IPL season: even the teams near the top of the table have problems brewing. Form drops, injuries hit, and combinations that looked good on paper have stopped working. Every franchise has something to fix, and the window to fix it is getting smaller with every match. Here’s an honest look at…

Most people go through their entire working lives paying a percentage of everything they earn to a government they may or may not feel serves them well. So when you first hear that there are places where personal income tax simply doesn’t exist, the instinct is to assume there must be a catch. Sometimes there is. Sometimes there really isn’t. There are genuinely 15 countries in 2026 where residents pay zero personal income tax on their salaries, earnings, or pensions. They’re real places with functioning economies, modern infrastructure, and millions of residents — including an increasing number of expats, entrepreneurs,…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup was already shaping up to be the biggest and most financially rewarding tournament in the competition’s history. Now, FIFA is looking at increasing the prize money beyond the figures that were already being described as record-breaking. The original prize pool announcement put the total at around $727 million — already a 50 percent jump from the 2022 Qatar edition. But fresh discussions within FIFA suggest that number is going to go higher still, with a formal decision expected at a FIFA Council meeting before the tournament kicks off. The reasons behind the increase are a…

The cost of studying abroad is one of the first things prospective students think about, and for good reason. Tuition, accommodation, living expenses — it adds up quickly, and for international students especially, the financial planning required can feel overwhelming. De Montfort University Dubai has been taking that concern seriously, and the package of scholarships and relief measures currently available reflects that. At the same time, the university is bringing students back to campus in full, which changes the experience in ways that matter. DMU Dubai is offering meaningful scholarship support — up to 40 percent of tuition for international…

Dubai’s brunch scene is legendary, but there’s always been a quiet injustice at the heart of it — most of the best ones start mid-morning, which rules out a significant portion of the population who simply don’t function that way. Evening brunches fix that. Same concept — good food, flowing drinks, entertainment, a reason to dress up and go out — but starting when the day actually feels like it’s beginning rather than ending. The format has taken off properly in Dubai over the last couple of years, and the options now range from beachside Mediterranean to full Latin American…