COMMUNITY & PEOPLE

Dubai Opens New Animal Shelter to Boost Pet Adoption and Stray Cat Welfare

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai Municipality has opened a new animal welfare shelter in Al Warsan, expanding the emirate's efforts to promote pet...

Sheraa supports more than 60 UAE startups through AED5 million resilience fund

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — More than 60 startups and small businesses across the UAE have received funding and business support through the Sharjah...

UAE launches programme to train influencers on family-focused content

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The UAE has launched a new programme aimed at developing content creators who can produce responsible digital content focused...

S. Janaki: The Voice That Never Left Home

I do not remember the first time I heard S. Janaki’s voice. I must have been five, perhaps a little older, when “Irul Moodukayo...

The Man Gulf Workers Call When Everything Else Fails

He arrived in the Emirates on 30 June 1979. Forty-seven years later, Advocate Y.A. Rahim remains the first number thousands of Indians dial in...

The Man at the Wheel -M.A. Yusuffali 

When a billionaire takes the helm on the world's most strategic waterway, it is rarely just for the view. On a clear spring morning in...

A Life Built in Service: The Long Gulf Journey of Dr. Puthur Rahman

For decades, Dr. Puthur Rahman has been among the first people his party turns to whenever the Gulf requires organising — whether it is...

Surge in Distress Calls from Indian Workers in Abroad

MUMBAI, India – India's Ministry of External Affairs has recorded more than 16,000 grievances from Indian nationals abroad over a 23-month period, with the...