For the first time ever, Uber has now released a list of violations that will get you banned from using the service. Other than that, drivers can now also rate you based on how you are as a customer… So be a good passenger okay? Continue reading Uber in Dubai can ban you if do these 7 things
Housemaid stabs girl to death, gets death sentence
A housemaid has been sentenced to death by a court in Jeddah for murdering the daughter of her employer. The maid also wounded the sister of the victim before she tried to kill herself.
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Japan launching ‘space junk’ collector
Japan launched a cargo ship Friday bound for the International Space Station, carrying a ‘space junk’ collector that was made with the help of a fishnet company.
Trump’s EPA pick may struggle to dismantle Obama’s environmental legacy
Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has fought President Barack Obama’s measures to curb climate change at every turn as attorney general of Oklahoma. Now he is hoping to take apart Obama’s environmental legacy from the inside out, a task that could prove tougher than it sounds.
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Financial closure for Hassyan clean coal power project
The project uses the Independent Power Producer, IPP, procurement model on a Build Own Operate, BOO, basis and is supported by a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, with DEWA. Last June, DEWA signed the PPA, Shareholders Agreement, SHA, and other project agreements with the consortium led by ACWA Power.
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Dh220million centre for cancer treatment with proton beam therapy set up
The Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan Humanitarian and Scientific Foundation is setting up the first cancer treatment centre that will use proton beam therapy.
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Education is precondition of economic growth: Manmohan
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said that a well educated population, adequately equipped with knowledge and skills, is a precondition of sustained economic growth.
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Kerala launches mobile apps to fight corruption
Seeking to fight corruption with the active participation of people, Kerala government on Friday launched two mobile applications which can be used to upload information regarding graft.
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Pranab Mukherjee to inaugurate exhibition of grassroots innovation
The President will inaugurate a hall — Navachara-II — for permanent exhibition of grassroots innovations and innovative ideas set up with the assistance of National Innovation Foundation (A science and innovation museum called Navachara was inaugurated by the President on August 4, 2015).
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Thousands experience Meet d3’s immersive installations
Thousands of attendees are traveling, climbing, and live-streaming their way through the array of interactive art installations at Meet d3 today. Visitors to the spiritual “To the Ends of Earth” were transported to the deserts of Qatar and Antarctica. Hamida Al Kawari, the first Qatari woman to set foot on Antarctica, debuted her piece, which combined her film footage with Gulf music and natural sounds.
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