From the limited accessibility to public places and facilities to having to deal with people’s empathetic looks, people with special needs said the UAE has come a long way in recognizing and meeting their rights. Continue reading How has UAE made life easy for people with special needs?
Monthly Archives: November 2016
How tech can help you keep New Year’s resolutions
With the advent of 2016, people around the world had set themselves New Year’s resolutions. But 88 per cent of all those set resolutions fail, leaving most people feeling a bit disappointed in themselves. There are certain neurological reasons why we tend not to keep our New Year’s resolutions, but in the digital world we live in there are certain tech solutions that can help us power through. Continue reading How tech can help you keep New Year’s resolutions
Seek and ye shall find…. success
When Tanaz Dizadji launched insydo, a Buzzfeed-style digital guide of Dubai in January this year, she had no idea her startup would become so successful so soon. Continue reading Seek and ye shall find…. success
Modi might ‘Trump’ Donald to become Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading an online poll of readers’ choice for Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ in 2016 honour, which has contenders like US President-elect Donald Trump, the outgoing US leader Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Continue reading Modi might ‘Trump’ Donald to become Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
Want a waterfront villa on Dubai Canal? Here’s your chance
Sobha Group has unveiled new land plots for investors and end users within Sobha Hartland, a freehold community on the Dubai Water Canal and in Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City. Continue reading Want a waterfront villa on Dubai Canal? Here’s your chance
Taxes on expats may cause ‘brain drain’
Imposing tax on expatriates’ remittances and incomes, thepossibility of which is currently under study in some GCC countries, will lead to negative consequences, including “brain drain” among expatriates who constitute about 90 per cent of the total employees in the private sector in the region, International Monetary Fund. Continue reading Taxes on expats may cause ‘brain drain’
Rising protectionism is taking a toll on global trade
Does Donald Trump’s election as United States President mean that globalisation is dead, or are reports of the process’ demise greatly exaggerated? If globalisation is only partly incapacitated, not terminally ill, should we worry? How much will slower trade growth, now in the offing, matter for the global economy? Continue reading Rising protectionism is taking a toll on global trade
Three ways to keep your child safe from disease
Over the last 15 years, the international community has made great strides in improving child health. But, with millions of children under the age of five dying each year from preventable and treatable diseases like diarrhoea and pneumonia, the job is far from finished. Continue reading Three ways to keep your child safe from disease
Lamenting the lost art of conversation
I received a Whatsapp forward recently, which read, “The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave the wrong thing unsaid at the most tempting moments.” Continue reading Lamenting the lost art of conversation
Smart city for people with special needs
It’s easy to talk of inclusive growth which benefits all people, but putting it into practice is easier said than done. The UAE has a track record of making things happen and taking every segment of the population along to meet its development goals. Continue reading Smart city for people with special needs