The Singapore pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is themed ‘Nature. Nurture. Future’ and is a 1,550-square-metre ‘city in a garden’.
Author: Mahesh Trivedi
Yoga, Sanskrit have many takers in Muslim-majority UAE
Although yoga is part of India’s intangible cultural heritage, it has emerged as a global brand and is being practised all over the world, including in Muslim-majority Arab countries.
UAE throws its weight behind anti-obesity campaigners
The battle against obesity is on in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with several health awareness campaigns and research with top-drawer foreign companies in full swing.
India in numbers: More opportunities through jobs and scholarships
Statistics gathered from various sources, describing India in numbers.
India in Numbers: Rise in the super-rich, tiger population growing
Below are statistics gathered from various sources, describing India in numbers. The number of super-rich Indians has gone up in the past three years, and the country has the world’s highest population of tigers.
India mulls strict law as attacks on docs by patients’ kin rise
Incidents of murderous assaults on doctors by angry relatives of patients are on the increase in India but hooliganism in hospitals will soon be a thing of the past.
Smugglers make hay as Indian govt hikes import duty on gold
With the Indian government jacking up import duty on gold, smuggling of the yellow metal from Persian Gulf countries, Singapore and Malaysia is in full swing.
India in numbers: Fast-growing cities, big workforce but lots of stress
Below are statistics from a wide variety of sources that describes India in numbers. It has one of the largest workforces in the world, the fastest-growing cities and a growing group of millionaires.
Indian NGO to the rescue of animals in Kenya’s wildlife reserves
Poachers and trophy hunters have been calling the shots in the world-renowned wildlife reserves of Kenya despite the government’s marathon efforts to save the East African country’s fast-vanishing elephants, rhinoceroses, lions, leopards, buffaloes and giraffes.
200,000 Indian Muslims flying to Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
Hundreds of devout Muslims from all over the globe, including India, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have started arriving at the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia through air, land and sea ports for the five-day annual pilgrimage beginning August 6.
