In six months, Dubai’s first-time buyer programme helped 2,000 residents purchase homes worth AED3.25 billion/Image: WAM For thousands of Dubai residents, owning a home is no longer a distant ambition. A government-led initiative launched last year is rapidly changing that reality, turning long-term renters into homeowners and injecting fresh momentum into the emirate’s property market.Dubai’s […]
The seabed off southern Japan has long held shapes that look out of place. Divers near Amami Oshima Island began noticing large circular patterns etched into sand in the 1990s, precise enough to seem artificial. Each year, they appeared and then faded, leaving little behind except curiosity. For a long time, no clear explanation followed. […]
Border 2 has taken a great start and the word of mouth has been unanimously positive from the audience and critics alike. Realizing that the film is going to put up a huge number over the weekend and have an insane demand, the theatres have started to increase shows. The popular cinema chain MovieMax has […]
Actor Randeep Hooda, known for his disciplined approach to both craft and life, has officially joined LinkedIn, marking a new phase in his professional journey that increasingly extends beyond the world of cinema. His new and fresh presence on the platform reflects a conscious shift towards engaging with conversations around entrepreneurship, long-term investments, and building […]
A single citizenship file was used to falsely register nearly 1,000 dependents, triggering Kuwait’s largest fraud case/Representative Image A routine nationality review has opened the door to one of the largest citizenship fraud cases Kuwait has ever recorded. What began as a single investigation file has now led to the withdrawal of nationality from nearly […]
Amid the ongoing inheritance dispute within the Kapur family, Mandhira Kapur Smith, sister of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, has spoken publicly following a defamation case filed against her by Sunjay Kapur’s widow, Priya Sachdeva Kapur. ‘I’m not here to lie’: Mandhira Kapur responds to defamation case amid Sunjay Kapur inheritance dispute Speaking to Republic TV, […]
When Steve Scherer began driving an Uber in northern Virginia, he was not trying to rediscover immigration as a subject. He had already spent years reporting on it from Europe.Scherer, a former foreign correspondent and bureau chief, published a first-person essay on his Substack this week describing how working as a ride-hail driver in the […]
Saudi Arabia launched Nitaqat 2.0, targeting 340,000 private sector jobs for citizens over three years/Image: File After the success of its first phase, the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has launched the second phase of the Nitaqat Al-Mutawar programme, aiming to create more than 340,000 private sector jobs for citizens over the […]
A long-awaited multi-starrer from the late 1980s, Hum Mein Shahenshah Kaun, featuring iconic actors such as Rajinikanth, Shatrughan Sinha and Hema Malini, is poised for a nationwide theatrical release more than three decades after it was originally made. The film, shot in 1989 but never released, has now been restored and prepared for modern audiences. […]
Saudi Arabia begins accepting property ownership applications from non-Saudis/Representative Image The waiting is over. Saudi Arabia’s Real Estate General Authority has officially announced that the law allowing non-Saudis to own property entered into force yesterday, January 22. With this, applications are now being accepted through a unified digital platform, marking a decisive shift in how […]
