In a bid to attract more passenger traffic from India, UAE's Emirates airlines on Tuesday announced a special 'companion offer' on their newly launched service from five Indian cities to New York via Dubai.
India's greatest women's tennis player won six Grand Slam doubles titles and will compete in her final major this month at the Australian Open, where she bagged the women's doubles crown in 2016.
The steep cut in Customs duty on silver in the FY25 Budget to 6 per cent from 15 per cent may provide the government temporary relief by checking the spurt in silver imports from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). In FY24, silver imports from the UAE jumped to $1.7 billion from only $11.18 million in FY23, according to commerce department data. In May, about 87 per cent of India's silver imports came from Dubai.
"We see a strong demand and a good market. We will be launching 18 additional flights per week starting from July 1 and extending up to October," Emirates Airline's, vice president (India and Nepal), Orhan Abbas, told reporters in Dubai on Thursday. The three destinations are New Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Dubai International Airport is the world's fourth busiest hub for international passengers and freight traffic.
Dubai-based carrier, Emirates is adding a host of in-flight services, like the facility of using mobile phones onboard, toys for children and nutritious meals for them to attract more passengers.
Dubai Summer Surprises is a 10-week family fun-filled shopping-cum-educational festival. During this time, malls take on a carnival-like atmosphere with some of them adopting special themes. Valid from June 19 to August 22, the packages must be booked for a minimum of three nights and offer customers a choice of 24 city and beach hotels in various price-brackets.
"A passenger, who had a COVID-positive certificate dated September 2, travelled on Air India Express' Jaipur-Dubai flight on September 4. A similar incident had happened with a passenger on one of the airline's other Dubai flights previously," said one of the officials.
The tournament final will be played at the Dubai International Stadium on December 17. All group matches and semi-finals will be played at the ICC Academy Ovals 1 and 2.
Armed police stormed a packed passenger jet at Heathrow airport in London on Saturday as it was about to take off to Dubai and arrested three men on suspicion of making a bomb threat.
70.5 million passengers passed through it last year
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has stepped up its watch on the import of unbranded gold jewellery amid a spurt in seizures on international borders and from importers. During FY24, the CBIC and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) jointly seized about 5 tonnes of gold, 30 per cent more than what they did in FY23. In FY23, 3.5 tonnes of gold was confiscated.
The 51-year-old Dravid's tenure as Head Coach ended with this T20 World Cup triumph. Dravid was appointed India coach in 2021.
Is this the time to use India's forex reserves to bail out Dubai? The emirate might be grateful, but how would the others in the United Arab Emirates react? asks TVR Shenoy.
The decision cuts the order book for the European company's newest jet, which is due to enter service in around six months' time, by around 10 per cent.
It was earlier reported that 60,000 people had already confirmed, via a website set up to register attendees, to attend the event to be attended by only Indian-origin persons.
A Kochi-Dubai Emirates flight with 205 passengers and 14 crew on board, made an emergency landing at the airport near Kochi on Tuesday following a technical problem.
The incident remains a reminder of the inherent fragilities of all geopolitical relationships.
A Dubai-bound Emirates flight with 356 passengers, including crew, on board was grounded in Mumbai after a terror alert call, an airport official said.
The 62-year-old Rajput's appointment comes in the backdrop of UAE failing to make it to the T20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies and the USA this year.
Air India (AI)'s rise could be at the expense of three "super-connector" hubs - Doha in Qatar, and Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE - as the Indian passenger would any day prefer direct flights of their national airline that is providing excellent on-time service, Arved von zur Muehlen, chief commercial officer of Saudia Airlines, said on Thursday.
India became the third largest market for UAE carrier Emirates' holiday packages for the just-concluded Dubai Shopping Festival, after Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The 517-seater superjumbo will operate flight EK-516 on the Dubai-Delhi route to celebrate the launch of T-3 as a one-time gesture by the airline, an Emirates spokesperson said.
The airline has been trying to gain additional flying rights in India.
Muhammad Yunus on Thursday promised to deliver a government which assures safety to its citizens, as the Nobel laureate returned to the protest-torn Bangladesh from Paris to take oath as the head of the interim government following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina.
New Zealand was warned of a "specific, credible threat" against its team, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said, elaborating on the rationale for abruptly abandoning the tour of Pakistan as the squad reached Dubai on Sunday.
Indian engineering and management institutes, which have set up bases in Dubai, are facing a 13-60 per cent dip in admissions due to the economic crisis in the city, which is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar, from Kerala has won a million dollars in lottery, just six days after miraculously surviving the accident.
The airline, which flies to 10 Indian destinations and has 184 flights each week, announced several attractive schemes to cater to the summer rush to attract Indian holiday travellers to fly to Dubai and beyond.
The future of the $2 million Dubai Tennis championship was questioned by the WTA on Sunday after Israeli player Shahar Peer was denied an entry visa to the United Arab Emirates.
Royal Emirates Group will buy La Liga club Getafe for about 90 million euros ($129.6 million), the Dubai firm said on Wednesday following earlier reports it was eyeing a Spanish soccer team.
Reader Kevin Fernandes sent us this photograph from Dubai.
Qatar has released eight jailed former Indian Navy personnel and seven of them returned home early Monday, 46 days after their death sentences handed last October were commuted to jail terms of varying duration.
Indian prefer to buy expensive properties in Dubai.
A plane carrying more than 300 passengers, mostly Indians, is expected to land at Mumbai airport early on Tuesday, three days after it was detained by French authorities over suspected human trafficking, a source said.
Futures contracts of the rupee against the dollar listed on the Dubai Gold
Princess Sheikha Latifa is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and the prime minister of the UAE.
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