Dubai Press Club opens registration for Arab Media Forum 2023
DUBAI, 16th July, 2023 (WAM) -- The Dubai Press Club (DPC), organiser of the 21st edition of the Arab Media Forum (AMF), announced that registration to attend the Forum is now open.The two-day event, to be held from 26-27 September, will bring together pr...
Making Only A Few Cities Smart Goes Against The Concept Of Equality
By Dr Arun Mira Much is being talked about making 100 cities throughout the country as smart cities. Focus of smartness is on digitalization, beautification, high rise buildings, big flyovers, wide spaces for cars to run on the roads, luxury parks etc. Li...
Qatar, America’s Best Friend In The Gulf, Is Simultaneously Wooing China
By James M Dorsey A recent 27-year, four million-tonne liquefied natural gas (LNG) Qatari export agreement with China, the longest in gas export history, highlights different Gulf state approaches to navigating big power rivalry between the People’s Repub...
Gold Monetisation Schemes Have Failed Due To Poor Understanding Of Sentiments
By K Raveendran The government has announced plans to monetise the huge domestic gold holdings from time to time, each subsequent version seeking to correct the drawbacks with the previous plans. But the hard fact is that none of these achieved even a fra...
Meta’s ‘Threads’ Is Certainly A Major Challenge To Twitter’s Domination
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Meta’s groundbreaking ‘Threads’ caused a seismic shift in social media, generating unparalleled excitement. Positioned as the ultimate challenger to Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg disrupted the online networking landscape by introducing...
Ex-BJP ally Rajbhar rejoins NDA, boosts UP prospects
The Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted on Sunday that the OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party or SBSP has rejoined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He tweeted, “Met Shri @oprajbhar ji in Delhi and decide...
Cong softening towards AAP, but ties with TMC turn knotty
The Opposition, specially the Congress, is watching the developments in the NDA camp very closely as the BJP looks to find new alliances. The Congress, which hosts the Opposition meeting in Bengaluru next week, will ensure that its old friends and new pot...
Kejriwal alleges BJP conspiracy in Delhi floods
Delhi Cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Saturday alleged that floods in the city were caused by the BJP-led Centre and Haryana government wilfully releasing water towards the national capital. Addressing a press conference here, Bharadwaj said it has...
Rahul moves SC to challenge Gujarat HC’s conviction order
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on his conviction in the 2019 defamation case. In the plea, Gandhi challenges the Gujarat High Court’s order last week, requested the apex court to suspend his conviction...
ADEK, India’s Ministry of Education partner to establish first IIT-Delhi international campus in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, 15th July, 2023 (WAM) -- The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), the Ministry of Education in India, and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi) - India’s leading technical education and research institution - h...
When literature scores over market algorithms
Matein Khalid Literature is often a better guide to navigate the emerging markets than the cold algorithms of modern finance. This is definitely true with the magic realism genre of Latin American writers like Argentina's Borges, Colombia's García Márquez...
IIT Delhi to have Abu Dhabi campus
Arabian Post Staff The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), the Ministry of Education in India, and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi) - India’s leading technical education and research institution - have signed a Memo...
UAE President and Indian PM meet to reinforce strong bilateral ties
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the strategic partnership between the UAE and India to the next level, following the signing last year of the Comprehensive Economic Partn
UAE President holds official reception for Indian PM
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, who is on an official visit to the UAE.Upon arrival at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, the Indian Prime Minister’s motorcade was met by a group of
UAE and India issue joint statement after Indian PM's visit to UAE
The United Arab Emirates and India have issued a joint statement following the official visit made by Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, to the UAE today.Following is the full text of the statement:"1. President of the United Arab Emirates His Highne