Dubai keeps shelves stocked even as war disrupts food shipmentsThe Middle East war is straining food supply chains in the UAE, which imports about 90% of its food, as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz...
Lulu Retail seeks to raise up to $1.43 bn in biggest UAE IPO this yearLulu Retail Holdings aims to raise up to 5.27 billion dirhams ($1.43 billion) in the UAE's largest IPO this year, offering a 25% stake thro...
Lulu Retail kicks off one of UAE's biggest IPOs this yearLulu Retail Holdings has started an initial public offering, anticipated to be the largest in the UAE this year. It is offering over 2.582 ...
No, I don’t want to be CM: KK Shailaja, who spearheaded Kerala’s fight against CovidThe public health response of Kerala to Covid, says Shailaja, was of a socialist state in action. “Believing in the power of the people is ...
The dark side of namesCovid-19 has brought this issue sharply into focus. Donald Trump’s attempts to dub ‘Coronavirus disease 2019” as the ‘China virus’ showed t...
Crowds of the dead has a message for India: Invest in systems for disposing the deadIn recent years Indian political leaders seem to have been able to ignore the crowds of the living, whether they are farmers, migrant worke...
Dubai farming goes hi-tech to ensure a food-secure future
Coronavirus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science's marchIn 1918, no one had a vaccine, treatment or cure for the great flu pandemic as it ravaged the world and killed more than 50 million people....
View: Face masks have become the indispensable accessories of the modern ageOne of the many ironies of this current epidemic is that China, which is the source of it, is also the source of most of the world’s face m...
Why Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s duck plan makes senseDuck farming has potential to boost rural livelihoods if done as part of unified program of fish and rice farming.
8 Indians win dirham 1 million each in UAE drawThe 'Big Ticket Draw' held at Abu Dhabi International Airport on Thursday is the largest and longest-running monthly raffle draw for cash p...
- Contract farms are flavour of the season
Some days ago, in the otherwise nondescript village of Jhagadiya, Gujarat, hundreds of farmers gathered around a consignment of fruits on i...