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Ramola Talwar Badam

Ramola Talwar Badam

Senior National Reporter
Dubai
Ramola writes in-depth features on maritime piracy, migrant labour, protection of women and minors from trafficking and abuse, teenage suicides, disability access projects, financial debt, fire safety and transport projects. Ramola worked for more than 12 years with the South Asia bureau of the Associated Press and reported on terrorist attacks, religious riots, earthquakes, politics, crime, business, sport and all things Bollywood.
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Subhashini Silva, second left, with staff of the Sri Lanka consulate in Dubai, with supplies for survivors of Cyclone Ditwah. Pawan Singh for The National
Sri Lankans in UAE flock to deliver aid for cyclone-hit communities in homeland

Other nationalities also take part in aid drive, as consulate in Dubai to stay open constantly until Sunday to receive donations

UAEDecember 03, 2025
Flooding in a suburb of Colombo. Officials fear tourists will cancel planned winter breaks and sever a crucial lifeline of foreign currency. EPA
UAE residents urged to support major aid drive for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka

Alexi Gunasekera urges people not to cancel travel plans

UAEDecember 02, 2025
Mark and Sally Ustare say the new ruling will be a boost to couples like them who are eager to provide a welcoming family home. Photo: Mark Ustare
'Opens door of hope': Expatriates welcome UAE fostering law update

Update allows non-Emirati couples and single women to become foster carers

UAEDecember 02, 2025
Wellampitiya, on the outskirts of Colombo, is among many badly hit areas in Sri Lanka. AFP
Sri Lankans in UAE hold on to hope after deadly cyclone

‘From tears to smiles’ as citizens in the Emirates work with local army relief units to deliver clothing and supplies to worst-hit areas

UAEDecember 01, 2025
Reema Chandhok, her husband Rosh D'Costa and daughter Mia in their villa in The Lakes, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
My Own HomeStylist turns Dh4.1m Dubai villa into ‘dream home with a view’

Reema Chandhok and her husband Rosh D’Costa carried out renovations that draw in the sunlight to open up small interior spaces

UAENovember 26, 2025
Eighteen members of the Naseeruddin family were among 45 killed when a tanker collided with a bus, which then caught fire, near Madinah. Photo: Naseeruddin family
No end to our sadness, says Indian who lost 18 relatives in Saudi bus crash

Close family members travel from Hyderabad to Madinah to pay last respects

AsiaNovember 18, 2025
Relatives of victims killed in Saudi Arabia mourn in Hyderabad, India. AFP
Sole survivor jumps from window as Saudi bus crash kills 45 pilgrims

India's Prime Minister expresses condolences to families of accident

GulfNovember 17, 2025
Eunice Ogolo of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Africa said a $45.5 million investment would improve the learning of 350,000 children in schools in Kenya and Nigeria.
Technology and investment key to raising education standards 'for every child'

Partnership with educators to allow teachers and students to keep pace with technology to face future challenges

UAENovember 16, 2025
Dubai Exhibition Center at Expo Dubai progress update. Antonie Robertson/The National
Inside look at the Dh10bn Dubai Exhibition Centre to open in January

The region’s largest events space primed to pick up the baton from Dubai World Trade Centre, starting with Gulfood

UAENovember 12, 2025
Oshea Aguirre, 13, says she cannot swim but was forced to jump into raging floodwater as Typhoon Kalmaegi hit Cebu, in the Philippines. Photo: Aezel Aguirre / Facebook
'If I didn’t jump, I would die,' says teenage survivor of Philippines typhoon

Viral video of girl trapped by surging flood highlights plight of more than one million people displaced by deadly storms

UAENovember 11, 2025
UAE residents are being urged to report cases when e-scooter riders have behaved dangerously. Chris Whiteoak / The National
E-scooter scourge: Police call on public to report dangerous riders

Accident victims and doctors call for improved safety measures and stricter enforcement of rules

UAENovember 10, 2025
Grade 10 pupils at Delhi Private School Dubai celebrate after receiving their CBSE results in 2023. Photo: Delhi Private School Dubai
UAE's Indian schools to switch to new global curriculum

Syllabus at CBSE schools to be modernised after education board announces decision in Dubai

UAENovember 05, 2025
Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote work Applications speaking at the Abu Dhabi Global AI Summit in Abu Dhabi. Ruel Pableo for The National
Goal of AI should be to improve quality of life, says UAE minister

Abu Dhabi summit hears how there is a 'narrow window of opportunity' to build trust on AI

UAENovember 02, 2025
Sindiya Ibrahim has curated TEDxAlBateen to bring together leaders in government, business and culture to share ideas. Photo: TEDxAlBateen
Emirati entrepreneur heads up community-led TEDx talks in Abu Dhabi

Sindiya Ibrahim is keen to take inspirational ideas from Abu Dhabi across the globe

UAEOctober 31, 2025
Travellers at Mumbai airport. India is now among more than 140 states that use e-passports. Bloomberg
Indians in UAE to receive new e-passport in drive to curb fraud and delays

Diplomats hail embedded chip as key feature to 'prevent forgery or tampering'

UAEOctober 30, 2025
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