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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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The Latheefs in happier times. Izza and her parents Abdul Latheef and Ruksana (centre) survived the crash in Abu Dhabi that killed four brothers Ammaar, Ayyash, Azzaam and Ashaz. Photo: Latheef family
Sister of four boys killed in Abu Dhabi car crash leaves hospital

Children’s mother still in hospital recovering from surgery as daughter discharged

UAEJanuary 08, 2026
Big Ticket winner Anna Gayongan at her home in Deira, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
Filipina who won Dh30m Big Ticket jackpot to invest in UAE property

Anna Gayongan to plan for future so winnings are not 'gone like the air'

UAEJanuary 07, 2026
Hundreds of tourists are stuck on Socotra, days after their return flights to Abu Dhabi were cancelled. EPA
Hundreds of tourists stranded in Socotra as clashes ground planes

Travellers left in limbo on island after flights back to UAE cancelled

UAEJanuary 06, 2026
Abdul and Ruksana Lateef with their children, Ashaz, Ammar, Azam, and Ayash, who died in the road accident. Photo: Lateef family
Four brothers and maid killed in Abu Dhabi crash

Parents and sibling receiving treatment in hospital

UAEJanuary 05, 2026
A Sri Lankan orphan being cared by relatives after her parents and grandfather died in flash floods in Sri Lanka's central Nuwara Eliya district. The family were parishioners and close aides of a Sri Lanka priest who works in Dubai. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
Sri Lankans in UAE mourn loss of loved ones as nation reels from deadly cyclone

UAE residents in Sri Lanka tell of horrific scenes after heavy rain and landslides hit island nation

UAEDecember 06, 2025
Passengers wait for a delayed IndiGo flight at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters
UAE passengers caught up in travel chaos as IndiGo cancels hundreds of flights

Indian airline faces 'operational crisis' as it struggles to meet new safety rules

UAEDecember 05, 2025
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
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