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Ramola Talwar Badam

Ramola Talwar Badam

Senior National Reporter
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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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Former world No 2 Ons Jabeur hopes to make her tennis comeback next year. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Ons Jabeur 'definitely coming back' as former world No 2 targets 2027 return

Tunisian tennis star is enjoying motherhood but insists she wants to play a few more years on WTA Tour

TennisNovember 11, 2026
Navdeep Suri, former Indian ambassador to the UAE. The National
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Former Indian envoy to UAE tells of trust and ties in new book

Navdeep Suri traces the history of the UAE's 'most consequential partnership' with India

UAENovember 07, 2026
Nineteen-year-old Emirati mountaineer Fatima Al Awadhi. Photo: Wam
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'When I see a summit, I smile': Emirati teen on scaling peaks

Fatima Al Awadhi talks about her aim to climb the highest mountain on each continent and reach the North and South Poles before turning 20

UAENovember 05, 2026
Aman Ali, 18, has been discharged from a Riyadh hospital along with his brother Wasi, 16. Ali family
Two teens to leave Riyadh hospital weeks after Houthi strike on airport killed father

The boys require post-operative care in Saudi Arabia until they return to India

UAENovember 02, 2026
Sharan Budhrani with his mother Mansha, right, and author Margot de Ruiter Hooykaas. Ruel Pableo for The National
Never give up: Dubai artist gives voice to people with disabilities

Sharan Budhrani writes about life with a degenerative muscle condition in a book that offers hope to those facing challenges

UAEOctober 30, 2026
Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School Principal Rajendra Dawadi says it could take two years to rebuild after the deadly floods. Photo: Rajendra Dawadi
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How principal who saved hundreds of pupils from Nepal floods reopened his school

Rajendra Dawadi has set up makeshift classrooms in tents and under stairs for survivors of the August 26 disaster

AsiaOctober 23, 2026
Robert Pether, a former Dubai resident and Australian engineer, says speaking to his family gave him the strength to pull through the "dark times" during five years in detention in Iraq. Photo: Screen grab / Reuters
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Exclusive'I was innocent': Ex-Dubai resident's first interview after detention in Iraq

Robert Pether to undergo surgery for skin cancer and plans legal recourse for arbitrary captivity

UAEOctober 16, 2026
Fire erupts on board the MT Petro Dolphin after a drone attack near Sohar, Oman. Screen grab: Forward Seamen’s Union of India
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Families 'broken' over sailors missing after tanker drone attack

Relatives await news days after drone hit and fire ripped through part of ship

GulfOctober 14, 2026
Capt Smit Machchhar, left, with friend and colleague Dharav Gosalia, right, and another colleague on a SpiceJet flight some years ago. Dharav Gosalia
Hero flydubai captain was always ‘two steps’ ahead when on duty

Capt Smit Machchhar’s former colleague speaks of training and experience that helped his friend pull off a ‘miracle’

UAEOctober 08, 2026
Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar, attacked mid-air by his co-pilot during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, told the dentist who slowed down his bleeding how much he wanted to live. AFP
‘Don’t sleep please, we need you,’ dentist told flydubai pilot

Shota Musaev recounts 45 minutes of terror on board Dubai-Tel Aviv flight

UAEOctober 06, 2026
Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar, left, speaks to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi by phone from Abu Dhabi. AFP
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'I was fighting for my life': flydubai pilot tells of cockpit attack

Capt Smit Machchhar tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he battled intense pain to save passengers' lives

UAEOctober 02, 2026
Shaken passengers leave the terminal at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel having been diverted after the mid-air ordeal. Getty Images
Front-row passenger describes fight to save flydubai flight

Passenger sitting near cockpit describes terrifying, bloody scenes when injured captain opened door

UAEOctober 01, 2026
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar has been hailed as a hero for saving passengers after he was stabbed by his colleague in an alleged attempt to crash a flydubai plane on September 30. Reuters
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'As long as you walk out of the aircraft safely, that’s what I want': Hero pilot

Capt Smit Machchhar previously spoke on a podcast about safety and building trust with passengers

UAEOctober 01, 2026
Awards were presented to pupils, teachers and schools at a ceremony at Sorbonne University held to honour the life and work of Dr Goodall. Photo: Roots & Shoots UAE
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Youth-led green projects to honour Jane Goodall in UAE

Plans to strengthen conservation programmes across schools, communities mark one-year anniversary

UAESeptember 30, 2026
Suraj Yadav spoke with his family two hours before missiles struck the Cape Dao on September 23. Photo: Yadav family
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'Leave our children alone,' says family of Indian sailor killed in Strait of Hormuz

Relatives and maritime groups urge Iran and US to end attacks on civilian sailors

GulfSeptember 30, 2026
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