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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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Six year-old Amelia receives a hug as she and her mother Daniel Aloni meet relatives after being released from captivity in Gaza. Reuters
Mixed emotions for Israeli families awaiting release of members

Gaza hostage deal brings joy to some, but angst to others as they await return of loved ones

Palestine-IsraelNovember 26, 2023
Solar panels power a water pump in the remote Kedougou region of Senegal. AFP
Batteries with a 20-year life could power remote locations

Entrepreneurs say reliable clean energy transition is possible with long-life battery technology

WeekendNovember 24, 2023
Israeli families are torn between hope their loved ones are among 50 hostages to be released soon by Hamas and the knowledge that some relatives will remain captive. EPA
What about the rest? Israelis torn between relief and anguish for hostages left behind

Families wrestle with hope that Hamas will release their loved ones while knowing others will remain captive

Palestine-IsraelNovember 22, 2023
Land Life, a green company, will be at Cop28 to spread its message about restoring nature. Photo: Land Life Company
Green start-up takes reforestation message to Cop28

Dutch company Land Life has planted more than nine million trees in projects from Mexico to Australia

Cop28November 18, 2023
Community events such as nature walks engage the public to participate in the upcoming Cop28. Photo: Supplied
UAE launches PopCop events to inspire community climate action

Small groups given a framework to organise events related to Cop28 climate themes

Cop28November 15, 2023
Visitors can register for entry to the Cop28 Green Zone that will open from December 3 to December 12 at Expo City Dubai. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
Cop28 Green Zone passes now available

More than 100 free events open to the public at Cop28 climate summit

Cop28November 14, 2023
Sharon Toribio is boxing all her gifts for her family in the Philippines for the coming Christmas. Leslie Pableo for The National
Festive Filipinos in Dubai send home surprise Christmas gift packages

Overseas workers fill up gift boxes for family for the festive season as part of a time-honoured tradition

HeritageNovember 14, 2023
A mass at the last remaining Roman Catholic church in Gaza. Photo: Holy Family Church
Pope Francis regularly calls Palestinians in Gaza church

Almost daily phone calls from the Pope give hope to 700 Palestinians sheltering in church in northern Gaza

Palestine-IsraelNovember 11, 2023
A four-day-old baby receives medical treatment in the nursery at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. EPA
Women in Gaza give birth in cars as hospitals overflow

Overcrowded and under-equipped hospitals are forced to discharge women without medication

Palestine-IsraelNovember 09, 2023
The parents of Natthaporn, who was working in Israel and was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, show photos of him at their house in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Reuters
Thai farm workers evacuated from Israel after 34 killed in Hamas attack

Thai government in negotiations for release of 24 workers taken hostage by Palestinian militants on October 7

Palestine-IsraelNovember 08, 2023
Nadav Goldshtein, centre, was killed by Hamas gunmen along with his daughter Yam Goldshtein Almog, far right, at their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, while his wife Chen Goldshtein Almog, daughter Agam, and sons Gal and Tal were taken hostage. Photo: Goldshtein-Almog family
Families of Israeli hostages seek help from US and Europe

About 240 people still being held by Hamas after month-long Israeli military assault on Gaza

Palestine-IsraelNovember 07, 2023
Carmilla Figueras Jesalva with Nitza Hefetz, her Israeli employer whose life she saved by handing over her savings to a Hamas gunman. Photo: Carmilla Figueras Jesalva
Filipina caregiver gave savings to protect Israeli employer from Hamas attack

Former Dubai resident handed over $370 to spare the life of her 94-year-old patient

Palestine-IsraelOctober 29, 2023
Bishop Paolo Martinelli has asked people of all faiths to join in a day of prayer and fasting on Friday as part of a call to end the Israel-Gaza war. Pawan Singh / The National
Bishop Paolo Martinelli calls for prayers over Israel-Gaza conflict

This follows Pope Francis call for a day of prayer on Friday, October 27, urging for an end to the bloodshed

HeritageOctober 26, 2023
A Palestinian man and his son walk among the rubble of an area in Gaza city levelled in Israeli air strikes that have killed more than 6,500. EPA
‘Worse than dying:’ Gazan describes search for family under rubble

Injured Palestinian cannot erase memory of seeing people killed in Israeli air strikes

Palestine-IsraelOctober 26, 2023
Erez, 11, and his sister Sahar Dan Kalderon, 16, are among more than 200 Israelis taken hostage by Hamas militants. Five members of the Dan Kalderon family were abducted. Photo: Dan Kalderon family
Israeli mother hopes her children and other hostages are alive

Hadas Kalderon sees the release of hostages as a sign that her young children and ex-husband will soon be freed by Hamas

Palestine-IsraelOctober 25, 2023
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