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Ramola Talwar Badam

Ramola Talwar Badam

Senior National Reporter
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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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An aerial view of the Expo 2020 Dubai site that has been transformed into Expo City Dubai after the six-month megaevent ended
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How will the World Expo 2030 host be chosen?

We break down the process to select one of Saudi Arabia, Italy, South Korea or Ukraine as the venue

HeritageJune 20, 2023
Pupils at the Russian International School in Dubai are drawn from 14 countries including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Pawan Singh / The National
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How Dubai's Russian school is delivering hope amid conflict

Russian and Ukrainian pupils remain united by friendship as their nations are divided by war

EducationJune 19, 2023
Pereira with her father Mark and mother Premila in their Mumbai home. Photo: Pereira family
Actress's family relieved as Sharjah drug case charges dropped

The Indian citizen’s family await her return to Mumbai

CourtsJune 16, 2023
Riyadh is among four cities in the running for the World Expo 2030. Reuters
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Final push from nations bidding to host World Expo 2030

A vote on bids from Riyadh, Rome, Busan and Odesa will be held in November

HeritageJune 15, 2023
Chrisann Pereira was detained by police on arrival at Sharjah Airport on April 1. Photo: Chrisann Pereira / Instagram
Indian actress cleared in UAE drug smuggling case, lawyer says

Lawyer says proceedings against 27-year-old dropped after review of security camera footage

CourtsJune 13, 2023
Action from UAE vs Brazil in a men's Group A game on Sunday. Photo: Dubai Club for People of Determination
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All eyes on Dubai for wheelchair basketball world championships

UAE and Thailand make debut in event being held for the first time in the Mena region

SportJune 13, 2023
Manchester City's Rodri scored the only of the Champions League final. Getty
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Sheikh Hamdan and world leaders praise ‘exceptional’ Man City

Champions League victory celebrations continued into Sunday

FootballJune 11, 2023
Variable lighting, recommended by university research in the Netherlands, cut energy costs and improved the health of plants and flowers. Photo: Rolf van Koppen
How student research keeps the lights on in Dutch greenhouses

UAE researchers plan to work with universities in the Netherlands that collaborated with horticultural companies hit by the energy crisis

UAEMay 22, 2023
Artificial intelligence systems to monitor plant health could draw more students to agricultural research. Photo: Wageningen University and Research
How AI can help produce a new crop of Emirati farmers

Exchange programmes planned with the Netherlands aim to sow interest in agriculture

ClimateMay 18, 2023
A visit by UAE government officials and academicians to the Netherlands on agriculture, technology and educational cooperation.
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UAE-Netherlands to work on water and food projects ahead of Cop28

Diplomats say aim is to extend benefit of projects and research to other nations

Cop28May 17, 2023
(L-R) Daniel O'Brian, Hind Al Ali, Maja Gabrovec and Andrea Torres of Year 2 Eagles class proudly show their UK Flags and paper crowns. Victor Besa / The National
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UAE pupils ring in festivities for King Charles's coronation

Garden parties with tea and sandwiches held to mark the occasion

UAEMay 05, 2023
Children brush up on language skills at the Chinese School Dubai, where numbers have more than doubled since it opened in 2020 in Mirdif. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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Admission numbers soar at Dubai's Chinese curriculum school

Chinese School in Dubai is teaching children to value their roots

EducationMay 05, 2023
Akshay Kumar spent two hours at the Hindu temple site in Abu Dhabi to learn more about the project
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Bollywood star Akshay Kumar visits Abu Dhabi's Hindu temple

Indian actor among thousands who visit site to symbolically be part of construction project

HeritageMay 01, 2023
Yemdzu Doris Claire and her friend Nicoline Abinkeng, from Cameroon, work in shifts in restaurants and were asleep when the blaze engulfed the fourth floor of their building. Claire finds it difficult to cope as her flatmate Abinkeng was among the 16 people killed in the fire. Photo: Yemdzu Doris Claire
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Survivors of deadly Dubai fire haunted by tragedy

Two weeks after Deira fire, victims who leapt to safety struggle to cope with the memories

UAEApril 29, 2023
Indian actress Chrisann Pereira has been granted bail after being detained by police at Sharjah airport. Photo: @chrisannpereira / Instagram
Actress Chrisann Pereira released on bail in UAE drugs case

Family says Bollywood actress emotional after 25 days in jail and just wants to go home

UAEApril 27, 2023
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