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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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      Pereira with her father Mark and mother Premila in their Mumbai home. Photo: Pereira family
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      CourtsJune 16, 2023
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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
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      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
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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

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      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
      Indian actress Chrisann Pereira was arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs into the UAE. Photo: Instagram
      Indian actress arrested in UAE on drugs charge

      Her family claim she was duped into carrying a trophy plaque in which narcotics were concealed

      UAEApril 26, 2023
      Rome is in the running to host Expo 2020. Shutterstock
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      Final inspection held for Rome’s bid to host Expo 2030

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      UAEApril 25, 2023
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