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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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Reema Chandhok, her husband Rosh D'Costa and daughter Mia in their villa in The Lakes, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
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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
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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
A video of Oshea Aguirre, a Philippine teenager has gone viral that shows her trapped in swirling flood water crouched on a gate near her submerged home in Cebu, Philippines that was hit by Typhoon Fung-wong. Photo: Aezel Aguirre / Facebook
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'If I didn’t jump, I would die,' says teenage survivor of Philippines typhoon

Viral video of girl trapped by surging flood highlights plight of more than one million people displaced by deadly storms

UAENovember 11, 2025
UAE residents are being urged to report cases when e-scooter riders have behaved dangerously. Chris Whiteoak / The National
E-scooter scourge: Police call on public to report dangerous riders

Accident victims and doctors call for improved safety measures and stricter enforcement of rules

UAENovember 10, 2025
Grade 10 pupils at Delhi Private School Dubai celebrate after receiving their CBSE results in 2023. Photo: Delhi Private School Dubai
UAE's Indian schools to switch to new global curriculum

Syllabus at CBSE schools to be modernised after education board announces decision in Dubai

UAENovember 05, 2025
Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote work Applications speaking at the Abu Dhabi Global AI Summit in Abu Dhabi. Ruel Pableo for The National
Goal of AI should be to improve quality of life, says UAE minister

Abu Dhabi summit hears how there is a 'narrow window of opportunity' to build trust on AI

UAENovember 02, 2025
Sindiya Ibrahim has curated TEDxAlBateen to bring together leaders in government, business and culture to share ideas. Photo: TEDxAlBateen
Emirati entrepreneur heads up community-led TEDx talks in Abu Dhabi

Sindiya Ibrahim is keen to take inspirational ideas from Abu Dhabi across the globe

UAEOctober 31, 2025
Travellers at Mumbai airport. India is now among more than 140 states that use e-passports. Bloomberg
Indians in UAE to receive new e-passport in drive to curb fraud and delays

Diplomats hail embedded chip as key feature to 'prevent forgery or tampering'

UAEOctober 30, 2025
A green innovation district at Expo City Dubai will house eco-friendly manufacturing units, farming plots and companies that invest in green technology. Chris Whiteoak / The National
UAE unveils green innovation zone at Expo City as part of 'milestone' strategy

Nestle to move regional headquarters to district, alongside small eco-friendly industries and farm plots

UAEOctober 28, 2025
Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is known as the 'Iron Lady'. AP
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Japan's new prime minister to bolster 'cultural bridge' with UAE

Ties with Asian powerhouse reinforced by UAE’s popularity at Osaka Expo

UAEOctober 26, 2025
Dubai residents from a variety of backgrounds have sought the benefits of tai chi's slow movements. Photo: Dubai Chinese Public Welfare Martial Arts Group
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Why hundreds in Dubai are using tai chi to take a breath and hit pause

'Moving meditation' draws people aged from six to 70, with the aim of developing an agile body and peaceful mind

UAEOctober 25, 2025
Doug Cutchins has run 12 marathons, completed two Ironman triathlons and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro – all on one kidney. Photo: Doug Cutchins
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Kidney donors compete in Dubai triathlon to show they're as healthy as ever

UAE residents aim to raise awareness about leading a healthy lifestyle and shatter myths that kidney donation causes sickliness

UAEOctober 18, 2025
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