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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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Indian guru Sadhguru is in Dubai as part of a world tour to talk about the importance of soil. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru in Dubai for ‘save soil’ campaign

Yogi dubbed the mystic on a motorbike has a mission to avert famine

GovernmentMay 19, 2022
Baps Hindu Mandir, a Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, offers prayers for Sheikh Khalifa. Photo: Baps Swaminarayan Sanstha
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Abu Dhabi's Hindu temple honours Sheikh Khalifa’s legacy of peace and tolerance

Prayers for Sheikh Khalifa offered in temples across the world

HeritageMay 18, 2022
The new unemployment support programme provides financial security to citizens and residents. Getty Images
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UAE's new unemployment insurance scheme will give employees vital protection, experts say

Mandatory social support programme will help retain talent in the Emirates

GovernmentMay 13, 2022
District 2020, once the home of Expo 2020, is set to open in 2022. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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Germany's Siemens to move hundreds of staff to Expo 2020 Dubai legacy site

The company's technology will help future residents cut their energy costs

UAEMay 13, 2022
Philippine nationals vote in their home country elections in Dubai at the Consulate in Al Qusais. Antonie Robertson/The National
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Filipinos in UAE bank on 'strong' president to unite country

Many expat voters said they chose 'Bongbong' Macros despite his father's nine-year military rule

GovernmentMay 09, 2022
The main road that twists up and down Jebel Jais. Victor Besa / The National
Family grieves for Indian mother who died in Jebel Jais car accident

Children and husband of Tintu Paul, a nurse from Kerala, are recovering from injuries

TransportMay 08, 2022
The official mascot for Expo 2025 in Japan is looking for a name. Photo: Expo 2025 Osaka
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Expo 2025 Osaka’s googly-eyed mascot needs a name

Signature pavilions to be developed by artists and scientists announced by organisers

Expo 2020May 05, 2022
Chandu Siroya, managing director of Siroya Jewellers, says a lot more Indian jewellery will be exported through Dubai because of changes in tarrifs. Antonie Robertson/The National
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Dubai's gold sector to receive a boost as UAE-India pact takes effect

Import duties, previously at five per cent, have been scrapped for jewellery exported to the UAE from India under the agreement

HeritageMay 01, 2022
Medical supplies required urgently by hospitals in Sri Lanka being packed in a warehouse in Dubai's Ras Al Khor area. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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With love and care: Sri Lankans in UAE send life-saving medical supplies home

Residents in UAE and other nations join daily meetings with Sri Lanka's government officials to ‘bridge the gap’ in critical medicines

HeritageApril 29, 2022
Larisa Strotskaia pictured with medical staff at Aster Hospital. Photo: Aster Hospital
Ukrainian former Olympian given new lease of life after surgery in Dubai

Former Soviet Olympian was visiting family and has not been able to return home due to war

UAEApril 26, 2022
Sean Burgess fought exhaustion and brain fog - and slept for only six minutes in two nights - as he rowed a distance of 421,954 metres in 50-plus hours. This is equivalent to 10 back-to-back marathons. All photos: Sean Burgess
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Dubai resident completes 50-hour rowing challenge without sleep

Sean Burgess took on the gruelling test of endurance to raise funds for a Tanzanian school

HeritageApril 26, 2022
Ignitia. Photo: Ignitia
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How the echoes of Expo will resound around the world

Powerful pioneers are transforming the lives of millions of people through Expo-backed programmes

WeekendApril 22, 2022
The church has been built on a plot of land in Abu Dhabi's Al Shahama area. Photo: Church of South India, Abu Dhabi
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'Guardian angel' Church of South India to open in Abu Dhabi

Indian Protestant community describes the space as a 40-year-old dream come true

HeritageApril 22, 2022
Staff working at the BitOasis office in Dubai Design District in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
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Why the UAE visa rules will reshape the jobs market

Experts say the amendments will attract even more talent

GovernmentApril 21, 2022
The biotope at the Netherlands pavilion was a big attraction at the Expo 2020 that showed how climate was controlled naturally and could nurture thousands of plants in the desert heat. All materials will be recycled and reused as the World Expo has ended. Pawan Singh / The National
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How the Netherlands Expo 2020 Dubai pavilion is being dismantled for reuse

Dubai urban planner will take over mushroom nursery and rented steel will be returned to construction sites

Expo 2020April 13, 2022
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