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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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      Yemeni citizen Talal Mahdi was killed in 2017 by Indian nurse Nimisha Priya in Sanaa. Photo: Abdel Fattah Mahdi
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      Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, faces execution in Yemen for murder
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      MENAJuly 31, 2025
      Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from southern Kerala state, faces the death penalty for the murder of a Yemeni national.
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      UAEJuly 26, 2025
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      MENAJuly 17, 2025
      Nimisha Priya, a nurse from India's Kerala state, faces the death penalty for murdering Yemeni citizen Talal Mahdi. Handout
      Family of Yemeni murder victim call for execution of Indian nurse

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      AsiaJuly 17, 2025
      Nimisha Priya was convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner in 2017
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      GulfJuly 15, 2025
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      UAEJuly 14, 2025
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