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Suhail Akram

Suhail Akram

Multimedia Journalist
Suhail Akram joined The National as Multimedia Producer in 2018. Prior to this, he worked with AJ+, first as a South Asia Fellow and then as a Producer, based out of New Delhi and Doha. He has worked with BBC as a Monitoring Journalist, South Asia and with DD News as a correspondent and news presenter.

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Two researchers were awarded a $1.5 million grant as part of the UAE Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science. The award ceremony took place on Thursday at the Dubai Expo 2020's UAE pavilion. Photo: National Centre for Meteorology
UAE rain enhancement awards held at Expo 2020 site

The program offers a grant of $1.5 million distributed over three years for each of the research proposals

EnvironmentJanuary 13, 2022
Pilgrims wearing protective face masks walk at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, as Indonesian Muslims depart for Umrah pilgrimage trip for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tangerang, near Jakarta, Indonesia, January 8, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Fauzan/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN INDONESIA.
Indonesian Umrah pilgrims complete their five-day quarantine in Madinah

A 10-day waiting period is now mandatory between two separate Umrah visits

Saudi ArabiaJanuary 13, 2022
A member of the media takes his lunch delivered by a robotic cooking machine which cooked the meal at the dining hall at the Main Press Centre ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China January 6, 2022. REUTERS / Fabrizio Bensch
This restaurant prepares and serves food using robots at Beijing Winter Olympics

It can serve nearly 600 people at once

AsiaJanuary 12, 2022
Turkish farmer fits his cows with VR glasses to help them produce more milk
Turkish farmer fits his cows with VR glasses to help them produce more milk

The farmer said he found out the cows produced five litres more milk per day

WorldJanuary 12, 2022
A handout photo made available by the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) that shows Surgeon Bartley P. Griffith, MD with 57-year-old patient, David Bennett, prior to a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery on a with terminal heart disease patient, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Issued 10 January 2022. EPA / University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
US man gets a genetically modified pig heart in a world-first transplant

Doctors said the patient, 57, is awake and recovering after the surgery

HealthJanuary 11, 2022
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 04, 2020 Syrian campaigner Wafa Mustafa sits between pictures of victims of the Syrian regime as she holds a picture of her father, during a protest outside the trial against two Syrian alleged former intelligence officers accused for crimes against humanity, in the first trial of its kind to emerge from the Syrian conflict, in Koblenz, western Germany. - As Germany prepares to issue the verdict on January 13, 2022 in the first trial worldwide over state-sponsored torture in Syria, Wafa Mustafa is one of many Syrians still looking for relatives missing since a brutal government crackdown on dissent began in 2011. The trial of Anwar Raslan, a former colonel in Bashar al-Assad's regime, is an important "first step", Mustafa tells AFP. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes / AFP)
A Syrian daughter's desperate search for her missing father

Wafa Mustafa is one of many people still looking for relatives who were made to disappear

SyriaJanuary 11, 2022
Indian health workers receive third dose of vaccination for COVID-19 at a vaccination center in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. Healthcare and front-line workers along with people above age 60 with health problems lined up Monday at vaccination centers across India to receive a third vaccination as infections linked to the omicron variant surge. India is calling this dose a “precautionary” shot instead of a booster. (AP Photo / Rajanish Kakade)
India begins Covid booster shots for seniors and frontline workers

The country is grappling with a rapidly escalating outbreak driven by the Omicron variant

AsiaJanuary 10, 2022
Kazakh policemen during protests over a hike in energy prices in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 05 January 2022 (issued 09 January 2022). Protesters stormed the mayor's office in Almaty, as Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared a state of emergency in the capital until 19 January 2022. 164 people where killed during the riots, reported the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan. As a result of the riots, 2,265 people in different regions of the country applied for medical assistance. 83 people are in serious condition in hospitals. EPA / STRINGER
Kazakhstan protests claim 164 lives over a week

Police also made 5,000 arrests in their attempt to quell the worst unrest to hit the country in 30 years

AsiaJanuary 10, 2022
A house is seen surrounded by flood waters from the Mary River in the town of Tiaro, 198 kilometres north of Brisbane, Australia, 09 January 2022. Areas in Queensland's Wide Bay and Burnett, Fraser Coast and Gympie region have been inundated with rain and flood waters after ex-Cyclone Seth crossed on 08 January morning. EPA / DARREN ENGLAND AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
Australian family rescued from flood by helicopter

All members of the family were uninjured.

AustralasiaJanuary 09, 2022
Ministry of Defence announces launch of 'Joint Emirates Shield / 50' military drill. WAM
UAE military boosts readiness with Joint Emirates Shield/50 exercise

Land, sea and air units will take part in this major maritime drill

GovernmentJanuary 09, 2022
A handout photo made available by the Minas Gerais State Fire Department that shows the search and rescue work for victims of an accident in Lake Furnas, a tourist spot in the municipality of Capitolio in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 08 January 2022. At least five people died and 20 are missing when a huge rocky wall of a canyon fell earlier on the same day on some tourist boats in a lake in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, which has suffered a heavy rainstorm in recent days. EPA / Minas Gerais State Fire Department / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
Several dead after Brazil cliff collapses on boats

The accident took place at the Furnas lake that is popular with tourists

The AmericasJanuary 09, 2022
Troops are seen at the main square where hundreds of people were protesting against the government, after authorities' decision to lift price caps on liquefied petroleum gas, in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 6, 2022. REUTERS / Mariya Gordeyeva
What's behind the unrest in Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan has long been regarded as one of the most stable former Soviet republics

AsiaJanuary 06, 2022
A 211-kilogram bluefin tuna that was auctioned for about 16. 9 million Japanese yen or around 145,290 dollars and bought jointly by Michelin-starred sushi restaurant operator Onodera Group and wholesaler Yamayuk is surrounded by media as it arrived at a sushi restaurant after the first tuna auction of the New Year in Tokyo, Japan January 5, 2022. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Japan tuna sold for $145,000 at famous Tokyo auction

The expensive fish was caught off the coast of northern Japan's Aomori prefecture

AsiaJanuary 05, 2022
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Former world No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic speaks during a news conference in Belgrade, Serbia July 26, 2017. REUTERS / Andrej Isakovic / File Photo
Novak Djokovic's Covid-19 vaccine exemption leaves many Australians fuming

World No 1 on his way to Melbourne, where he aims to win the tournament for a record-extending 10th time

TennisJanuary 05, 2022
FILE PHOTO: An Emirates Airline Airbus A380-800 plane takes off from Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates February 15, 2019. REUTERS / Christopher Pike / File Photo
Emirates rated world’s safest airline for second year in a row

Ranking is according to new report from the Jet Airline Crash Data Evaluation Centre.

TransportJanuary 04, 2022
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