UAE

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has announced to invest Rs 75,000 crore in the next five years to expand its petrochemical capacity, informed RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani on August 29. Ambani, while speaking at the company’s annual general meeting, said that the investments will be used in setting up a PTA plant. The money will also be used in expanding polyester capacity, tripling capacity of vinyl chain and a chemical unit.

Kerala announced its fifth monkeypox case on August 2. According to a statement issued by Kerala Health Minister Veena George, the 30-year-old patient is now receiving treatment in Malappuram and returned from the UAE on July 27. Those who were in contact with him, including his parents, are being carefully monitored. The minister noted that the first… read-more

The second President of UAE and 16th Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passed away at the age of 73, after long illness. UAE will go into a 40 period of mourning, with flags flown at half-mast, all government agencies federal, privet entities will suspend work for three days. On May 13 PM Narendra Modi expressed grief over his passing away calling him a great statesman.  

Dawood Ibrahim's close aid and an accused in the 1993 Mumbai blast has been held in UAE. After 29 years of search, on February 5, Abu Bakar has been arrested, following which India started his extradition process. Notably, Bakar was residing in UAE and Pakistan and escaped arrest in the past. He was responsible for 12 series of bomb blasts in Mumbai then Bombay, killing 257 people. 

The United Aram Emirates (UAE) imposed travel ban on unvaccinated people. The UAE government, on January 1, tweeted, "Ban on Travel on UAE Citizens unvaccinated with #Covid-19Vaccine, starting Jan 10, 2022, with a requirement to obtain the booster dose for the fully vaccinated". However, medically unstable and exempted people will not be included in the aforementioned order.