Gaurav Gupta’s Dubai-inspired capsule collection represents the dunes, architecture, water bodies, and razzmatazz of the megacity

Gaurav Gupta’s Dubai-inspired capsule collection represents the dunes, architecture, water bodies, and razzmatazz of the megacity

The Dubai-inspired collection features five grand pieces, each inspired by the region’s diverse aspects The dunes, mountains, architecture, water bodies, and razzmatazz of Dubai have found representation in a new form. These have been interpreted by couturier Gaurav Gupta in his quintessential style in a capsule collection that is a collaboration between him and Dubai … Read more

Tour Dubai in 48 hours

Tour Dubai in 48 hours

A hyperkinetic city with sprawling highways, towering glass clad buildings vying to compete with the Burj Khalifa, a torus shaped Museum of Future, the Dubai Frame , the expansive Dubai Mall which is paradise to shopaholics — Dubai is anything but dull. Even if Dubai is an oft-visited place for you, this rapidly changing city would still surprise you with several new … Read more

How wealthy Indians are developing an appetite for real estate in Dubai

How wealthy Indians are developing an appetite for real estate in Dubai

In recent years, Dubai has emerged as a preferred destination for wealthy Indians looking to invest in real estate. There has been a significant surge in the amount of money wealthy Indians are sending abroad under the Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS).  In FY24, Rs 3,173 crore were transferred, marking a 17 percent rise from the … Read more

Atlantis The Royal hotel in Dubai celebrates its first anniversary

Atlantis The Royal hotel in Dubai celebrates its first anniversary

Atlantis The Royal hotel, Dubai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement No one does larger than life like Dubai. It is in the West Asian desert city’s very DNA. Naturally, this more-is-more aesthetic is mirrored in some of the city’s most luxurious hotels, including Atlantis The Royal. Yes, the same hotel whose launch party last year … Read more

An AI-powered Dubai holiday with robots and tech art

An AI-powered Dubai holiday with robots and tech art

Known for its towering ambition — reflected in glitzy high rises and gilt-edged luxury — Dubai has been setting its AI wheels in motion way before the term ‘artificial intelligence’ entered everyday conversations. In 2016, the government, in collaboration with IBM, launched an AI-based service allowing users from the business community to ask questions and … Read more

Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour

Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour

With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood – at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said. Cloud seeding, although decades old, is still controversial in the weather community, mostly because it has been hard to prove that it does very much. No … Read more

After meeting Modi in Dubai, Maldives President Muizzu claims India has agreed to withdraw troops from the island nation

After meeting Modi in Dubai, Maldives President Muizzu claims India has agreed to withdraw troops from the island nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting with President of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu during the COP28 in UAE on December 1, 2023. It is understood that the issue had figured in the meeting. | Photo Credit: PTI India has agreed to the new Maldives government’s request to withdraw about 75 Indian military personnel stationed on … Read more