Posts Tagged ‘India’

The talent hunt begins…

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, The Work, employment

Dubai firms are recruiting again, but they face a shortage of skilled expat workers.


January 29

By Kipp • Jan 28th, 2010 • Category: Best of the web, Cover Story, Dubai

World's Most Powerful Billionaires; iPad? iBad, More Like; Will Dubai Be a Drag on the Gulf Region?; India vs. China; Bad Bosses: What Kind Are You?; Shout louder for ET


Kerala to issue first Islamic bond in India

By Kipp • Dec 16th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

The Indian state of Kerala plans on selling the nation’s first Islamic bonds, or sukuk, in 2010…


Is the money flow slowing down?

By Aarti Nagraj • Dec 3rd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Money, The Work

While remittances to places like India and Pakistan could be hit by the debt crisis in Dubai, the Philippines says it doesn’t expect any declines in money transfers.


India loses contact with Chandrayaan-I

By Kipp • Aug 30th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Indian space scientists confirmed on Sunday they lost contact with an unmanned moon mission…


Hoping to fly high

By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 27th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Interview, The Work

Ghaith Al Ghaith, the CEO of Dubai’s first low-cost airline FlyDubai refuses to share details about the carrier’s India route, but insists the airline’s plans are on track.


Is India overreacting?

By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 16th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog

Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s detention at an airport in the US has outraged politicians, actors and his fans in the country. But is everyone going overboard?


Mumbai closes theatres and schools as swine flu spreads

By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 12th, 2009 • Category: India, Middle East Business News

The flu has led to the death of...


India developing local swine flu vaccine

By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 9th, 2009 • Category: India, Middle East Business News

The vaccine is expected to be ready by...


Indian banks’ strike may delay remittances

By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 5th, 2009 • Category: India, Middle East Business News

A two-day strike is being held from...


New Delhi metro bridge collapse kills 5 workers, injures 13 others

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 12th, 2009 • Category: India, International, Middle East Business News

A concrete bridge under construction for the New Delhi metro rail system fell on Sunday...


Gay and happy

By Aarti Nagraj • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog

The Delhi High Court has passed a landmark ruling decriminalizing gay sex between consenting adults.


Two frogs married in India

By Dana El Baltaji • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Residents of the Indian suburb of Nagpur, in the state of Maharashtra, married two frogs in a...


Flydubai to open three routes to India

By Dana El Baltaji • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Flydubai, Dubai’s first low cost airline, is launching three routes to the Indian…


Please, please take a shower

By Dana El Baltaji • May 13th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog

A man in India hasn’t showered in 35 years. He hopes it’ll help him produce a son.


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