Meher Dhanjal

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Meher Dhanjal is a Digital Journalist who breaks news first and breathes second. She loves chasing page views and finding stories that tug at readers’ heartstrings.

Abu Dhabi issues new healthy food law for hotels, restaurants

Abu Dhabi issues new healthy food law for hotels, restaurants

The new rule also requires at least 50% of children’s menu items to be healthy, with suitable adult dishes adapted into smaller, child-friendly portions

Abu Dhabi temporarily closes Indian beverage shop for posing risk to public health

Abu Dhabi temporarily closes Indian beverage shop for posing risk to public health

It also failed to implement effective corrective measures, making immediate intervention necessary to safeguard food safety and consumer health

India's Narcotics Control Bureau confirms extradition of drug kingpin from UAE

India's Narcotics Control Bureau confirms extradition of drug kingpin from UAE

The apex agency has secured the extradition of the man, using what India's Union Home Minister is calling a 'top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top approach'

UAE strongly condemns Iranian attack on Adnoc vessels transiting Hormuz

UAE strongly condemns Iranian attack on Adnoc vessels transiting Hormuz

The UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that targeting commercial shipping, using the Strait as a tool of economic coercion, represents acts of piracy by Iran’s IRGC

UAE's Adnoc confirms two vessels attacked while transiting Hormuz on August 13

UAE's Adnoc confirms two vessels attacked while transiting Hormuz on August 13

Iran has maintained control over the Strait of Hormuz since the outbreak of war in the region on February 28, blocking the passage of ships carrying energy exports from countries in the Gulf

Watch: UAE President greets, shakes residents’ hands during Abu Dhabi mall visit

Watch: UAE President greets, shakes residents’ hands during Abu Dhabi mall visit

Dressed in a sharp dark blue kandura, he took a walk around Lulu Hypermarket in the mall, accompanied by the hypermarket's Managing Director MA Yusuff Ali

Kuwait arrests 2 minors for learning how to make explosives, communicating with Daesh

Kuwait arrests 2 minors for learning how to make explosives, communicating with Daesh

They were also planning to target a place of worship belonging to a sect

Full emergency declared on Indian flight after left engine becomes inoperative

Full emergency declared on Indian flight after left engine becomes inoperative

After a full emergency was declared, the necessary response arrangements were initiated, the airport authority said

Sharjah truck driver uses mud to hide licence plate from traffic cameras; arrested

Sharjah truck driver uses mud to hide licence plate from traffic cameras; arrested

The authority has warned that attempts to conceal vehicle licence plates, their information, and attempts to evade traffic enforcement systems will not go unnoticed

Qatar bans 27 from working in healthcare over using fake experience certificates

Qatar bans 27 from working in healthcare over using fake experience certificates

The Ministry of Public Health said that it is committed to maintaining the highest standards for licensing international healthcare practitioners