DUBAI/WAM On the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow, the UAE Space Agency announced the names of the winners of the Planet X Challenge 2023. The number of participants in this year’s edition was four times more than that of the 2021 edition. There were 18 participants in the Lander Challenge for Startups SMEs, 67 teams in the Research and Innovation …

DUBAI/GULF TIME Hermis Haridas, a Dubai-based renowned nature and wildlife photographer, has clinched four international photography awards for a single captivating image captured at the scenic Al Qudra Lakes in Dubai. The accolades were bestowed upon Hermis for his exceptional talent in photographing a Hoopoe, a mesmerising bird native to the region. The winning image, taken with Hermis’s new Nikon …

SHARJAH/WAM Ajyaal Publishers, a member of the Emirates Publishers Association, emerged victorious in the seventh edition of the Mohammed bin Rashid Arabic Language Award, receiving an accolade in the “Best Initiative for Teaching and Learning Arabic in Early Education” category in recognition of the publishing house’s pioneering “One Book for You and One Day of Study for Us” initiative. The …