The Marathi film industry has decide to take the world by storm and in order to make its presence felt at the international stage it has decide to hold the first Marathi International Film and Theatre Awards in Dubai.

The award ceremony has been conceptualized by renowned film maker and actor Mahesh Manjrekar. The awards will be held from Dec 16 – Dec 18 and will be witnessed by the living legend Amitabh Bachchan.

The Abu Dhabi police have convicted 2 people in the inner parts of the city where they were caught selling counterfeit US currency. The currency was worth $14 million (Dh51.4 million). The alleged people were first on police suspect when they tried to sell the currency at a lower value.

American Express has made a huge strategic decision by appointing Graziela Martins as UAE Head of Merchant Acquiring and Partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

The decision is a very strategically important one as the MENA AMEX is one of the most important markets and is the largest single metropolitan market in the region.

A bus tour which gives free diagnosis tests for diabetes has been kick started in Festival City. They also distribute awareness brochures and provide free information.

The tour was inaugurated by Dr Hanif Hassan who is the UAE, Minister of Health; the occasion was also in the auspicious presence of Princess Benedict, sister of Queen of Denmark who is also the patron of the world diabetes tour.

UAE is going to invested US$5 billion (Dh18.36bn) on technology. This has been informed by UAE’s Minister of Foreign Trade, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi.

He has informed that the country will have invested such a handful amount for the development of technology in the country by the end of the current year.

According to a senior military person, the United Arab Emirates has to keep itself ready to defend its people against the threat of a missile attack.

According to Major General Ali Mohammad Subaih Al Kaabi, Deputy Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, the hostile nations may reach from across the water and land attacking them with long range ballistic missiles.

It has been informed that the health insurance companies in UAE are facing huge challenges in their field at this period of time. Providing a sustainable health care environment to their clients has become a tough task for them.