Rawalpindi gets the nod

KARACHI // The city of Rawalpindi will play hosts to Pakistan's second Test match against India early next year, the Pakistan Cricket Board have confirmed. Rawalpindi was dropped from the list of venues for the Champions Trophy on security grounds earlier this year following a spate of bombings in the country. The decision to announce Rawalpindi as one of the venues for India's tour comes just days after its twin city, Islamabad, was rocked by a hotel bomb blast that killed 53 people and injured more than 250. Rawalpindi is just a few miles from the capital and visiting teams to the city usually stay at the Marriott Hotel, which was the target of the weekend attack.

However, the PCB revealed that the itinerary was approved by the Indian cricket board prior to the Marriott bombing. * Agencies

Other workplace saving schemes

The UAE government announced a retirement savings plan for private and free zone sector employees in 2023.
Dubai’s savings retirement scheme for foreign employees working in the emirate’s government and public sector came into effect in 2022.
National Bonds unveiled a Golden Pension Scheme in 2022 to help private-sector foreign employees with their financial planning.
In April 2021, Hayah Insurance unveiled a workplace savings plan to help UAE employees save for their retirement.
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Daily cash awards of $1,000 dollars will sweeten the Madrasa e-learning project by tempting more pupils to an education portal to deepen their understanding of math and sciences.

School children are required to watch an educational video each day and answer a question related to it. They then enter into a raffle draw for the $1,000 prize.

“We are targeting everyone who wants to learn. This will be $1,000 for 1,000 days so there will be a winner every day for 1,000 days,” said Sara Al Nuaimi, project manager of the Madrasa e-learning platform that was launched on Tuesday by the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, to reach Arab pupils from kindergarten to grade 12 with educational videos.

“The objective of the Madrasa is to become the number one reference for all Arab students in the world. The 5,000 videos we have online is just the beginning, we have big ambitions. Today in the Arab world there are 50 million students. We want to reach everyone who is willing to learn.”