Fifty Shades of Grey’ author EL James, who was expected to be among the prizes at the Bad Sex in Fiction Award presented by the Literary Review, did not face any further derision for her “mummy porn” at the ceremony.

Alyazia Jihad Ismail, a 10-year-old autistic girl, who last year made a 20-metre-long UAE flag using 13,000 painted pebbles, planted seven trees, each carrying the name of an emirate of the UAE.

Around 12,500 houses built before 1990 across the UAE will be replaced with new ones at a cost of 10 billion dirhams.

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the planting of 41,000 date palm seedlings at schools and mosques across the country.

Dubai crown prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited the family of the first martyr from the UAE who was killed in 1971 while defending the country's sovereignty

ACCESS Clinic, the budget-model network of clinics by DM Healthcare, the leading healthcare conglomerate in the Middle East and India, has been launched with the first clinic located at the Ramla Shopping Mall, Dubai Investment Park (DIP), Dubai. Access clinics are primarily targeting the primary healthcare needs of the lower income group of the UAE demographics.

UAE charity has distributed food to some 900 poor families on Socotra Island in Yemen.

Google celebrated the UAE's 41st National Day Sunday with a doodle on its homepage on the UAE domain.

UAE-Pakistan Assistance Project has produced a documentary film entitled "Spirit of Solidarity".

ASTER Pharmacy, the largest retail pharmacy network in the UAE, and a division of DM Healthcare, the leading healthcare conglomerate in the Middle East and India, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Al Shafar Group.