From the Editors: UAE’s historic milestone with start of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant

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From the Editors: UAE’s historic milestone with start of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant

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Published: April 07, 2021 12:58 Compiled by Devadasan K P, Picture Editor

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OPN 210407 EDIT — UAE’s HISTORIC MILESTONE: With the start of commercial operations at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE has become the first Arab nation to produce nuclear energy. It is indeed an historic milestone that significantly enhances the sustainability of the country’s power sector. The nuclear plant will now provide constant and reliable electricity round the clock. It was a great moment of pride for our leaders, engineers and scientists when the first megawatt from the first Arab nuclear plant entered the national power grid. Barakah, which means ‘blessing’ in Arabic, is harbinger of more prosperity and sustainable development with focus on protecting the environment. [COMMENT BY: Ashfaq Ahmed, Senior Assistant Editor] Image Credit: Barakah Nuclear Power Plant

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Pushpika 2-1617775763331 — WHAT’S IN A TITLE YOU SAY? ASK MRS.SRI LANKA: The debacle that unfolded on stage at the Mrs. Sri Lanka pageant this week will go down in history as one of the most shocking incidents to occur at such an event, overshadowing even Steve Harvey’s faux pas where he called out the wrong name at 2015’s Miss Universe competition. The video showing Caroline Jurie, the outgoing Mrs. World, attempting to snatch the crown from Pushpika De Silva’s head after declaring she had been disqualified for being a divorcee has now gone viral. While Jurie’s statement has been proven false by De Silva herself and the Mrs. World organisation, it remains to be seen what prompted such a behaviour on stage because surely, there could have been a better way to raise doubts without turning it into a fiasco for the world to see. [COMMENT BY: Bindu Rai, Entertainment Editor] Image Credit: Facebook.com/pushpika.desilva.18

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