Sunday, Nov 27, 2022
Jul 04, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau An Indian-origin taxi driver in Abu Dhabi, Renjith Somarajan from Kerala hit the jackpot by winning a 20 million dirham (Rs 40 crore approximately) raffle draw along with nine of his associates.
Apr 16, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau The six participants, five of them from Kerala, matched five out of six numbers to split the 1,000,000 dirhams second prize.
Feeling extremely elated with her lucky win, Chauhan said that the blessing has come as a huge relief to her middle-class family.
Jan 20, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau Sharafudeen, who returned from Riyadh in 2013 after slogging there for nine years doing odd jobs, had been selling lottery tickets in and around Aryankavu.
Employed in an Abu Dhabi-based company, Sajeevan was among those asked to leave job due to a post-Covid financial crunch.
If the ticket goes unclaimed, the USD 1.5 billion prize will be redistributed to the 44 states along with the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia.
In January, another Indian, Sarath Purushothaman, who is based in Dubai, was awarded with a whopping Dirhams 15 million, the highest prize ever being given away by Big Ticket.
While Vanessa Ward was at a grocery store, she decided to try her luck and without expecting much, purchased a 'Win a Spin' scratch-off ticket at the store. Everything changed thereafter.
Several Indians living in the UAE have won lottery in the recent times.
Earlier this month, a 30-year-old Indian had won a USD 1.9 million in a monthly raffle in the UAE, hours before he was set to leave the country for good.
Powerball called Wednesday's draw "the highest jackpot won on a single ticket and the biggest lottery prize ever awarded to one single person."
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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