People take photographs of an illuminated lantern at the Lightopia Christmas festival in Heaton Park in Manchester, Britain, 24 November 2022. The display is open to the public from 24 November 2022 to 02 January 2023. EPA / ADAM VAUGHAN
People take photographs of an illuminated lantern at the Lightopia Christmas festival in Heaton Park in Manchester, Britain, 24 November 2022. The display is open to the public from 24 November 2022 to 02 January 2023. EPA / ADAM VAUGHAN
Hundreds of tyres are piled on the side of a highway, about 1,380 km from Santiago, Chile. Mountains of used clothes from the US, Asia and Europe, old cars from Japan or Korea and thousands of tyres contaminate vast areas of the immense but vulnerable Atacama desert in northern Chile, which has become the planet's "backyard". AFP
Hundreds of tyres are piled on the side of a highway, about 1,380 km from Santiago, Chile. Mountains of used clothes from the US, Asia and Europe, old cars from Japan or Korea and thousands of tyres contaminate vast areas of the immense but vulnerable Atacama desert in northern Chile, which has become the planet's "backyard". AFP
A fishing boat casts its nets in the Marmara sea off the cost of Istanbul, Turkey. It is high season for the popular variety of tuna, with shoals teeming through the Bosphorus on their way from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. AFP
A fishing boat casts its nets in the Marmara sea off the cost of Istanbul, Turkey. It is high season for the popular variety of tuna, with shoals teeming through the Bosphorus on their way from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. AFP
Opik Goparudin, 67, carries a duct near destroyed houses after Monday's earthquake hit Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia. Reuters
Opik Goparudin, 67, carries a duct near destroyed houses after Monday's earthquake hit Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia. Reuters
People of the Dong ethnic minority celebrating the Dongnian festival in Rongjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. AFP
People of the Dong ethnic minority celebrating the Dongnian festival in Rongjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. AFP
Fans watch Brazil's World Cup match against Serbia on a television fixed to a light pole, in the Brazilian city of Manaus. The South Americans won the match 2-0. EPA
Fans watch Brazil's World Cup match against Serbia on a television fixed to a light pole, in the Brazilian city of Manaus. The South Americans won the match 2-0. EPA

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November 25, 2022

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Key facilities
  • Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
  • Premier League-standard football pitch
  • 400m Olympic running track
  • NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
  • 600-seat auditorium
  • Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
  • An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
  • Specialist robotics and science laboratories
  • AR and VR-enabled learning centres
  • Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
Essentials

The flights
Etihad and Emirates fly direct from the UAE to Delhi from about Dh950 return including taxes.
The hotels
Double rooms at Tijara Fort-Palace cost from 6,670 rupees (Dh377), including breakfast.
Doubles at Fort Bishangarh cost from 29,030 rupees (Dh1,641), including breakfast. Doubles at Narendra Bhawan cost from 15,360 rupees (Dh869). Doubles at Chanoud Garh cost from 19,840 rupees (Dh1,122), full board. Doubles at Fort Begu cost from 10,000 rupees (Dh565), including breakfast.
The tours 
Amar Grover travelled with Wild Frontiers. A tailor-made, nine-day itinerary via New Delhi, with one night in Tijara and two nights in each of the remaining properties, including car/driver, costs from £1,445 (Dh6,968) per person.

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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Day 1, Abu Dhabi Test: At a glance

Moment of the day Dimuth Karunaratne had batted with plenty of pluck, and no little skill, in getting to within seven runs of a first-day century. Then, while he ran what he thought was a comfortable single to mid-on, his batting partner Dinesh Chandimal opted to stay at home. The opener was run out by the length of the pitch.

Stat of the day - 1 One six was hit on Day 1. The boundary was only breached 18 times in total over the course of the 90 overs. When it did arrive, the lone six was a thing of beauty, as Niroshan Dickwella effortlessly clipped Mohammed Amir over the square-leg boundary.

The verdict Three wickets down at lunch, on a featherbed wicket having won the toss, and Sri Lanka’s fragile confidence must have been waning. Then Karunaratne and Chandimal's alliance of precisely 100 gave them a foothold in the match. Dickwella’s free-spirited strokeplay meant the Sri Lankans were handily placed at 227 for four at the close.

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Updated: November 25, 2022, 11:45 AM`
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