Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 26, 2026 – Eastern was reported as the UAE’s No. 1 Indian spice brand with highest household reach, according to the Worldpanel by Numerator Household Panel Study in UAE for MAT October 2025. This milestone underscores Eastern’s deep-rooted presence in UAE kitchens and its strong position in a category built on trust and familiarity. Eastern is Orkla India’s lead brand in the GCC.
Prerna Tiku, Chief Marketing and Growth Officer – International Business, Orkla India,
A decade of specialized healthcare excellence supporting families across the UAE
Abu Dhabi, UAE – 28 January 2026: Danat Al Emarat Hospital, part of the M42 group, has marked a decade of delivering specialized, compassionate care to women, children, and families across the UAE. The milestone coincides with the UAE’s designation of 2026 as the Year of the Family, underscoring the hospital’s long-standing commitment to family-centered care.
G42, Cerebras Systems and the Institute of Foundation Models at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), today announced the release of K2 Think V2. This latest 70-billion parameter advanced reasoning system reasoning system is now built on the K2-V2 base model, IFM’s strongest fully frontier-class open-source foundation model that’s purpose built for K2 Think.
This launch marks a major milestone for the UAE’s technological sovereignty. While earlier versions of K2 Think were open and widely accessible, K2 Think V2 (70B) is the first to be open from end-to-end; from pre-training data and curation through post-training, reasoning alignment, and evaluation. The result is a reasoning system that is both more transparent and more powerful.
By upgrading the base model to K2-V2, K2 Think V2 unlocks a new level of performance, openness, and independence, reinforcing the UAE’s leadership in building frontier-grade AI systems that are globally accessible and fully sovereign.
Why K2 Think V2 is Different
K2 Think V2 marks a step change in open reasoning systems, shifting from a reasoning model layered on top of a foundation to one built directly into it. Inheriting K2-V2’s long-context capabilities and full training transparency, it now operates as a fully sovereign system end-to-end.
Following the strong success of 08Life Residences and its upcoming handover, Deniz, a rising real estate developer in the UAE, in collaboration with Seeniun Properties, one of the UAE’s leading development management companies, and in partnership with Middle East architectural giant Mimar, officially announced the launch of its new project: Infiniti Life Series – 09Life Residences. The grand launch ceremony was held on the evening of January 27, 2026, at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre.
9-year-old Indian schoolboy wins 1 kilo of gold in Dubai Jewellery Group’s mega raffle
Aniketh Ramakrishnan Nair, a 9-year old Indian school boy residing in the UAE, was the lucky winner of 1 kilo gold in the biggest gold promotion of the season organised by Dubai Jewellery Group as part of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2025-26. The lifechanging prize, worth over AED half a million, was awarded recently, adding yet another heartwarming story to DSF’s tradition of creating unforgettable moments for residents and visitors. The winning coupon was issued against a jewellery purchase made by Aniketh’s family at a participating Dubai Jewellery Group outlet during the festival promotion period. The draw was conducted in the presence of representatives from Dubai Jewellery Group and the concerned regulatory authorities.
UAE News 24/7 