From the Editor's: COVID-19 - the worst is indeed behind us

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From the Editor's: COVID-19 - the worst is indeed behind us

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Published: September 28, 2021 13:12 Gulf News Editors and Compiled by Devadasan K P, Picture Editor

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opn 210928 micro — THE WORST IS INDEED BEHIND US: “It’s business back to normal” in Dubai, as one official from Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) rightly said the other day. And in one of the most significant and reassuring gestures to corroborate the views on a return to normality post-COVID, the social distancing stickers that were put up all across Dubai Metro trains and stations have been taken off. This is a massive way forward for Dubai and the UAE in helping reassure the public in general and mass transport users in particular about the fact that after more than a year, the worst is indeed behind us. With the inauguration of Expo 2020 Dubai just hours away, the sentiment that ‘it’s business back to normal’ in Dubai couldn’t have been any more of a confidence-booster, a reassurance steeped in the emirate’s and the country’s supremely successful handling of the pandemic. [COMMENT BY: Sanjib Kumar Das, Assistant Editor] Image Credit: Nivetha Dayanand/Gulf News

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opn 210928 edit — SINGER R KELLY’S GUILTY VERDICT IS A WIN FOR #METOO: It was in October 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano reignited the ‘Me Too’ phrase, first coined in 2006 by sexual assault survivor Tarana Burke. Milano’s tweet, calling out to people who had been sexually assaulted of harassed to change their status to #MeToo, quickly turned into a movement, one that shook the very foundations of the powerbrokers who had been using their might to suppress the weak. Tumbling down like house of cards was the empire ruled by disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein, while powerful names such as Kevin Spacey and Woody Allen were also called out in the aftermath. Today, nearly four years later, the landmark decision by a jury that found R Kelly guilty on all nine federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges is not just a victory for the women and minors he physically and emotionally abused over the course of 30 years, but it also serves as a battle cry for women all over who have suffered in silence. While the disgraced R’n’B singer faces 10 years, the mandatory minimum, to life in prison for the charges, his time to exploit others is finally up.[COMMENT BY: Bindu Rai, Entertainment Editor] Image Credit: AP

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