Expo 2020: India's big plans for the Dubai gala that begins in October

The country is among the exposition's most prominent participants with a four-storey permanent building - its only such exhibition anywhere in the world

With Covid-19 in decline and a vaccine distribution rate of 152 doses** per 100 people, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is preparing for a coming-out party from the pandemic unlike anything in the Gulf and South Asia since coronavirus disrupted normal life a year-and-a-half ago.

When Expo 2020 opens in Dubai on October 1, the world exposition normally held every five years will have a larger physical representation than last year’s United Nations General Assembly, the biggest international gathering to be held anywhere since the onset of the pandemic.

The General Assembly has a membership of 193 countries, but many of its