Kathmandu / DPA Khwaja Asad Shah sits in his cramped beads shop in the heart of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, surrounded by the glitter of colourful pieces of glass. “We’ve been here for eight generations,” says Shah, explaining that Muslim families like his arrived from Kashmir some 500 years ago. They came during the Malla era, 1484-1520, as masons and ...

Ritika Sharma / emirates business Every now and then you hear people comparing an insignificant deed with “man has reached the moon” expression. But how many times did you think it really was that big deal. Not often? Today is a day to not only acknowledge the fact that it indeed is a momentous accomplishment of mankind, but that the ...

Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Dubai-based Kehkashan Basu is founder of a youth sustainability organisation named Green Hope UAE, winner of NRI of the year award, has been a speaker at 45 United Nations and other international summits and has travelled to over 20 countries. Guess what makes her extraordinary – she is just 15. This UAE teenager was a ...

Sunaina Rana/ Emirates Business Leading organisations worldwide count on NetApp for software, systems and services to manage and store their data. Customers value the IT company’s teamwork, expertise and passion for helping the clients succeed in achieving their goal. Alfred Manhart, Head of EMEA Channel at NetApp, is leader of the combined channel and system integration (SI) business across Europe, ...

Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Over the past two years since honor was first launched, the brand has been growing globally at 100 percent year-on-year, which the company expects to replicate in the Middle East market again this year. Since, the launch of honor in this market in May 2015 with honor 6 plus and subsequent honor 4X and honor ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Vice President of the Supreme Petroleum Council, said during his visit on Sunday to the headquarters of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) that the UAE, under the leadership of President His Highness ...

New Delhi / AFP A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India on Sunday, killing more than 106 people and injuring scores more after they gathered to watch an unofficial fireworks display. Thousands had packed overnight into the Hindu temple in Kerala state where fireworks appear to have landed on an unexploded stash, triggering a blast, in a ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, in a ceremony on Sunday, launched Dubai as the world’s first medical tourism hub. Driven by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), the move comes in lines with the vision of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) will participate in the 4th Dubai International Government Achievements Exhibition (DIGAE), an event conducted under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, from April 11-13 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The initiative serves to ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Anticipating increasing vulnerablity to cyber-attacks and to find full-bodied solutions to it, UAE-based Axiom telecom, region’s leading mobile reseller, has joined hands with ESET, the global pioneer of proactive security software. This pact is aimed at driving awareness regarding the vital need for mobile protection in the Emirates. “The UAE and Saudi Arabia are leading ...