Dubai / WAM The United Arab Emirates has been ranked first in the GCC, Arab region, and Western Asia, and 8th globally in the Online Service Index (OSI) issued by the United Nations within the E-Government Development Index (EGDI). The UAE is also ranked 4th in Asia in this indicator, advanced one rank in the E-participation Index as well as ...

DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Mars Mission will lead to a “more competitive” Arab world economy and a stronger integration with the global society, a top Emirati official told the Emirates News Agency (WAM), as the countdown has started to the official launch. “We are actually building the capacity and capability in advanced sciences in the UAE and the region. ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa) has announced the completion of the connection and operation of the electricity for 135 residential buildings in the city of Sharjah within only 15 days, as part of the Authority’s commitment to ensure the best services to the people of the emirate. Dr. Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of Sewa, expressed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi’s (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced that the recently reopened Al Hosn site has launched a virtual guided tours programme for the education sector, as well as individuals and public groups, as part of the Department’s continuing response to the current circumstances. Al Hosn recently conducted its first virtual ...

Al Ain / WAM The UAE’s first respirator manufacturing facility, established in May in Al Ain with an annual output capacity of over 30 million units, has already secured orders until the end of 2020, a top executive told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “To date, we have already supplied N95 masks to those on the UAE’s frontline, including healthcare workers ...

Bloomberg India’s Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) is seeking a partner to expand its distributed solar power venture, Managing Director Saurabh Kumar said. EESL has chosen Investec Capital Services to advise on the deal and expects it to come up with a valuation for the project in three months, Kumar said. The project has 100 megawatts of operational solar generation ...

India quite literally needs to put a roof over its China dream. It took a pandemic and a lockdown to highlight the precarious existence of the country’s blue-collar workers. Left without jobs and shelter, an estimated 30 million — roughly a fifth of the urban labour force — have gone back to their villages, with many completing long, hazardous journeys ...

What was a turbulent enough week for TikTok turned downright bizarre. Already, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had warned that the Trump administration was looking at banning the short-video platform owned by Beijing-based parent ByteDance Ltd over data-privacy concerns, and President Donald Trump himself said he was considering banning TikTok as one way to retaliate against China over the coronavirus. ...

By ordering foreign college students who are unable to take in-person classes this fall to leave the US, the Trump administration has plumbed new depths of heartless incompetence. At best, the order will cause needless anxiety and expense for both colleges and students. At worst, it might wreck college finances, destroy jobs and facilitate the spread of the coronavirus. Inflicting ...

By commuting the prison sentence of Roger Stone, President Donald Trump has made his contempt for the rule of law plain for all to see. Clemency for a crony convicted of interfering with an investigation of presidential malfeasance is a flagrant abuse of power. President Richard Nixon wasn’t willing to pardon the Watergate criminals who broke into Democratic Party offices ...