Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended the launch of the Smart Corporate Social Responsibility Platform at the ongoing 3rd UAE Government Annual Meetings, which started in Abu Dhabi Monday. The platform, overseen by the National Corporate Social Responsibility Fund, is aimed at ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM El Tayeb Adam, Representative of Unicef Gulf Area Office, has praised the visit of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood last week to the Emirates Camp for Syrian Refugees in Jordan. “We appreciate the visit of Unicef’s strategic partner in UAE, the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, to the Emirates Syrian Refugee Camp in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emiratis visiting India for a period not exceeding 60 days for business, tourism, conferences and medical purposes under the Indian government’s new visa-on-arrival scheme will be required to fill a form and present it along with their disembarkation card at immigration counters, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said. It is advisable to ...

Sharjah / WAM To further enhance its presence in the region’s market, GAC Group, one of the largest Swedish shipping and logistics companies, which offers complete logistics, freight forwarding and marine services with a globally known, world-class fleet, has opened a new full-fledged branch at the Hamriyah Free Zone. The move is part of GAC’s expansion plans and in conjunction ...

Dubai / WAM The Department of Economic Development (DED), in Dubai issued 4,763 new licenses for various professional, commercial, industrial and tourism activities in October. This comes in line with the continuing investor confidence in Dubai and new opportunities arising across diverse economic sectors. According to the Business Registration and Licensing (BRL), sector in DED 68.1 percent of the new ...

Bloomberg Prime minister Narendra Modi is finally attempting to overhaul India’s most controversial labour laws to attract investment and make it easier to do business in a country where changing archaic rules is a challenge for any government. After a long struggle, his government will push a crucial industrial relations bill allowing companies to hire workers on fixed-term contracts of ...

Bloomberg Troubled Singapore water treatment firm Hyflux Ltd has entered a restructuring deal with Middle Eastern utility Utico FZC. Under the agreement, Hyflux will get investment totalling S$400 million ($293 million) from Utico, according to an exchange filing. The pact caps drawn out negotiations between the two companies. Hyflux, Singapore’s highest profile debt restructuring, had been looking for a white ...

Bloomberg About 2,000 demonstrators marched to Thailand’s Government House to demand a delay in a ban due from December 1 on three pesticides, as a dispute over the plan escalates. The protesters submitted a letter to prime minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha asking for time to assess scientific evidence, the economic impact and whether alternatives are available. Outlawing the chemicals will hurt ...

Bloomberg China and the US “reached consensus on properly resolving relevant issues” and agreed to stay in contact on the remaining points for a “phase one” trade deal during a phone call, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed core concerns, according ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s exports declined for a 12th straight month in October with the financial hub mired in recession under the ongoing US-China trade war and pro-democracy protests. Exports contracted to HK$348.5 billion ($44.5 billion), a 9.2% drop from a year ago, according to a government release. The median forecast was for a 8.4% retreat, according to economists surveyed by ...