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India first to land near moon south pole

BLOOMBERG India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole after Russia’s attempt at a lunar touch down in the same area ended in failure following an engine malfunction. Chandrayaan-3 — India’s spacecraft that launched last month — achieved a soft landing at 6:04 pm local time on August 23, after Russia’s Luna-25 crashed into ...

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Lights off please, it’s Earth Hour!

Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business “Lives are crying because it’s not clean, Earth is dying because it’s not green” – I came across these lines while vaguely browsing through internet trying to find the best thing ever said about our planet. I must admit, it shook me to the core. Not because I am not aware of the numerous campaigns ...

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DEWA’s Carbon Neutral initiative for Earth Hour

Emirates Business In cooperation with the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence, DCCE, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, has launched the Carbon Neutral initiative to neutralise all carbon emissions during Earth Hour. This will be achieved by adopting the Clean Development Mechanism, CDM, across all DEWA projects based on the Kyoto protocol, which is directly linked to the United Nations ...

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Lights out this year at Majid Al Futtaim’s websites, malls

Emirates Business Majid Al Futtaim, the shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East and North Africa, is supporting the global Earth Hour movement on March 19, 2016, through an innovative digital and onsite initiative, to raise awareness about the importance of reducing energy consumption and adopting sustainable and environment friendly policies. By diming and switching off lights ...

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From skylines to timelines, this darkness shines a light on climate action

Emirates business Following a landmark year for climate, Emirates Wildlife Society – WWF is calling on people in the UAE to take climate action by switching off their lights for one hour and switching on their social power by donating their social feeds to Earth Hour. Earth Hour 2016 will be celebrated on Saturday, 19 March between 8:30 and 9:30 ...

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Sharjah to switch off lights

Emirates business Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) in collaboration with Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) is gearing up to mark Earth Hour, through a variety of activities that will be held at Al Majaz Waterfront on Saturday, March 19. Themed “This Earth Hour, Shine a Light on Climate Action”, the event is part of the intergovernmental coordination ...

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Training ME android app developers

EMIRATES BUSINESS Koenig, a leading provider of state-of-the-art technical training and certifications across the IT technologies globally, has been making strides towards better services ever since its inception. The latest addition to the list of certifications and accolades which makes it a market leader is the coveted ‘Android Authorized Training Centre’ certification. The IT training provider and am offshore training ...

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Love sashays on ramp!

Ritika SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS She has done all ‘possible and impossible’ in the fashion scene of UAE – dressed international celebrities, taken the national dress to global ramps, collaborated with transnational companies other than fashion – automobiles, perfumes, art galleries – and crafted her dream career when she was already mother of two. Given this, it won’t be an ...

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Jewel Corner: Where affordability wins hearts

ALKESH SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS It all started with only one store at Deira City Centre but today this brand boasts of 35 different stores across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and also a strong presence on the e-commerce domain. Jewel Corner, which aims at catering to each strata of the society, has certainly covered a remarkable journey in ...

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It’s all about ‘chic’ lifestyle

ALKESH SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS OBS Lifestyle is credited with fetching upscale brands from the global corridors right to the doorsteps of UAE residents. Enjoying a rich portfolio of some of the leading brands, dealing with fashion and life, OBS Lifestyle has emerged as one of the prominent retail and distribution division of OBS Group in the last few years. ...

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