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  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) organised a webinar on the “Mechanisms to combat money laundering and terrorism financing and the Obligations of Legal Professionals, Officers of the Court and Others Towards these Crimes in the Light of UAE Legislation and Judiciary, and International Experiences”, as part of the efforts to strengthen anti-money laundering endeavours ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that Tesla Model 3 had been added to Dubai Taxi Corporation’s taxi fleet on a trial basis, following the huge success of operating 172 Tesla vehicles in the limousine service since 2017. The trial operation aims to verify the efficiency of the vehicle when deployed on the taxi fleet ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that Tesla Model 3 had been added to Dubai Taxi Corporation’s taxi fleet on a trial basis, following the huge success of operating 172 Tesla vehicles in the limousine service since 2017. The trial operation aims to verify the efficiency of the vehicle when deployed on the taxi fleet ...

Dubai / Gulf Time South Indian Bank Limited (SIB), a major private sector bank headquartered in Kerala, India, will be launching special wealth management service, deposit scheme, life insurance scheme, trade-related payments and remittance service and mutual fund products for the non-resident Indians (NRIs). Announcing this, Murali Ramakrishnan, CEO, South Indian Bank Ltd, who is in Dubai on an official ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM AD Ports group on Friday announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire a 70 percent equity stake in International Associated Cargo Carrier BV, which wholly owns two Egypt-based maritime companies, Transmar International Shipping Company and Transcargo International SAE (TCI). The total purchase consideration (enterprise value) of this transaction amounts to AED514 million. The ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Mars Mission ‘Hope Probe’ has identified new observations, in addition to its nominal set of observations, about Mars’ atmosphere in its fourth batch of scientific data. Collected by the Hope Probe’s instruments during its mission in Mars’ orbit from December 2021 to February 2022, the latest data demonstrate the capabilities of the instruments, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has received Ioannis Kasoulides, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, and discussed the UAE-Cypriot strategic relations, and ways to develop cooperation between the two friendly countries in various fields. During a dinner meeting in Abu Dhabi, the two ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has officially unveiled, at a special ceremony, the 15 recipients of the 2021 Urban Treasures Award. DCT Abu Dhabi’s new initiative has been developed to award establishments the prestigious Urban Treasures accolade each year, recognising cafes, restaurants, bakeries, tailors, fabric stores, perfumeries, jewellers, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways celebrated the arrival of its new Airbus A350-1000 in the United States following the inaugural commercial flight from Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on June 30. The aircraft, which accommodates 371 passengers, is one of five new Airbus A350s to join Etihad’s fleet this ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witnessed the signing of the UAE-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, alongside Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Abu Dhabi on Friday. This is the third such deal signed by the UAE this year, following the CEPAs with India and Israel, and is designed to increase annual bilateral trade ...