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Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched an online Transportation Activities Rental System (Tars) to serve the car rental system in the emirate. The system aims to bring more happiness to corporate and individual clients by improving the level of services provided to them. The CEO of RTA Licensing Agency Abdullah Yousef Al Ali, said, “This new ...

Sharjah / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated on Saturday, the art exhibition “The Other Side of Silence” by Hrair Sarkissian in the Sharjah Art Foundation. The exhibition, organised by the Sharjah Art Foundation in cooperation with Galérie Bonnier Constellation in Stockholm, and the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, ...

Dubai / WAM As global population growth continues to challenge the world’s existing cities and communities, Expo 2020 Dubai brings together leaders, experts and citizens to explore how we must transform the way we move, build, consume and live in the habitats of the future. By 2050, more than 70 percent of the world’s population is forecast to live in ...

NEW DELHI / WAM The UAE will be an important participant in the India International Trade Fair (IITF) to be held in New Delhi from November 14-27, India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced on Saturday. The ministry said India’s other trade partners which have confirmed their attendance at the annual exhibition, described as “one of the most awaited business ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A government delegation from Telangana, India, headed by Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Member of Telangana Rashtra Samithi and daughter of the Chief Minister of Telangana, visited Dr Mubarak Hamad Marzouq Al Ameri, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Green Gate Investment Company, at his residence in Al Ain. They discussed the mechanisms of investment and economic ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi School of Government (ADSG), the leading government platform for developing human competencies in Abu Dhabi, part of the Department of Government Support, organised a unique learning journey focused on innovation. Entitled ‘Magic in the UAE’, the event was held in Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the third cohort of ‘The Leader Program’, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Counselor Ismail Madani, Senior Advocate General and Head of Public Funds Prosecution on Saturday affirmed that the Public Prosecution is continuing its unremitting efforts to implement the national strategy to combat money laundering and terrorism financing crimes and put in place a strong financial crime control system in the UAE. He said the Public Prosecution also ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Department of Government Relations (DGR) in Sharjah, welcomed a French delegation headed by Nathalie Kennedy, Consul-General of the French Republic in Dubai, to discuss the potential of strengthening collaboration between Sharjah and the French capital in vital sectors, including culture, education, and tourism. At a meeting, held in presence of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Noura Al Ghaithi, Official Spokesperson of the UAE Health Sector, has said the UAE has achieved new successes in addressing the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and strengthened its global stature in few months. During the UAE government media briefing on the Covid-19 pandemic, Al Ghaithi stated that the vital sectors had demonstrated a high level of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, has discussed with Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Yemen, the UN efforts to reach a political solution to end the Yemeni crisis. The meeting dealt with developments related to the Yemeni dossier and efforts made by the UN and relevant nations ...