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  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) received a delegation from engineering firm ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB). The delegation included Claudio Facchin, President of the Power Grids division and Member of the Group Executive Committee, Noaman Amjad, Group Senior Vice President, Global Head of Marketing and Sales and Global Head ...

  Dubai / WAM As part of its strategy to reach out to the promising markets of the world, especially the African markets and to promote Dubai and the competitiveness of its business community globally, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry opened its third international office in Africa in the Mozambican capital of Maputo recently. The new office, which is ...

  Dubai / WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has issued Resolution No. (4) of 2016 pertaining to the formation of the Board of Emirates Racing Authority. The Resolution named Saeed bin Humaid Mattar Al Tayer, as a Chairperson of the board and ...

Cairo / WAM The UAE on Sunday chaired the second meeting of experts at the Arab League to discuss arrangements for the Arab Media Day 2017, at the Arab League headquarters. The meeting was attended by Deputy Executive Director of the Emirates News Agency (WAM) Mohammed Jalal Al Raisi, Ambassador Dr. Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab ...

  Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Health Authority (SHA) in corporation with University Hospital Sharjah (UHS) has been offering free health screenings at the Sharjah Directorate of Town Planning and Survey, where staff and visitors were able to obtain free tests for blood-sugar levels, cholesterol, blood pressure and their body mass index, BMI. A team of specialist nurses from UHS undertook the ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business After beacons and self-automated kiosks, robotics is the next innovative kid on the block that is all set to bombard the world of smart airports in the coming months. Aviation experts maintain that an investment of upto $5 billion is expected to be made in the sector of aviation robotics in next three years. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) recently organized an introductory meeting at Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) as part of its general plan based on working jointly and combining efforts with the founding strategic partners to make a success of the SDO’s initiative aimed at firmly establishing Dubai as the smartest city on earth by ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business As digitalisation triggers a boom in almost all sectors in the economy, a recent study in the UAE — as part of global survey ‘Mobility, Performance and Engagement’ — stated that the rise in employee engagement can upgrade performance at the workplace with assistance from mobile strategy. According to the survey, access to the ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business As the UAE rolls out its happiness movement with the newly-established Ministry of State for Happiness, focus is being shifted towards eradicating negativity, and everyone in the community has a role to play in making this happen, a report in the latest issue of the 999 Magazine says. The 999 Magazine, the official monthly ...

  Emirates Business A complete overhaul of Dubai’s building classification is currently underway, led by Dubai Land Department’s (DLD) Technical Affairs Department. The DLD’s state-of-the-art Building Classification System (BCS) has so far enabled the surveying of 20,000 plots of land, and more than 120,000 units including apartments, offices, retail, schools, and public amenities. This was done via a bespoke smart ...