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ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP) on Sunday announced that it is set to publish the updated solicitation document on the programme’s future research areas in June. The move comes as part of UAEREP’s preparation for the official opening of its fourth cycle proposal submissions in early 2021. A team of prominent international ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Despite cinema closures in the UAE and around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFF), will continue to bring the magic of cinema to young generations, and this time to their homes. The entity has announced that it will soon be launching an online movie streaming platform ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Under the patronage of His Excellency Prof. Hamid M.K. Al Naimiy, Chancellor of the University of Sharjah (UoS), the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University held its Online Scientific Research and Studies Forum. Several faculty members and graduate studies students from the various College programs participated in four simultaneous sessions using video ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Zayed University Assistant professor, Dr Mohamed Mihoub, was granted the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award; one of the Arab world’s most lucrative literary prizes, for his efforts in translating “Al-Insan Al-Romantiq” (L’homme Romantique) by the French Philosopher, Georges Gusdorf. The annual award, which highlights the global imprint and influence of Arabic writing and culture, aims ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Air Arabia announced it operated a new repatriation flight from Nepal to Sharjah carrying UAE nationals back home free of charge. The special flight also carrying belly-hold cargo took off from Nepal on April 17 at 17:45 local time and landed in Sharjah International Airport same day at 20:25 local time. Air Arabia remains committed to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Around 122,550 tonnes of vegetables crops were produced in both open field and greenhouse farms on 18,711 donums in Abu Dhabi during the farming season 2018/2019, according to Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA). A total of 74,885 tonnes of vegetable crops were produced in Al Ain, accounting for about 61.1 percent of the ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) has launched a disinfection drive to sterilise all its facilities in cooperation with the Sharjah Environment Company (Bee’ah). The sterilisation campaign covered the authority’s head office, Hamriyah Port Office and Hamriyah Port Customs Office as well as main and service roads, various internal and external facilities and offices, using highly ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, to take further measures to prioritise SMEs, the Abu Dhabi Government expanded the SME Credit Guarantee Scheme, increasing SME’s access ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), announced its assessment of ideations phase, the last step of the ‘Ideation Phase’ of the University Entrepreneurship Program. The initiative comes as part of the UAE government’s efforts to activate and implement the sixth article of the 50-Year Charter, published in January by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah Child Friendly Office (SCFO) has launched ‘Parenting and Covid-19’ – an awareness campaign to support parents and families as they help their children deal with various new issues stemming from being restricted to home as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. The campaign is running on the Sharjah Child ...