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Dubai / WAM The Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection sector (CCCP) at the Dubai Economy has witnessed a 63 percent year-on-year increase in trademark files registered on its “IP Gateway” portal during the first six months of 2019. According to a CCCP statement, the results indicate a high level of confidence in the emirate’s ability to protect Intellectual Property (IP) ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM Ras Al Khaimah has had its ‘A’ rating with a stable outlook affirmed by global agency Fitch Ratings. Fitch has maintained Ras Al Khaimah’s ‘A’ rating for more than 10 years and the agency highlighted the Emirate’s low and declining Government debt burden and high GDP per capita as key ratings drivers. Fitch expects “the ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) held a strategic summit with Huawei to increase cooperation on investm- ents and to exchange the best global solutions, experiences, and practices in innovation, disruptive technologies, smart grids, digital transformation, automation, cloud platforms, and artificial intelligence (AI). The summit was attended by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) announced it awarded contracts valued at AED33 million to expand its district cooling pipe network at Dubai Studio City. The network expansion is part of the company’s infrastructure development plan using state-of-the-art technology to meet the increasing demand for cooling services in Dubai’s growing commercial and residential sector, and to provide ...

DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) signed a memorandum of understanding with Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) to jointly build a framework of excellence for ECI that will help to upskill its employees and elevate their competency levels. This partnership will lay the foundation to develop and nurture ECI’s workforce that will ensure the sustained development and ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced that it has won the ‘best customer service initiative through the billing sector’ for its ‘high water usage alert initiative’ as part of the Global Business Excellence Awards 2019, organised by the UK-based Awards Intelligence. The Global Business Excellence Awards recognises public and private sector institutions in accordance with rigorous ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, discussed enhancing bilateral relations and reviewed a variety of regional and global issues of common interest. During an official session at Qasr Al Watan, HH Sheikh Mohamed bin ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Saturday conferred Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, with the Order of Zayed, in recognition of his role in promoting friendship and cooperation between the two friendly countries. The Order of Zayed was ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Around 175,000 merchant acceptance locations of 21 businesses and 5,000 ATMs in the UAE will soon start accepting India’s RuPay card, it was announced on Saturday. RuPay card, an Indian indigenous equivalent of Mastercard or Visa, was launched in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who swiped his card for buying Indian sweets at ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE has ranked first in the Arab region according to the 2019 Government Electronic and Mobile Services (Gems) Maturity Index. Issued by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the indicator is a measuring tool of progress at the national level in achieving transition to digital services. It was carried out across ...