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NEW DELHI / WAM The UAE will participate in the ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit’, which will be held in the Indian state of Gujarat from January 18-20, 2019. The UAE will participate as a partner country for the second consecutive year. Dr. Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Banna, UAE Ambassador to India, said that the UAE will participate in the summit ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Arab Health, the largest exhibition for healthcare and trade professionals in the Mena region, has announced that more than $778 million worth of business was generated by exhibitors during the 2018 edition of the show. This figure is in line with Alpen Capital’s projections that GCC healthcare spend will reach $104.6 billion in 2022 from an ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Petroleum announced that it has agreed with Eni to purchase a 20 percent participating interest from Eni’s share in the Nour North Sinai Offshore Area ‘Nour’ concession, an offshore exploration block in Egypt. Eni is the operator of the concession through its subsidiary (IEOC). In the concession, which is in participation with Egyptian Natural Gas ...

DUBAI / WAM Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of global trade enabler DP World, rang the market-opening bell on Monday to celebrate the multi-currency listing on Nasdaq Dubai of four debt listings. The four listings together amount to a value of about $3.3 billion. The listings comprise a 10-year $1 billion and three conventional bonds of 30 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) signed, on Monday, a framework agreement with Saudi Aramco, to explore potential opportunities for collaboration in the natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) sectors. The cooperation brings together two of the world’s leading energy producers from the Arabian Gulf to work together in an area of strategic importance ...

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, and President Barham Ahmed Salih of Iraq discussed bilateral relations between the UAE and Iraq and means of developing them across various sectors. During the meeting, held at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Total is in talks with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) to develop the Abu Dhabi petrochemicals and downstream sector, according to Hatem Nuseibeh, President Total E&P UAE- Total Country Chair in the UAE. “We are a company for whom Adnoc is very important. Adnoc has been going through huge changes over the past period ...

Dubai / WAM As part of the third Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils, the Global Future Council on Virtual and Augmented Reality explored the opportunities and challenges of virtual reality with the prevalence of future technologies in different aspects of our daily life, where electronic devices and innovations became an integral part of it. The participants discussed the ...

Dubai / WAM The Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils launched the ‘Future Frontiers Survey 2018’ to explore the key requirements of future meetings, discuss the most pressing issues, and diversify knowledge sources. The survey seeks to identify potential scientific developments in vital sectors linked to human life, and examine the global emerging issues in the light of the ...

Dubai / WAM Scientists and experts called for developing new ideas, knowledge and approaches to bridge the gap between policy makers and technology pioneers. They also called for promoting research and development, using technology to redesign and automate government processes, and focusing on customers to provide high-quality services that meet the needs of future governments. During the meetings of the ...