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Dubai / Emirates Business Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, the 13th edition of ‘Hemaya International Forum & Exhibition on Drug Issues’ will be held from the February 11-12 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC), under the theme ‘Foreseeing ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) is finalising preparations to host Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2018 and its co-located events including World Future Energy Summit (WFES), International Water Summit (IWS), Zayed Future Energy Prize award ceremony, the eighth session of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly, and the EcoWASTE exhibition. Held under the patronage ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The calibration laboratory at Emirates Engineering has received the internationally recognised ISO 17025 accreditation making it one of the first players in aviation indu- -stry in region to achieve thisbenchmark and the first to obtain accreditation in electrical calibration. The certification was delivered by the Dubai Accreditation Department of Dubai Municipality. “Quality and accuracy are of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai SME, the agency of Dubai Economy mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, announced that the evaluation of entries received for the 10th edition of the Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders (YBL) is progressing. The award recognises exceptional and innovative projects in UAE and the Arab world by young ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) launched the ‘Art for Health’ competition to raise awareness on lifestyle-related medical conditions and tap into young people’s creativity and innovativeness, to help address the growing health issues in the country. The competition seeks to help realise objective of UAE Vision 2021 aimed at building a world-class health sector with ...

SHENZHEN / WAM A UAE student team won the Excellence Prize in Huawei’s initiative ‘ICT Skill Competition.’ Al Bayt Mitwahid Association has joined hands with Huawei, in order to facilitate the UAE students’ participation in the competition, the final stage of which took place this week in Shenzhen in China, and the UAE team won the award. The competition was ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The success of the recent Dubai Fitness Challenge (DFC), launched by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, has been reinforced, with research showing its transformative impact on habits and the extent to which the city and the wider UAE embraced ...

DUBAI / WAM The Hatta solar project has enabled building owners to install solar panels on their rooftops to generate electricity from solar power as part of the Shams Dubai initiative. Implemented by Etihad ESCO, it is the largest residential rooftop solar PV project in the region. The Hatta solar project consists of 640 solar powered villas, supporting the Hatta ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) will publish and ‘go live’ with a number of enhancements to its “Prudential – Investment, Insurance Intermediation and Banking” (PRU) Rulebook. This follows a successful public consultation which was completed on December 7, 2017. The new enhancements cover the prudential supervision of banks, insurance ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, finished the year with 37.6 percent Emiratisation, exceeding its 2017 target and reaching the highest level of Emiratisation at the company since its formation in 2014 through the merger of DUBAL and EMAL. EGA is targeting 40 per cent Emiratisation ...