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Dubai / Emirates Business The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) launched the electronic Early Warning Scores (EWS) project to assist clinicians in taking evidence-based decisions based on early warning scores for different age and obstetric groups. Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS), Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS), and Modified Early Obstetric Warning Score (MEOWS) are evidence-based early warning mechanism ...

Dubai / Emirates Business MAG PD, the property development division of the MAG Group, rebranded itself as MAG Lifestyle Development as part of the evolution of the company’s long-term strategic vision and roadmap for the future. The strategic rebrand focuses MAG Lifestyle Development on building environments that enhance the lifestyles of residents. Talal Al Gaddah, CEO of MAG Lifestyle Development, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced that it signed a strategic partnership agreement with Q4 Consultants. The agreement was signed by His Excellency Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, and Deepak Batra on behalf of Q4 Consultants. Under the terms of the agreement, the Indian company will act as a ‘Real Estate Promotion Trustee’, supporting ...

ABU DHABI / Reuters The United Arab Emirates is working with Saudi Arabia’s central bank to issue a digital currency that would be accepted in cross-border transactions between the two countries, UAE central bank governor Mubarak Rashed Al Mansouri said on Wednesday. The digital currency would be based on blockchain, the shared ledger of transactions that is maintained by a ...

DUBAI / Reuters The non-oil part of the United Arab Emirates economy is expected to grow as much as 3 percent this year, accelerating from 2.7 percent last year, the central bank said. “The recent improvement in oil prices has shed a positive sentiment on the economic activity in the non-oil sector and boosted economic confidence,” it said in a ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution (ADNOC Distribution) successfully listed its shares on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) on Wednesday following a bell ringing ceremony led by Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and ADNOC Group CEO and Hamad Al Shamsi, Chairman of the ADX. ADNOC Distribution is currently traded ...

Riyadh / WAM The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, has discussed with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, strengthening brotherly and strategic relations between the two countries, and the overall regional and international issues ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has stated that the UAE was one of the first countries in the region to take an interest in e-commerce as it started preparing technical and legislative framework, as well as the infrastructure to facilitate and support ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), will hold a three-day workshop this week for 35 participants representing all UAE customs agencies and General Authority of Ports Border and Free Zones Security. The workshop aims to train customs officials on safe and secure handling of radioactive sources and nuclear non-proliferation. This latest seminar concludes FANR’s 2017 ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Convention Bureau, part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT), officially launched its latest initiative ‘Al Nukhba’, which aims to boost the number of international conferences held in the UAE capital. The initiative was officially inaugurated in a special ceremony on Nurai Island, Abu Dhabi, on Tuesday, by Mohamed ...