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New Delhi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, has reaffirmed the commitment of the UAE to continue working with its international partners to launch ambitious initiatives and programmes to produce energy from clean and sustainable sources. In his speech at the inaugural conference of the International Solar Alliance ...

DUBAI / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council and President of Hamdan bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU), Lt. General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and General Security in Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Governors of HBMSU, officially inaugurated the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister for Tolerance, on Sunday inaugurated the 7th Ataya Exhibition 2018. The exhibition is being held under the patronage of HH Sheikha Shamsa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan, Chairperson of the Higher Committee of Ataya, and wife of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and Grandweld Shipyard, based in the UAE, celebrated the occasion of initial steel cutting announcing the commencement of the production phase for building six Pilot Boats and four Crew Boats for KOC. The design and Engineering phase for the project started during May 2017 and now the production phase has started with ...

DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau has reaffirmed its commitment to inspiring collaboration and driving innovation globally through a series of initiatives and events held during the first-ever UAE Innovation Month. Throughout February, the bureau organised and participated in more than 20 events, in collaboration with Premier Partners and other entities across the UAE, engaging key stakeholders from government, ...

Dubai / WAM Indian Railways, India’s national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways, has announced its participation at Middle East Rail 2018, to talk about $140 billion worth of current and future rail projects that the government is building to upgrade the country’s urban transportation network. Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Al Hilal Bank has formed a new relationship with National Takaful Company – Watania, and opened an on-site virtual clinic at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi where doctors and medical advice will be accessible via a mobile application and kiosks for staff-members’ health related inquiries, making it the first bank in the UAE to have ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The stage is set for the return of the Middle East’s only dedicated trade fair for tools, hardware, materials, and machinery next month in Dubai, as global manufacturers and local suppliers keep all eyes on a regional construction market that’s well on the road to recovery. More than 160 exhibitors are expected to take part in ...

ABU DHABI / Reuters Italian energy company Eni and state oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) are expected to sign a deal on Sunday, the Italian government and a source said. A statement from the Italian PM’s office said a signing ceremony was scheduled to take place after premier Paolo Gentiloni meets HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD) has confirmed that it successfully conducted 8,173 real estate valuations worth over AED287 billion, the highest value ever recorded in 2017. According to a report issued by Taqyeem, Dubai’s Real Estate Appraisal Centre, valuations are done for a variety of reasons such as: investor visas, gifted transfer, auction sales, zakat calculations, sale estimates, ...