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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), opened on Monday, the Arab Health, the largest gathering of healthcare and trade professionals in the MENA, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The 2018 edition of the event is expected ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE outperformed all other Gulf and Arab countries and was ranked 28th in the world in the Ocean Health Index (OHI), a tailorable marine assessment framework to comprehensively and quantitatively evaluate ocean health. The UAE scored 77 points out of 100, although the global average of the Ocean Health Index requires only 70 points. The Ocean ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Tally Solutions, a leading international accounting and compliance software provider partnered with electronics retail giant Sharaf DG, in the UAE to make its Value Added Tax (VAT) software – Tally.ERP 9 easily available to the business community. As part of the agreement, Sharaf DG will have Tally.ERP 9 Silver and Gold (single and multi-user editions) available ...

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 His Highness Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Ruler’s Representative in the Al Ain Region, on Monday received hundreds of mourners at Al Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi, who came to pay ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Middle East’s online education is forecasted to experience continuous growth thanks to the rising government investments and increasing popularity of e-learning especially among professionals. According to a report by Research and Markets titled the ‘Middle East Online Education & E Learning Market Size, Demand, Opportunity & Growth Outlook 2023,’ the regional online education and e-learning ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Rail contracts worth $16 billion are planned to be awarded in 2018 in the MENA region, according to MEED Rail Report. The report is issued ahead of the Middle East Rail, the largest railway industry event across the Middle East, North Africa, South and Central Asian region, which will take place from March 12-13 at Dubai ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia), under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), carried out 85 development projects in 21 countries around the world, benefiting approximately 553,370 people during 2017, the Year of Giving. In the Year of Zayed 2018, Suqia aims to continue its charity and volunteer projects around the ...

ABU DHABI / Reuters Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) posted a 7 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Sunday, bolstered by a rise in net interest and Islamic financing income. The emirate’s second-largest bank by assets made a net profit attributable to shareholders of AED1.07 billion ($291.3 million) in the three months to December 31, compared to AED 1.0 ...

DUBAI / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) revealed that the number of taxi fare transactions recorded by the Dubai Taxi Corporation and franchise companies, and paid through NoL and credit cards in 2017 reached 2,213,234 transactions. The number reflects an increase of about 731% from the level of transactions clocked last year, which amounted to 266,330 transactions. Adel ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, performed the funeral prayer at Al Mu’tareed Mosque in Al Ain, on the body ...