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Dubai / Emirates Business In line with the initiative of the Year of Giving and its social responsibility, Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) employees and engineers visited the Pediatric Department at Dubai Hospital, aiming to bring happiness to children with critical illnesses and provide support to overcome the disease. During the visit, the Centre’s staff held interactive space workshops and ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) hosted its annual Dubai Dialogue conference at its premises which focused on the UAE’s Year of Giving and highlighted the important role that public-private partnerships can play in achieving the objectives of the national initiative. The event, organised by the Chamber’s Centre for Responsible Business, was attended by 150 ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to gain a strong footing in the GCC across different sectors ranging from manufacturing and transportation to energy. The vulnerability of IoT to external cyber threats remains high – in fact even higher than traditional IT – a Booz Allen Hamilton report highlighted. The Booz Allen Hamilton IoT Field Guide ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai-based Najibi Investments announced on Sunday that its Australian development arm, SANAD Capital, revealed the brand of its AED 1 billion active lifestyle destination, which has so far been code named ACTVE. ACTVENTURE, will become the first and largest active lifestyle destination in Australia, bringing families and active sports enthusiast together in one extraordinary location. ...

Dubai/ WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), awarded the AED 58 million consultancy contract for the pumped-storage hydroelectric power station at Hatta Dam to France’s EDF. The project is the first of its kind in the Arabian Gulf, with a total capacity of 250MW, and is expected to last between 60 and 80 years. The consultancy contract covers design, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Eagle Hills has announced plans to build its second 5-star hotel in Fujairah in a bid to attract tourists and investment into the Northern Emirates. Located centrally in ‘Eagle Hills Fujairah Beach,’ the master-planned development by Eagle Hills in the city, the new ‘Palace Fujairah Beach,’ is a premium luxury hotel to be managed by Address ...

Dubai / WAM UAE markets are free from salmonella contaminated chocolate products, and not affected by the latest recall by chocolate maker Mars of certain batches of Galaxy, Maltesers Teasers and bags of Minstrels, the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, MOCCAE, on Sunday said in a statement. Majd Mohamed Al Herbawi, Director of Food Safety Department at MOCCAE, said, “In ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Footfalls at indoor theme parks and family entertainment centers at the malls are set to increase, according to International Expo Consults (IEC), organisers of ‘DEAL 2018’ show. The Global Industry Analysts, Inc. report says the global market for amusement and theme parks is forecast to reach US$44.3 billion by 2020, driven by the recovery in leisure ...

DUBAI / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has said that the official UAE Government Portal presents a pillar that highlights the UAE’s future milestones until the year 2117, within the context of the national vision and the directives of the wise leadership, working towards creating a future full of happiness, achievement, sustainability and leadership. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director-General ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC), the entity responsible for developing quality infrastructure in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has launched a pilot project to classify automotive workshops in the emirate in collaboration with Saaed for Trafficking Systems. Abu Dhabi’s first classification scheme for automotive workshops seeks to elevate the standard of vehicle repair services ...