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  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched its artificial intelligence ‘chat-bot’, called Rammas, on its Facebook page, with further installations on other social media platforms to follow. This supports the directives of the wise leadership to achieve the UAE Vision 2021 to make the UAE one of the best countries in the world. DEWA has adopted innovation ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Sawab Centre, a joint UAE-US initiative to combat Daesh’s online propaganda and promote positive alternatives to extremism, has announced the launch of a social media campaign to highlight Daesh’s myriad atrocities and crimes against humanity. The campaign will also focus on the Global Coalition Against Daesh’s significant progress in eroding the terrorist group’s military and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) is looking forward to a promising energy market, hoping to earn up to US$1 billion annually, over and above its operational costs. It is also planning to launch an electronic system for energy trade and conduct a study on the electrical interconnection network expansion this year. Ahmed Bin Ali ...

  Ras Al Khaimah / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, paid his respects on the nation’s martyrs Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Tunaiji and Ahmed Rashid Al Mazrouei. The two martyrs, along with other compatriots, were on a humanitarian mission when they were killed ...

  Dubai / WAM The United Arab Emirates (UAE) released the State of the Future report, a first if its kind, on Wednesday in Davos containing over 100 forecasts for the next 40 years. The report was prepared in collaboration with 21 experts from organisations such as NASA, NYU Langone Medical Center, MIT, ConsenSys, and the SENS Research Foundation. It includes ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, is to develop a cutting-edge waste-to-energy plant in Sharjah, in partnership with Bee’ah, an environmental management company, it was announced on Wednesday at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2017. Diverting as much as 300,000 tonnes of solid waste from landfill each year, the project will help Sharjah reach its “zero waste-to-landfill” ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Company Astana EXPO-2017 and Dubai EXPO 2020 Bureau have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and cooperation on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit. The document was signed by the Chairman of the Board of Astana EXPO-2017, Akhmetzhan Yessimov, and the Executive Director of Dubai EXPO 2020 Bureau, Najeeb Mohammed Al Ali. “The ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy (MoE), affirmed that the economic relations between the UAE and New Zealand continue to grow and are expected to develop further as the two countries aspire to strengthen cooperation in a number of economic sectors of common interest and prioritized within their respective development plans. ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) will be transferring ownership of Estidama Villa Products Database (EVPD) to Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC). This transition has been decided by Abu Dhabi Government in order to utilize QCC capabilities to enhance product quality and to build upon the successful implementation of the Estidama ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) has announced the launch of the ‘Help Me Hear’ initiative in a press conference held in conjunction with the Emirates Otorhinolaryngology Audiology and Communication Disorders Congress which was attended by Dr Hussein Abdul Rahman Al Rand, Assistant Undersecretary for Health Centers and Clinics and Chairman of the Congress. ...