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  ABU DHABI / WAM In collaboration with the Martyrs’ Families’ Affairs Office at Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, the Central Bank of the UAE has issued a new silver coin to mark Commemoration Day as a day of pride and remembrance. The measure comes as part of #The_UAE_Remembers campaign, launched by the Martyrs’ Families’ Affairs Office to provide a ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences to President Raul Castro of Cuba on the death of former president Fidel Castro, who passed away on Friday. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business “As drones and driverless vehicles have arrived to do the last mile delivery, supply chain and logistics industry is in for a massive shift in approach in 2017 and beyond,” stated Shashi Shekhar, Group Chairman and founder of SCLG, during the 9th Global Supply Chain and Logistics Summit. Last year, UAE’s supply chain and logistics ...

  SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) is contributing to the UAE Innovation Week in Sharjah by presenting two professional workshops at Expo Centre Sharjah from November 22-26. The workshops, which aim to promote innovation and creativity in the tourism sector, and to highlight the authority’s plans, projects, and initiatives, are held under the patronage of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Media Council (NMC) concluded its activities at the UAE Innovation Week through the organisation of the “Media Innovation Forum”. The event, held at Bab Al Qasr Hotel, Abu Dhabi, was organised in co-operation with UAE Journalists Association to discuss the role of social media in the formation and measuring Public Opinion”, with the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Tawazun, the strategic investment firm focused on the long-term development of UAE’s industrial manufacturing and technology capabilities, on Saturday announced a strategic partnership with the upcoming Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS), a global gathering for manufacturing minds and a voice and a venue for global manufacturing transformation. The Abu Dhabi organisation has established itself ...

  The first priority of defense used to be to secure the perimeter. But changes are shifting the old concept of a fixed boundary in mobile-first wireless enterprises at a particularly dangerous time. A few years ago, organizations only needed to contend with lone hackers seeking no more than bragging rights for breaching a system. Now, the threat vectors range ...

  Mexico City / WAM The UAE seeks to strengthen trade and economic relations and partnerships with Mexico, building on the two economies’ high resilience against global challenges, successful Emirati foreign investments and Mexico’s position as a significant recipient of UAE non-oil exports, UAE Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri has stressed during a joint business forum in the ...

  ASHGABAT / WAM Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has led the UAE delegation to 1st Global Sustainable Transport Conference being held from November 26-27 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in cooperation with the United Nations. The conference was opened by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow with participation of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, heads of ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Kicking off the first knowledge exchange programme with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), UAE telecommunications provider du has sent Sarah Saifaei from Wholesale Products to Geneva as the first participant in the initiative. She joined the team at ITU on October 9 for a 6 weeks exchange programme during which she will learn about the ...