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  Dubai / Emirates Business The World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2016, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is set to open tomday at Dubai International Convention and Exhibitions Centre in New Za’abeel Hall 6. The 2016 Summit marks the third ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business NATRANS Expo will raise the curtain on its 2nd edition at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on October 25 and 26. The event is held under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development, and Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime. The two-day event ...

    Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has concluded its participation at the 29th edition of the Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF), held recently in the Russian capital of Moscow – an event that garnered the participation of nearly 500 publishing houses from 40 countries from all around the world. SBA utilised their presence at the book ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business No glitter, no glamour, Malabar Gold & Diamond’s latest brand film, which went viral in the last week been trending topic in India is positioned around a telephonic conversation between a husband and wife, but both the husband and wife happens to be the Bollywood celebs — KareenaKapoor and Saif Ali Khan. All the jewelers ...

  Emirates Business While breast cancer deaths in the UAE have declined by almost 10%, and late detection of the disease has gone down from 64% to 16%, there is a growing concern about the rise in incidences amongst women under 40 years of age. It is with this insight that the Joyalukkas Group has launched Joyalukkas Think Pink 2016, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE will spare no efforts to invest in human resources as we aim to develop leading educational models on which we rely to make a difference, and which feature the 21st century skills to address issues in a fast-changing world, His ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE hosts the best minds in the world as it aims to shape the future, and started a new era today where it proactively plans for the future, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said. Sheikh Mohammed’s comments were made during the ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai International Airport, DXB, welcomed a record 7.7 million passengers in August, eclipsing the previous record achieved in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator, Dubai Airports. Passenger traffic at DXB reached 7,727,105 compared to 7,282,256 in the corresponding month last year, an increase of 6.1 percent. The year to date traffic totalled ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The inaugural edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) will be held at Al Reem Island, in Abu Dhabi, from March 27-30 the organising committee has announced. The GMIS will bring together high-profile representatives of public and private sectors, and representatives of civil society organisations. It will also attract global innovators in the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Inspectors from the General Administration of Customs, Abu Dhabi, recently foiled two attempts to smuggle more than SR9.7 million at Al Ghuwaifat Customs Centre, in two separate incidents, when two Asian travellers were caught entering the country through the land border during a routine inspection. In one case, inspectors became suspicious of a vehicle driven ...