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  DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) signed eight Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on Monday, aimed at strengthening its partnerships with the private sector and Rashid Hospital, ultimately providing quality health services to public. The MoUs aim to provide quality health services to the public by adopting the latest technology and medical techniques. The memoranda were signed by ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) held a workshop on Monday to review progress towards establishing a present-day measurement of environmental radiation in the UAE. The 6th UAE National Workshop on “Baseline Environmental Radiation Mapping in the UAE”, was held at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi and was attended by representatives of the UAE ...

  Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, inaugurated the 16th Airport Show at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC) with 300 companies from 55 countries participating in the three-day show, expected to be attended ...

Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business ‘It’s all about following your dreams’ – Saudi Arabia’s first female pilot Hanadi Zakaria Al Hindi was quite clear in her thoughts and was full of conviction while she spoke during a panel discussion aimed at celebrating the womanhood in global aviation industry. “It’s all about your dreams and you have to work hard to ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM A series of renewable energy projects made possible by the US$50 million UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund (UAE-PPF) are set to be inaugurated in the Pacific Island countries and territories. Five small-scale solar energy projects, delivered by Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar, will come on stream across five island nations from May 10-15, marking the completion of ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business In a first, France’s GL Events is bringing its international event for composite materials to the UAE. The 17th Texwork exhibition and conference is scheduled to be held at Expo Centre Sharjah from November 22-23. This is only the second time the exhibition is held out of Europe; it was held in Istanbul in 2015. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), in cooperation with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF), launched the Reading is Positive Energy exhibition at Zabeel Park in Dubai. The move is part of DEWA’s efforts to support the directives of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nayhan, President of the UAE, who declared ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai private sector companies indicated a sustained recovery in growth momentum from the survey-record low experienced in February. At 52.7 in April, up slightly from 52.5 in March, the seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index highlighted the fastest improvement in overall business conditions since November 2015. The headline index has now posted above ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business The region’s biggest automotive aftermarket event — Automechanika 2016 — came to a close on Monday, with international players stealing the show. Industry bigwigs left no stone unturned to grow their strong footprints across the region. Talking to Emirates Business Michael Dehn, Group Exhibitions Director, Messe Frankfurt Middle East, organiser of Automechanika 2016, said, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Courts inaugurated its Smart Performance Indicators Program with the intention of achieving the objective of the 2015 Strategic and Operational Plan to develop electronic and smart software to gauge performance indicators. The move is in line with the strategic goals and detailed indicators related to main operations, quality initiatives, and sub-services, among others. The ...