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Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Emirates most popular entertainment and leisure destination, Yas Island, is now transforming its growth by developing the most luxurious residential destination. This would act as a key component of the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council’s (UPC) Plan Capital 2030. The global and local economic transformations taking place in the present time, the capital’s real estate ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The health insurance department of Sharjah Health Authority (SHA) conducted an exhaustive training session for all the human resource and finance heads of various departments to further educate them on health insurance policies. The authority has already streamlined the health insurance policies of over 57,200 government employees including their dependents. Under the directive of His Highness ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Apart from their refined sense of style, Emirati women are known worldwide for their penchant for shopping. Testimony to this conception, a recent poll-survey conducted among women living in the UAE has revealed that one-third of Emirati women spend nearly 60 percent or more of their income on general shopping each month The poll results ...

Dubai / Emirates Business For the first time in the region, dubizzle, the UAE’s leading classifieds platform, has launched a video job application feature allowing job seekers to submit their job applications via a video recording for free. The revolutionary new tool will reinvent the application process for candidates, whilst creating a fast and useful screening filter for recruiters. With ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, is introducing three additional passenger flights per week between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi during the months of July until September (inclusive) to cater for the increased demand on this busy route over the summer. Complementing the airline’s existing daily service between the two cities, the new ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Abu Dhabi It has been nearly half a decade of Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) efforts towards a sustainable and green planet. As this global bodymarks the fifth anniversary of its formal creation on Monday, it looks forward to expanding its role as the universal voice of renewables. Adnan Z. Amin IRENA Director-General, said, “The ...

SUNAINA RANA / Bloomberg Considering the rapid expansion of e-commerce in the Emirates and mounting need of constant vigilance, Department of Economic Development (DED) has signed a deal with Souq.com to protect the customer rights. According to the pact, which was signed between Mohammad Lootah, CEO of Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in DED, and Ronaldo Mouchawar, CEO ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has selected National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), the largest UAE lender by assets, as its Middle East Strategic partner for transactional banking services. Under the agreement, NBAD will provide Etihad Airways with a full range of transactional banking services across multiple countries in the ...

Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has received CAR145 approval from UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority for providing maintenance services for the Bombardier Global Express and Challenger 604/605 type aircraft. “This is a major milestone for DCAF as it means we are now in a position to provide comprehensive maintenance services to our fleet of managed aircraft,” ...

Dubai / Emirates Business As many as ss30 Emirati women from across the public and private sectors took part in Dubai Women Establishment’s (DWE) flagship equine leadership initiative, “Leaders Spirit” – Leadership Skills from an Equestrian Perspective Advanced Programme” which concluded on Monday. The programme, which was held at the Desert Palm Hotel & Resort in Dubai, is designed to ...