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  Dubai / Emirates Business Global government and technology experts set to speak at GITEX Technology Week have praised Dubai for developing new Smart City benchmarks. Smart Cities use technology to analyse data sent from sensors over Wi-Fi networks to enhance daily lives and governance. Prominent use cases include solving challenges such as traffic congestion and utilities distribution, and launching ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business CAREEM, the MENA region’s leading car booking app, announced its partnership with Etisalat as it launches its new payment platform – CAREEM Wallet – for booking car rides. CAREEM Wallet allows the company’s customers to pay for car rides using Etisalat’s Reward points or choose to earn Etisalat Reward points as they use CAREEM services. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Golden Sands Hotel Apartments, part of A.A. Al Moosa Enterprises and pioneered the concept of hotel apartments in the region, announced its participation in a 10-day road show to India to promote Dubai as a key destination for Indian travellers. From August 22 to 31, the team of Golden Sands Hotel Apartments will join Lama ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business New research from Norton by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) has revealed people are giving hackers access to their sensitive information like banking details and account passwords when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks. According to the Norton Wi-Fi Risk Report 2016, which surveyed over 9,000 people across nine markets, confusion about the security of public Wi-Fi networks ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business His Excellency Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment called on the UAE youth to engage and be part of the country’s global efforts in protecting the environment, achieving sustainable development and combating climate change. The statement came in His Excellency’s opening remarks at the Youth Circle held at the Mleiha Archeological ...

RIO DE JANIERO / WAM United Arab Emirates’ shooters Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum and Saif bin Fetais will be participating in the skeet shooting contest in Rio Olympics, where the duo will be vying for a second Olympic medal in Rio after the UAE’s judoka Sergiu Toma took the bronze in U81 kg judo contest. They will also try to add ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) awarded a construction contract for the development of the 132/11 kilovolt (kV) substation at Warsan 2, with total cost of AED 74.6 million. The substation will be connected to the current electricity network, to enhance capacity, efficiency, credibility, and availability. “In adherence with the directives of our wise leadership to ...

  RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM A delegation from Ma’din Academy (Ma’dinu Ssaquafathil Islamiyya) of Kerala, India, have extended condolences to the family of Emirati firefighter Jassim Eisa Al Baloushi, who was martyred while trying to rescue the passengers of an Emirates Airline aircraft which was involved in an incident at Dubai International Airport recently. The delegation also conveyed condolences from ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business A delegation from ‘Ministry of Infrastructure Development’ visited ‘The Sustainable City’ (TSC), the region’s first fully integrated and operational sustainable community, in Dubai on Saturday. Engineer Faris Saeed, the CEO and Co-Founder of Diamond Developers, received the delegations during their visit to The Sustainable City and took them through the innovative project, while reviewing its ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business More students than ever before will collect their Cambridge International Examination results today, as entries for Cambridge qualifications continue to grow in UAE and around the world. Demand for Cambridge qualifications in UAE has soared this year with more than 100 schools making around 50,000 entries for Cambridge qualifications. In particular, Cambridge A Levels have ...