Dubai / Emirates Business Nissan recently unveiled the GT-R Drone – one of the fastest accelerating FPV (First Person View) racing drones in the world. Built to be able to keep up with the new 2017 Nissan GT-R while filming on the track, the drone features the very latest in performance-enhancing technology, just like its automotive equivalent. Custom designed ...
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Abu Dhabi Airports begins heat awareness campaign
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Airports has begun its ‘Beat the Heat’ campaign advising staff and contractors on how to cope with extreme weather conditions over the summer. The company is holding lectures in Arabic, English, Urdu and Hindi, and displaying multi lingual posters and dehydration awareness charts, to equip workers with all the information they need ...
Read More »Mleiha project offers special packages to enjoy the dunes
Sharjah / Emirates Business Mleiha Archaeological and Eco-tourism Project, one of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq)’s most prominent developments, is continuing its special offers for tourists and residents up until the end of Ramadan. The heritage and cultural destination’s holy month excursion packages are providing visitors with the opportunity to enjoy unique desert experiences; including evening tours, ‘dune ...
Read More »Blockchain technology key to Mideast’s digital economy
Dubai / Emirates Business New and emerging blockchain technologies are integral to supporting and realising a digital economy in the Middle East while ensuring effective protection against rapidly evolving threats of data security and cybercrime, said global consulting and technology firm Booz Allen Hamilton in a new report released on Tuesday. The report, titled ‘Blockchain Technology – Can the ...
Read More »MoE inspects local Spinneys outlet
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE Ministry of Economy has conducted on Tuesday an inspection of Spinney’s Sahara Center outlet in Sharjah in cooperation with the Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) as part of its ongoing market inspection program covering the various emirates during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Dr. Hashim Al Nuaimi, Director of the Ministry’s Consumer ...
Read More »Emircom wins ‘Best Growth of the Year’ award at Fortinet confab
Dubai / Emirates Business Emircom, one of the UAE’s leading systems integrators, recently won ‘Best Growth of the Year’ during the first Middle East Partner Conference organized by Fortinet in Dubai. Fortinet’s inaugural regional channel conference gathered more than 100 partners from across the GCC and Levant regions. During the event’s special Top Partner Awards ceremony, Emircom – a ...
Read More »India’s Radiant Group to construct $10mn oil distillation plant in HFZ
Sharjah / Emirates Business India’s Radiant Group will start an oil distillation plant in Hamriyah Free Zone by the middle of next year. “We have leased 107,639 square feet of land in phase-two of Hamriyah Free Zone and the construction of our factory will start soonâ€, Vibhor Gupta, Managing Director of Radiant Overseas FZC said after signing the lease ...
Read More »Royal Academy, Ajman organises ‘read-a-thon’ campaign
Ajman / Emirates Business The Royal Academy, Ajman, part of the Lazar group of schools, held a read-a-thon ‘Educators at Heart’ recently. The programme was organised as part of the Reading Nation campaign initiative by Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to mark 2016 as ...
Read More »Emirates enhances Dakar service
DUBAI / WAM Emirates Airlin announced that its service between Dubai and Dakar, currently operated by an Airbus A340-300, will be replaced with a Boeing 777-300ER from September 2. The change to the larger Boeing 777-300ER aircraft will offer an enhanced onboard experience for Emirates’ Senegalese customers and those travelling to Dakar from across the airline’s network. The aircraft ...
Read More »Mashreq to build new HQ
DUBAI / WAM Mashreq, one of the UAE’s leading banks, announced on Monday that it will begin construction of its new corporate headquarters later this year. The Bank, which has been headquartered out of Deira since it began operations almost 50 years ago, will now be headquartered in Downtown Dubai. Arabian Construction Company (ACC) will construct the new tower, ...
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