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  Dubai / Emirates Business The second edition of the three-day long World Free Zones Organization’s Annual International Conference and Exhibition concluded on a high note, drawing the participation of over 680 experts from 60 countries. On the third day of the conference and exhibition, the members of the organization and its board of directors gathered for the closing general ...

  Islamabad / WAM The UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme (UAE PAP) has provided over 19.34 million doses of the polio vaccines for children in Pakistan during the months of March and April. The gesture is in implementation to the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to provide humanitarian and development aid, support health sector and enhance ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business The beauty care industry being one of the most resilient industries has witnessed exponential growth globally. One of the fastest growing markets worldwide, Dubai is all set to open doors to the region’s biggest beauty care and products exhibition Beautyworld Middle East on May 15. It is expected that more than 1,500 exhibitors from ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and Smart Dubai Office recently participated in the Study Group 5 meeting under the standardization sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The sessions were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during the 11th Symposium on ICT, Environment and Climate Change hosted by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. Attended by more ...

  DUBAI / WAM Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s US$11 billion national rail network, hosted the 7th meeting of the GCC Railway Expert Working Group in a three-day event held in the UAE capital from May 10-12. The meeting brought together members of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), railway ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM A team of Emirati women from the UAE Armed Forces has come home after climbing to Mount Everest base camp in the Khumbu valley, 5,364 metres above sea level in the Himalayas in Nepal. The team, which consisted of twelve climbers from the UAE Armed Forces, including nine female military climbers, two trainers and a ...

  Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Technological interventions have changed everything from the way to shop to how we play. It has not left the education industry untouched either. Pencils, notebooks and hand-written assignments have given way to tablets and emails, completely changing the way we looked at education just a decade ago. Countries like UAE are leading the bandwagon ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah International Commercial Arbitration Centre, or TAHKEEM, recently organised a symposium on ‘Arbitration and the Real Estate Sector’ at the Sheraton Hotel Sharjah, in collaboration with Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Real Estate Registration Department and Sharjah Media Centre. Participants included senior officials and directors from government institutions and private companies operating ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Landmark Group, the Middle East-based retail and hospitality conglomerate, has launched Facebook at Work to connect 10,000 employees across 11 countries. The move aims to encourage collaboration and greater cohesiveness at the work place through helping employees communicate in real-time via the rich social media platform. Facebook at Work allows Landmark employees to connect ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS), a regional leader in banking and finance education and training, has reported a record training year in 2015. The institute delivered a total of 828 vocational training and education programmes and activities in 2015 — the highest recorded to date. Exceeding its 2015 target to train 19,000 ...