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Emirates Business Bringing sci-fi to reality, the launch of the Smart Home Experience Zone at Shopper Smart Living invites visitors to experience the simplicity, comfort and convenience of a connected home firsthand – being able to control the latest smart home appliances with just an internet connection and a mobile device. Designed to look like a high-tech dream home, the ...

Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Selected from over 40 developers, UAE-based El Techie, a team of five young app developers aged between 15 to 17 years, grabbed the grand-prize at the 2nd Live Hackathon series held at the inaugural Future Technology Week. As part of the prize, the team will receive a three-month internship at Pacific Controls Middle East and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Follow up Committee of the Initiatives of UAE President approved a number of infrastructural and environmental projects in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the follow-up of His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organised a conference for qualifying international developers who intend to send their proposals for the third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park to produce 800MW of electricity. The project will be implemented according to the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model. The conference aims to clarify details of ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday inaugurated the new headquarters of the General Department of Forensic Science and Criminology of the Dubai Police. Sheikh Mohammed was accompanied by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has approved Executive Council Resolution No (8) of 2016 pertaining to the collection of fees from passengers using facilities in Dubai Airports. As per the resolution, every passenger leaving the UAE from any of Dubai’s airports, including transit ...

DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MRHE) to exempt families of the nation’s martyrs from paying the housing loans they incurred before martyrdom. This includes various kinds of loans such as loans for buying ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWAC) launched its “Cases Empowerment Program” to rehabilitate the victims of violence of women to enter the Jobs market or starting their own small business that guarantees them a steady income to meet subsistence needs and ensures financial independence, which is one of the most important challenges facing this group. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Sky Telecom, the Dubai-based telecom and digital enabler for ICT service providers and the consumer technology industry, has outlined its expansion plans through the MENA region for 2016. The company, which was launched in Dubai in 2014, is unique in offering the ultimate mix of retail and digital platforms to consumers, providing the most complete and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Under the patronage of Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, president of the General Women’s Union, chairwoman of Motherhood and Childhood Supreme Council, Abu Dhabi will host the 24th Global Annual Conference of the Women in Nuclear (WiN) organisation in November. According to an announcement of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation ...