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  Dubai / WAM Noor Dubai has resumed its humanitarian activities in Nepal by conducting an eye camp to screen and treat eye diseases, primarily Cataract. The UAE-based NGO launched the seven-day eye camp on in partnership with the Nepal Netra Joyti Sang hospital. According to the available data, Nepal was one of the first countries to conduct a nationwide ...

  NEW DELHI / WAM Hoping to learn from the UAE’s experience in jungle and desert safaris, Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister of the Indian state of Haryana, is in the northern emirates on a two-day visit. He will visit Dubai Safari Park and Sharjah Safari with a team of high-level officials from Haryana’s Tourism and Wildlife Department, officials in ...

  ABU DHABI / Gulf Time Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the ultra-low-fare national airline of the UAE, has launched its latest routes to Turkey’s capital and the second most populous city in the country, Ankara. This step reaffirms the airline’s commitment to provide travellers with the opportunity to explore numerous experiences across many destinations within its network. The new routes ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company, discussed a range of investment opportunities with Oman Investment Authority (OIA), across various sectors aimed at contributing to increased economic cooperation and trade between both nations. The meeting was held on the sidelines of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to Oman, ADQ ...

  Muscat / WAM On the sidelines of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to Oman, Oman Rail, the Sultanate’s national developer and operator of railway networks, signed an agreement with Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE National Rail Network, to jointly establish an equally-owned company, Oman-Etihad Rail Company. The newly created entity ...

  Muscat / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a letter of thanks to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, the Sultan of Oman, after leaving Muscat at the conclusion of a state visit to the Sultanate of Oman, in which His Highness expressed his heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the warm welcome and ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM International Holding Company (IHC) announced on Wednesday the completion of a 54% stake acquisition in Emircom, the Middle East’s leading information and communications technology (ICT) provider, through its subsidiary, IHC Digital. This AED250 million transaction comes as part of the IHC’s group-wide strategy to grow its digital assets portfolio and expand into new growth areas. ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has consolidated its position as one of the quickest economies to reach its pre-pandemic levels among GCC peers, said Issam Abousleiman, Country Director of the GCC Countries, Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank. In an interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Abousleiman said the UAE led the world with ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Distribution announced on Wednesday the approval of an interim dividend payment to shareholders for the first six months of 2022 of AED1.285 billion (10.285 fils per share), equivalent to $350 million. This is the first payment of what is expected to be a full-year 2022 dividend payment of minimum AED2.57 billion (20.57 fils per ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (Adib), a leading Islamic financial institution, announced the expansion of its popular Interactive Teller Machines (ITM) network with the addition of two new machines in Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi, and Oud Al Toba branch in Al Ain. The bank has witnessed a rapid growth in ITM usage year-on-year as of ...