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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat on Wednesday announced its successful participation at the 5G Mena 2021 Digital Symposium headlining eminent speakers sharing insights on the transforming communication landscape and immense opportunities in the 5G landscape. The digital symposium took place virtually bringing together telecom representatives, operators, manufacturers and regulators in an effort to address all the stakeholders of the ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat on Wednesday announced its successful participation at the 5G Mena 2021 Digital Symposium headlining eminent speakers sharing insights on the transforming communication landscape and immense opportunities in the 5G landscape. The digital symposium took place virtually bringing together telecom representatives, operators, manufacturers and regulators in an effort to address all the stakeholders of the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates is mourning the death of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who passed away on Wednesday aged 76. HH Sheikh Hamdan witnessed all stages of the UAE’s journey and tremendously contributed to the national development drive. He was one of the country’s leaders and participated in its renaissance and in designing ...

DUBAI / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai, has said that Expo 2020 Dubai and its employees offer their sincere condolences to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and the Ruling Family, on the sad ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) recommended a cash dividend of AED 0.27 per share, translating to a pay-out of AED1.878 billion, or 49% of the net profit for 2020. This came as the ADCB held on Wednesday its 36th Annual General Assembly virtually, in its head office building in Abu Dhabi. The meeting was chaired by ...

Al AIN / WAM The College of Medicine and Health Sciences in United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), and Burjeel Hospital & VPS Healthcare, will cooperate to develop updated evidence-based medical education programmes, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Zaki Nusseibeh, Cultural Advisor to HH the President of UAE, Chancellor of the UAEU, witnessed the signing ceremony between ...

Bloomberg Southeast Asian countries lose out on as much as $6 billion a year as most of their single-use plastics are thrown out rather than recovered and recycled, the World Bank said in a new study. More than 75% of recyclable plastics in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines are left to waste, representing a “significant untapped business opportunity” in the ...

Bloomberg China’s local governments had 14.8 trillion yuan ($2.3 trillion) of hidden debt last year, and the figure could climb even further this year, according to a government-linked think tank. Local governments were under pressure to increase infrastructure investment and shore up growth through pandemic, leading to a 6% rise in off-budget borrowing from a recent low of 13.9 billion ...

Bloomberg India’s government is considering resuming fresh bankruptcy filings after the current suspension expires on March 25, people with knowledge of the matter said. The lifting of the halt would come even as a resurgence in virus cases threatens the nascent economic recovery. It could spark a wave of new insolvencies, pent up from last year when businesses were hurt ...

Bloomberg Singapore will relax workplace measures to allow more people to return to offices and permit larger gatherings for various activities, as the city-state gets its virus situation under control. At offices, the government’s stance will shift from working-from-home as a default to a more “flexible and hybrid way of working”, where up to 75% of staff can be at ...