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ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties PJSC (‘Aldar’) on Saturday announced that Noya, its latest residential community in the heart of Yas Island, was sold out in four hours on the first day of the public launch, generating over AED 1 billion in sales, taking the year to date sales to over AED 3 billion. The launch of the 510-unit ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, has added a new accolade to its record of global achievements by winning the “Innovative Power Technology of the Year 2020” award at the 16th Asian Power Awards, considered one of the most prestigious electricity awards in Asia. This is in recognition of its Thermodynamic Digital Twin Gas Turbine Intelligent Controller ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec) is preparing for the virtual conference for the food, beverage, and hospitality sector, the F&B Networking Hub by Sial Middle East — E-summit and Meetings. The virtual event will be held as part of the Sial ME brand in collaboration with Comexposium. It will run in conjunction with the Abu ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal National Council (FNC) Parliamentary Division, presented the UAE’s model for empowerment of women and youth in different walks of life. “The Emirati woman has become a key, active participant along with her male partner in achieving inclusive development in the UAE, enabling the country to occupy advanced ranking in the United Nations Development Programme, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) issued four resolutions banning the import of birds and their byproducts from areas that recorded an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza during November 2020 as per notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Three of the resolutions ban the import of all species of domestic ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) a leading professional services firm that specialises in real estate and investment management, to create a ‘Commercial Property Price Index’ (CPPI). The agreement signed between Majida Ali Rashid, CEO of the Real Estate Promotion and Investment Management Sector at DLD, and ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) to develop a dialysis centre in Sharjah. The MoU aims to boost strategic partnership and mutual cooperation between the two entities and will help patients get technologically advanced health services according to the latest international practices. It also ...

SHARJAH / WAM Badiri Education and Development Academy, the education and capacity building arm of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment, has rolled out its November webinar series in partnership with leading educational and professional institutions in the UAE and abroad. With a focus on a holistic approach to learning, balancing professional and personal development, Badiri has designed five virtual workshops with ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned the cowardly terrorist shooting attack targeting Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) medical staff working in mobile healthcare clinics in the Yemeni city of Taiz. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) said in a statement that the targeting of humanitarian workers is a flagrant violation of international norms and conventions, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The volume of non-oil trade exchange between the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Sultanate of Oman through the emirate’s ports reached AED 23.67 billion during the past five years, which reflects the growing economic relations between the two brotherly countries, in a way that enhances the process of sustainable development, according to General Administration of ...