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Dubai / WAM The RTA’s Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) began remotely training taxi drivers using sophisticated technologies to ensure the continuity of training and the delivery of services par excellence, given the prevailing health conditions. “DTC has enhanced the remote training system by introducing the Tamkeen (empowerment) system to deliver a variety of training programmes to drivers. Training materials provided ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The world’s largest annual airport industry B2B platform has been rescheduled to take place from October 26-28 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) where it was scheduled earlier for June. The new dates reflect the aviation industry’s confidence of normalcy returning to global markets by then and the lifting of extensive travel restrictions around the world ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Post has opened its new international operations hub in Dubai International Airport (DXB) to provide global e-commerce, parcel and logistics brands a gateway to the UAE, KSA, and regional markets. In the wake of Covid-19 and the restrictions imposed on regional and international travel, the postal, parcel and logistics industries face a series of setbacks including ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Chief Minister of South Indian State of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, has expressed full appreciation about the work being done by the UAE Government in protecting expatriates from his state living in the UAE. The government of Kerala has asked Keralite community organisations in the UAE to coordinate their efforts with the UAE agencies to provide relief ...

ABU DHABI / WAM A United Arab Emirates aid plane carrying approximately 33 metric tons of medical supplies was dispatched to Ethiopia to assist approximately 33,000 healthcare professionals. The aid plane transported 15 metric tons of aid provided by the UAE to Ethiopia, as well as 3 metric tons provided by the UAE to the African Union and 15 metric ...

DUBAI / WAM DP World UAE Region announced on Monday that it has implemented a “rapid and resolute” action plan to secure the health and safety of its people and its services across all its business, logistics and supply chain assets to keep essential trade flowing in the midst of the global pandemic. The comprehensive and inclusive measures are being ...

Dubai / WAM The Smart Dubai Department launched a Data Sharing Toolkit in partnership with globally renowned innovation foundation, Nesta, to help unlock the value of data by creating trusted and ethical mechanisms for individuals, as well as public and private sector organisations, to share data. The new initiative was launched on International Open Data Day on March 7. Designed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The governor of the central bank of the UAE (CBUAE), Abdulhamid Saeed, held his first meeting with CEOs of banks operating in the country to emphasise the systemic significance of extending support to private sector companies and individuals affected by Covid-19 as part of the Targeted Economic Support Scheme (TESS).The meeting comes as part of its ...

Bloomberg India is seeking ways to resume construction of highways and arterial roads in districts least impacted by the coronavirus outbreak as it charts out a plan to revive Asia’s third-largest economy. Builders were constructing 31 kilometres (19.3 miles) of roads a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the lockdown starting from March 25. India plans to spend $12 ...

Bloomberg The contraction in China’s foreign trade is set to continue through the second quarter, as global demand remains depressed by measures to curb the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Both exports and imports are forecast to have slumped 10% or more in March, with data due on Tuesday expected to show a continuation of the declines seen in the first two ...