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ABU DHABI / WAM Sandooq Al Watan, the national initiative launched by prominent Emirati businesspeople to support research projects for the post-oil era, is set to organise a new Centurium Prize Challenge entitled “ReThink Brine” to discuss how to reduce the quantities of brine discharge produced by desalination processes. The challenge is sponsored by the Environmental Agency – Abu Dhabi, ...

DUBAI / WAM As part of the precautionary measures to maintaining public health and safety, the General Department of Traffic in Dubai has urged all its customers to complete transactions via available smart channels. Brigadier Saif Muhair Al Mazroui, Director of The General Department of Traffic in Dubai, said customers could avail to the Department’s services (including traffic fines payment ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Khidmah, Aldar Properties’ wholly owned facilities management business, announced that it will be offering discounted disinfection and sanitisation services for homes and businesses across Abu Dhabi through the coming period. The discounted services are part of Aldar’s recently announced programmes worth AED100 million aimed at supporting its residents, tenants, customers and partners. Commenting on the announcement, ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Directorate of Human Resources (SDHR) announced that the government of Sharjah has fully implemented the remote work system for all employees from various departments across Sharjah, as part of the precautionary measures undertaken by the government to curb the spread of new coronavirus, Covid-19, and ensure the safety of all. Commenting on this, Dr. Tariq ...

SHARJAH / WAM Dana Gas has said that its facilities, operations and production have not been affected by the coronaviru (Covid-19). In a statement on Sunday, the company said that its exploration and production facilities and operations in Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Egypt remain fully operational and production has not been affected by the pandemic. Natural gas makes up ...

DUBAI / WAM The Health and Environmental Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council (FNC) on Sunday held a remote meeting using video conferencing, led by Mohammed Ahmed Al Yamahi, Chairman of the Committee, to discuss a draft federal law on public health comprising 38 articles, with the participation of relevant authorities. During the meeting, Al Yamahi stated that the ...

Bloomberg Singapore said it will bar all short-term visitors and limit foreign workers from entering to reduce the risk of imported cases of the coronavirus. The government will allow the entry or return of work-permit holders to those providing essential services in sectors such as health-care and transport, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs a ministerial task force to ...

Bloomberg India cancelled passenger trains and various states asked non-essential services to shut, as the world’s second-most populous country heads toward a complete lockdown to prevent the coronavirus from spreading locally. All except a bare minimum rail services will stop operating through March 31, the Ministry of Railways said in a statement on Sunday, hours into a self-imposed curfew called ...

Bloomberg About a week into the month-long lockdown of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon, businessmen are calling for a 281 billion peso ($5.52 billion) fiscal stimulus to soften the economic blow of the spreading coronavirus outbreak that has displaced millions of workers. More than 700 factories and 400 economic zones have been shut, while doctors are warning of a ...

Bloomberg India will set up a nearly 100-billion-rupee ($1.3 billion) fund to encourage companies to manufacture pharmaceutical ingredients domestically after supply chain disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic exposed the country’s dependence on China and raised the specter of drug shortages. The programme includes spending on infrastructure for drug manufacturing centers, and financial incentives of up to 20% of incremental ...