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SHARJAH / WAM Organised by the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), the 21st Sharjah International Conservation Forum for Arabian Biodiversity (SICFAB), will begin February 3 – at Desert Park in Sharjah. The four-day forum, which will be held until February 6, will include discussions of several important issues related to biodiversity such as marine and coastal management of species ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM), part of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Promotion and Real Estate Investment Management Sector of Dubai Land Department (DLD), as part of a strategic alliance for enhancing cooperation and mutual facilitation of their business ecosystems. Under ...

DUBAI / WAM Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the construction progress on the bridges leading to the entrance of Deira Islands has reached 75 percent. Works cover the construction of three bridges of six lanes in each direction linked with the bridge crossing over ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED) organised the first edition of the Tawasul Forum in 2020 in Abu Dhabi. The Forum was attended by a variety of Emirati entrepreneurs, who are both members and applicants of the Fund, alongside government entities and strategic partners. The Forum was launched by Khalifa Fund to enhance commercial ties ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, welcomed medical experts to a Grand Rounds Event titled ‘Use of Stem Cells in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury’ with Dr. Mohamad Bydon, MD, Neurosurgeon and Professor of Neurologie Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Health Services Research. The one-hour session was hosted at Sheikh ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai World Dental Meeting (DWDM) dedicated to the most advanced dental courses and bringing together the best scientific minds in dentistry, began at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday. Running until the February 3, 2020, the three-day scientific dental meeting aims to focus its attention on imparting world-class dental knowledge and technical training ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Making the UAE the first Arab country to deliver safe, clean and peaceful nuclear energy, Barakah is the first major national achievement this year. Nawah Energy Company, the subsidiary of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) responsible for the operation and maintenance of nuclear energy plants in the UAE, has confirmed that the World Association of ...

Bloomberg India’s finance minister slashed taxes for individuals and widened budget deficit targets for the current and next fiscal years to help spur a slowing economy. The government will miss its deficit goals for a third year, pushing the shortfall to 3.8% of gross domestic product from a planned 3.3% in the year ending March, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said ...

Bloomberg A decline in South Korean exports worsened in January despite signs of green shoots in global trade as the Lunar New Year holiday reduced the number of working days at the end of the month. Exports shrank 6.1% from a year earlier, following a 5.2% drop in December, trade ministry data showed on Saturday. Economists had forecast an 8.6% ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc will close its corporate offices, stores and contact centres in mainland China through February 9, a move the company says comes out of an “abundance of caution and based on the latest advice from leading health experts.” The move comes as global companies with heavy Chinese footprints weigh how to respond to the threat of the spreading ...