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  ABU DHABI/WAM The Abu Dhabi Petroleum Products Trading Regulatory Committee (TRC) convened its first meeting of 2025, headed by Dr Saif Saeed Al Qubaisi, Acting Director-General of Regulatory Affairs at the Department of Energy, and attended by representatives from 21 federal and local government entities. The meeting’s agenda featured discussions on various subjects and included presentations concerning the ongoing ...

SHARJAH/WAM Emirati publisher, author, and women’s advocate Bodour Al Qasimi has made history by becoming the first woman from an Arab Gulf state to receive a prestigious BolognaRagazzi Award for Fiction. Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi received the prize for her groundbreaking children’s book ‘House of Wisdom’ at a ceremony in the impressive Farnese Chapel, at Palazzo d’Accursio, in Bologna. Reflecting ...

SHARJAH/WAM The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) has successfully concluded its participation in the 2025 edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, held in Bologna, Italy, from  March 31 to April 3. The event brought together leading literary and artistic figures, as well as content creators from around the world, reinforcing the association’s continuous efforts to support the Emirati publishing industry ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) together with Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), on Thursday announced the development and implementation of new energy infrastructure projects to directly advance the UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031, and UAE Net Zero by 2050 initiative. The transformative collaboration includes TAQA signing a 24-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with EWEC ...

DUBAI/WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, on Thursday launched ‘MyDubai Communities’, a community-based digital platform that gives citizens, residents and visitors alike the opportunity to explore and participate in the diverse range of activities that the city ...

NEW DELHI/WAM India’s government has registered Kasturi Cotton produced in the country as a brand and a trademark to enable it to compete in global markets with the best cotton from elsewhere in the world. Hitherto, the best cottons in global markets have been Giza Egyptian cotton and Pima cotton grown on the American continent. Kasturi Cotton with staple fibre ...

SHARJAH/WAM The Sharjah Ramadan Festival 2025 successfully concluded its 35th edition, marking a significant boost to the emirate’s retail sector and commercial activity across the emirate’s markets. The 38-day festival offered Sharjah residents and visitors an exceptional shopping experience at malls, commercial centres, and entertainment destinations across various cities and regions in the emirate. It featured major promotional offers and ...

ABU DHABI/AD MEDIA OFFICE The Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi’s (DCT Abu Dhabi) seventh edition of its leading global forum, Culture Summit Abu Dhabi, will take place from April 27 to 29 2025 at Manarat Al Saadiyat, within Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Cultural District, featuring panels, case studies, creative conversations, artist talks and workshops. The annual event convenes ...

ABU DHABI/WAM EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups, has launched DISCOVERY-CIM, a next-generation Critical Infrastructure Monitoring (CIM) platform designed to help organisations safeguard and monitor their vital assets. Jointly developed by EDGE entities ORYXLABS, a global provider of advanced digital security solutions that help enterprises monitor, secure and optimise their critical assets and networked environments, ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The United Arab Emirates has ranked first globally for the fourth consecutive year in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report 2024/2025. The report also ranked the UAE as the best place for entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises among 56 economies assessed this year. The UAE secured the top position among high-income countries in 11 out of 13 ...