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New specifications for delivery motorbikes issued

  Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in collaboration with the Dubai Police General HQ, Department of Economic Development (DED) and Dubai Municipality, endorsed several specifications for courier boxes carried by motorbikes for delivering various materials. The agreement follows a series of meetings based on their respective specialist fields with the ultimate objective of improving safety standards. The ...

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Mohamed hails stance of families of fallen heroes

  KALBA / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has offered condolences to the family of Emirati serviceman Zakaria Sulaiman Al Za’abi, who died while performing his national duty as part of the Saudi-led Arab Coalition’s “Operation Restoring Hope”, in Yemen. While visiting the ...

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Workshop on importance of private-public sector partnerships held

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) in collaboration with The Word Bank Group (WBG) organised a workshop on Sunday in Dubai on the importance of private-public sector partnerships and adopting performance-based contracts between the sectors. The workshop comes in line with the ministry’s strategy to benefit from international experiences and introduce the UAE’s government entities to the ...

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AED235mn infrastructure projects for Abu Dhabi approved

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Executive Committee at the Executive Council, headed by Jassim Mohammad Buatabah Al Zaabi, Chairman of the Committee, approved several projects in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi as part of the Abu Dhabi Plan with a projected value of AED235 million. The Executive Committee approved a project to develop the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan ...

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Dubai Chamber to open office in India

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently concluded a successful trade mission to India which was organised to facilitate economic cooperation and explore trade and investment opportunities in the country. The trade mission, part of the Chamber’s Global Business Forum roadshow, was joined by dignitaries, officials and businessmen, who visited Mumbai and Ahmedabad, and ...

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Tasneef highlights key feats for first quarter

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates Classification Society ‘Tasneef’ recently showcased its key 2017 first quarter achievements at the Naval Defence Exhibition and Conference 2017 ‘NAVDEX’ in Abu Dhabi. The event also provided the opportunity for Tasneef to establish strategic partnerships with similar organisations exhibit its projects and connect with customers. Tasneef made significant headway strengthening its industry relationships ...

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The dark side of India’s ‘power-to-all’ plan

  Bloomberg Like generations before him, the only light Jurdar Thingya has at night in his one-room mud hut in India’s Maharashtra state comes from a small wood fire on the floor. A broken solar panel is all that the 35-year-old farmer has to remind him of the government’s promise to bring electricity to all of India’s villages. Bhamana, population ...

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Indian billionaire to buy $2.4bn Anglo American stake

  Bloomberg Anil Agarwal, an Indian mining billionaire, plans to buy as much as 2 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) of Anglo American Plc shares in the market after a merger proposal failed last year. The full stake would equate to about 13 percent of Anglo’s stock, making Agarwal the second-largest shareholder after South Africa’s Public Investment Corp. It will give ...

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Saffron growers look to get a foothold in US

  AP As spring crocus blooms approach, some growers have visions of a fall-flowering crocus that produces saffron, the world’s most valuable spice. University of Vermont researchers have been raising the exotic spice now grown primarily in Iran and are encouraging growers to tap into what they hope will be a cash crop. It’s not a hard sell, particularly in ...

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