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  ABU DHABI / WAM At the heart of the world’s sustainable development goals lies one crucial statistic. By 2040, we will require at least 25% more energy than is currently produced to meet the needs of a rapidly growing, global population, Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State said. He added that keeping pace with ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, will attend 68th Republic Day celebrations as a chief guest. During the visit, Sheikh Mohamed will hold official talks with President of India Pranab Mukherjee and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai South signed a strategic alliance agreement (MoU) with Deyaar Development PJSC, for a joint development of a mixed-use project within the Residential District at Dubai South. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Ahmed Al Ansari, Acting CEO Dubai South and Saeed Al Qatami, CEO, Deyaar Development. Building on its endeavor to provide unique ...

  Dubai / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Smart Council received more than 35,000 innovative and developmental ideas since its launch one year ago. These ideas have been studied by a team of more than 460 employees working in 41 government and private entities- in a bid to maintain the Smart Council’s role as a leading international platforms for ideas. “This ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs scored an overall 96.2 percent on Dubai Smart Office’s happiness meter. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World said he is happy with the result of this important evaluation that covered the website, the services and customs centers. “I am happy with this result which reflects the great level ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (Masdar Institute) have qualified for the second UAE Drones for Good Award based on their joint efforts to develop drone technology. The Award was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports, one of nine organisations to offer certified courses by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation & Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) worldwide, conducted the IALA Aids to Navigation (AtoN) Level-2 training course to the first group of external trainees from entities that provide maritime and offshore services in the UAE. The training course ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that Hatta Hospital received international accreditation from the Joint Commission International (JCI) on Thursday. Hatta Hospital now joins a list of DHA facilities that received the accreditation, which include 10 Primary Health Care Centers; Nad Al Hamar, Al Badaa, Al Barsha, Al Khawaneej, Al Safa, Al Twar, Al Mizhar, Al Mankhool, ...

  Dubai / WAM The Sharjah’s overall population is 1,405,843 people, according to results of the Sharjah Census 2015. “There are 175,432 Emirati nationals – 86,325 males and 89,098 females – who constitute 12 percent of the overall population. The number of non-national residents is 1,230,417, – 834,542 males and 395,875 females – who form 87 percent of the overall population, ...

  Dubai / WAM Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness, has urged the private sector to launch humanitarian initiatives to improve the public’s access to medical services, lauding Thumbay Group’s Happiness Hour initiative. The programme will see the group offer free medical consultations for patients in their hospitals and clinics across the UAE for one hour every ...